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Barometer freak out

In ArduCopter_2.xx is the barometer still mixed with GPS altitude?  I'm asking because we are seeing huge errors in the altitude as soon as we get above sonar range. 

We have done two different tests, one with the helicopter flying and one with it not

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Traditional Helicopter Throttle control

How are people setting up thier radios when flying traditional helis using arducopter?  In the setup it says to use Airplane/Acro mode, and connect channel 3 from the receiver into the ardupilot and then use channel 7 to connect directly to the ESC. 

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Magnometer mounting on Helicopter

In the manual for the ArduCopter Helicopter, it recommends mounting the magnometer components up, pins forward but every other reference has it mounted components down, pins forward.  I have installed my magneometer as recomended via the Heli manual,

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Can't setup swash plate

I'm having trouble getting my swash plate set up using Arducopter 2_0_33.  I have run through all of the setup with no real problems but when I try to setup the swash plate it doesn't work.

 

While I'm in CLI, I go setup->heli

I get the display of the c

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