"Do you have filter capacitors on the motors? Those Dewalts without capacitors would surely have a negative impact on your RC range.
Frank"

"Have you completed all of the compass setup steps? The compass plays a huge role in any mode that uses GPS.
Frank"

"I second this request. It has been brought up a number of times. I hope it does get implemented soon
Frank"

"So, after a lot more reading, I finally understand one important item I was missing.
To recover from a failsafe RTL event, THE APM MUST SEE YOU SWITCH TO ANOTHER MODE. 
Although I remember this now that I re-read it, I completely forgot about it…"

"Also, can someone please look at my logs and tell me the exact "Home" Lat, Long, and Alt.
When I first powered mission planner back on, it showed my home location as the crash site.
I don't understand how it could have been saved as home.
Thanks…"

"So I hooked up the RSSI output to the apm via input A1. I used an rc lowpass filter per the FRsky documentation.
The voltage from the FRsky is only a max of 3 volts with a full/strong signal(as expected).
Mission planner "rxrssi" shows approx 60% at…"

"Hello John.
Simply put, I had no intentions of using any mode other than STABILIZE.
Steps that where complete are limited to:
Performed IMU calibration by placing copter in each of the 6 positions requested.
Performed ESC calibrations
Performed…"

"Hello All. First off, thank you to all who have worked so hard for this community!!
I just had an event happen with a new quad I assembled.
I know the setup was incomplete on this quad. I had intended to fly only in stabilize to test my camera…"

"Jeff, Yes I also had the connector body come off of the board on my APM 2.5.
It was also the power module connector.
I will be very careful when removing these connectors in the future.
Frank"