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Ardupilot Mega - 2011 Can I still use it?

Hi guys,

It's been a few years but now I want to get into aerial photography again. In 2011 I bought all the gear, including a ArduPilot Mega. The exact type is:

ArduPilot Mega - Arduino Compatible UAV Controller w/ ATMega2560

Can I still run the curren

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ESC Getting hot? Ideas?

 

I noticed my copter tilting backwards, while it's leveled correcty. So it needs correcting all the time while flying. But now I have an idea what's causing the problem. The ESC that's controlling the motor on the back is getting more hot than the ot

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Strange wobble every now and then.

 

First of all, I got my quad flying without any problems. And man... I'm so excited, this is the base for my AP platform.

 

But during the last flights I noticed two seperate wobbles during a 10 min flight. It seems to start with one engine and then it

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APM Barometer Accuracy

 

Hi,

 

I'm just playin with my assembled APM+Shield and noticed when I'n in CLI and run the altitude test command, the altitude varies around 50 to 60cm in a few seconds (while it is laying in my room in dead air). Is that the Baro accuracy? If so, bar

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Magnometer, no output.

This evening I soldered my Magnometer to the board and re-uploaded the firmware to the board. Then I went throught the setup.

 

But it seems the MAg is not outputting any values. Only read I can get is

 

Compass

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enabled

Mag Dec:

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It's alive!

 

7-6-2011

 

Today I received my package and tackled the most challenging part of my Quad building process. Soldering the APM and shield. I soldered a few connections a few years ago but that's it. But it went very well and I got my board up and running

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Me and my build (plans)!

 

Hi all!

 

Finally I registered myself as a member of this community. The past months I've read a lot about the QuadroCopter's. And I must say, everything is very well documented and info is easy to find. I'm positively suprised everybody is helping ea

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