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Power Failure, What Happens?

Q: What happens when the Pixhawk loses power during flight?

I recently suffered minor damage in a crash when I lost control over my hexa.  I was about 10ft away from the hexa at takeoff and lost control when it was probably 25ft away.  I know the rece

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ESC Calibration, Again??

I recently built a Tarot 680 Pro hexacopter, but had to rebuild it after the PCB failed on me.  For those not familiar with the Tarot 680 Pro frame, it's a mostly a carbon fiber frame.  One plate on the body is a PCB however which is used to distribu

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Cannot Takeoff

So I finished my Tarot 680Pro hexacopter build today, but had some reservations about one of the motors before takeoff.  On the bench, I noticed that motor 3 (front left) was not spooling up like the others.  Only when I ramped up to 1/4 throttle did

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Pixhawk Disarming

I'm running into an issue with my Pixhawk that hopefully one of you can help me out with.

Problem:

So I just finished my first build, but before my first test flight, I wanted to ensure everything was as ready as possible while on the bench.  I turn on

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