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Tricopter spin.

I've built a Tricopter. The radio is calibrated in Mission Planner, the Esc's are calibrated. Prop configuration, right prop, (Pusher) ran clockwise, the left prop and tail prop (Regular) turned counter clockwise. No luck? I tried all different prop

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Calibration problem.

Just arrived today. I ordered a Fly Sky FS-TH9X transmitter and it got delivered opened the box popped the batteries in it. She's boots up. The receiver that came with is wired into the AND and turns on when I turns the transmitter on. (But all the t

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FS_TH9X

Just bought a new transmitter from Hobby Partz. (Put the batteries in it. Fully charged.) Made sure all the switches where in the right positions. Turned it on, it just beeps, and display "switch error" message? Switches are all forward. So does this

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Jp1 Jumper.

I just got a new APM, (I hooked it up the computer and programmed it.) So far, so good... Now! Do you leave the Jumper in the APM, or, remove it when your going to power up for flight with a LIPO battery? I don't want to short out the board.

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What type of switch...

I was watching video on the wiring of an APM, 2.6, and the narrator showed the connections pins 1 through 4 on the APM went to the receiver for; aileron, elevator, throttle, rudder and the 5thconnection, (pin 5) he called, “Auxiliary 1 Channel” that

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Setting glitch...

I've loaded the Mission Planner onto my pc for ARDUPILOT. And on the Device Manager of my pc - under PORTS (COM & LPT), ARDUINO MEGA 2560 (COM5) is listed, BUT! It has the yellow warning symbol showing on it? This is preventing me from connecting to

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Need a flight control board...

I'm looking for a flight control board? Choices:

1) HKPilot32 Autonomous Vehicle 32Bit Control Set w/ Power Module,

2) HKPilot Mega 2.7 Flight Controller USB/GYRO/ACC/MAG/BARO

Anybody have any 1st hand knowledge on how they perform? Or other "board" sug

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Connection issues with APM.

I know other people have been having problems like this. I had my APM connect once to my computer and it configured. But when I tried to configure it again, the APM will not connect to my computer. Yes the baud rate is set to 115200, Com Port only th

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