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ESC and Brushless Motor Specs

I am a tad bit confused by the specs on ESC's and Brushless Motors.

  • When an ESC is said to be a 12amp ESC, what does this mean? Is the maximum output amperage to the motor 12amps?

  • What does the motor's "current capacity" mean? For instance, the motor I

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HIL with Flightgear

Hardware: APM 2.5

Firmware: 2.71

I am attempting to do a HIL sim with Flight Gear. Currently, when I try to get ArduPilot to fly, the Simulator shows the plane thrown wildly around. The outputs of ArduPilot max themselves out at 1.0. Furthermore, when

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