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Failsafe in Auto mode

When my plane is in Auto mode and flies out of range of my RC gear (at about 1.2km), the failsafe is triggered. I have set my receiver to deliver a signal around 920 when it loses the Tx. This results in CIRCLE mode followed by RTL. However, looking

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Changing UART0 on APM2.5

Just got an APM 2.5, but unfortunately without the DF-13 to XBee connector that was supposed to come with all APM2.5's.

 

While assembling the board, I noticed that the new DF-13 port is marked as UART0, but there are also four normal pin sockets/holes

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Lea-6 GPS causing pitch oscilation

Hi,

 

I am using the new 3DR Ublox GPS with the big antenna. It gets a lock very fast and appears to be doing the right thing. However, I am having a weird problem whereby the pitch of the plane oscillates a few degress in mission planner when it is si

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Timer in firmware

For anyone interested, I've tweaked the OSD firmware to add a timer and a " time to battery empty" indicator.

The timer is very simple and just starts counting when the speed is over 3m/s so you can get the flight time

The time left function attempts t

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MinimOSD and PAL

I have just bought a Minim OSD and got it all soldered up. I am running it on the ground rather than in the plane as I want to be able to see the OSD even if the video glitches when I am at long range.

 

I have encountered a strange problem that I am h

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Altitude accuracy

Hi All,

I am running a bixler with the Arduplane 2.28 firmware. Everything works pretty well, but I have been seeing a few strange issues with the reported altitude of the plane. The spot where I launch is 10m above sea level, but when I reload the ho

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XBee RSSI light

Hi All,I am having an annoying problem with XBee. After upgrading to Arduplane 2.24, I am having trouble getting the Xbees to connect.When I hit connect on the GCS, I get the message that it is loading "mavlink parameters (sysparams 1, compid 1)" the

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Twinstar vs RQ-11

Hi All,

 

I am looking to update my current drone setup to either a Multiplex Twinstar or Nitroplanes RQ-11. The primary purpose of this drone is to take vertical aerial photos for making Digital Terrain Models.

 

I am looking for a plane that can

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Powering ardupilot

Hi all,I am building a hobbyking fpv 168 airframe for use with ardupilot after successfully using it in my hz supercub for the last few months.The new plane has loads of space, but is very tail heavy and needs lots of weight in the nose. This got me

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HK GCS Stabilise mode and waypoints

Hi All,

 

I just downloaded the latest HK GCS 1.2.96. I notice now when I swtich APM to stabilise mode, the GCS reports that it is in "Guided Mode" (sorry don't have the exact wording on me as I am at work). At first I was worried that I had set the mo

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BEC/ESC

Hi all,I have a hobby zone super cub, one of the newer BNF versions with real 3 wire servos. I replaced the combined esc/receiver with a turnigy 30A one and a spetkrum 6 channel rec. With ardupilot mega 2.012 installed it works well. However, when I

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