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Compass Problem

I have a standard, pre-soldered Arducopter with sonar mounted as per instructions.

Magnetic declination set correctly.

Using Mission Planner in flight mode, both indoors with GPS lock and outdoors again with GPS lock, the compass shows North and East c

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Connection Problems

I tried to load the new code through Mission Planner, it got half way through and lost the connection for some reason, now I cannot connect at all. I can connect through the terminal. I can connect through Arduino but when I upload the code I get an

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Pulsing motors

I have a pre-soldered kit running RC1.When I switch it on all pre-flight checks are fine. When I then increase the throttle and leave it, first the clockwise motors speed up and then return to the rpm I set, then the counter clockwise motors do the s

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Downloading ArduPirates code

I have followed the instructions for downloading the recommended ArduPirates code.

When I download the code in Tortoise SVN I don't get the 25MB shown in the picture I get 1.28MB.

 

3690857228?profile=originalAny help would be most appreciated

Ken

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Motor twitching and beeping

Noob question. I have patiently gone through all the set up, had to re-solder a couple of ESC bullets. But now when I plug the Lipo in one of my motors is twitching and beeping continuously. So I have soldered the ESC and motor leads but it still twi

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Code Uploading

Noob Question. I have the pre-soldered kit, I have unplugged ESCs, motors and receiver, plugged in usb, set up Arduino with Com port and correct board ATMEGA 1280. I have the Arducopter NG and Libraries file in the Arduino Folder and point Arduino to

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ESC calibration

Complete nooby query. When I plug the lipo into one of my ESCs there are no beeps at all, whereas the other three ESCs do beep. What could be the problem? Is the ESC faulty? Any help greatly appreciated.

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