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Just built my first arducopter


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Lee Benson replied to Lee Benson's discussion Mission Planner displaying "FAILSAFE" cannot take off
"Throttle issue resolved. Finally found someone with a similar issue here: http://diydrones.com/group/arducopterusergroup/forum/topics/arducop... was set to 80. when it should have been set to 1000. When i posted i guessed that the issue was…"
Jul 6, 2014
Lee Benson replied to Lee Benson's discussion Mission Planner displaying "FAILSAFE" cannot take off
"The failsafe message seems to only come up when im using the wireless link. Battery voltage test failing at less than 4.5v. If i actually test the battery it shows ~8.2V. If i connect with the usb cable the failsafe message goes away and the battery…"
Jul 6, 2014
Lee Benson replied to Lee Benson's discussion Mission Planner displaying "FAILSAFE" cannot take off
"Seem to be making a bit of progress. Got the big red "FAILSAFE" message to go away when the copter is armed. Still having the throttle issue. I was able to create a new log and download it. Opening it with log analyzer gives this information. 
Log…"
Jul 6, 2014
Lee Benson replied to Lee Benson's discussion Mission Planner displaying "FAILSAFE" cannot take off
"The Log bitmask is set to "Nearly All" in standard parameters. When I click "download dataflash log via mavlink" it gives me an error "cannot get log list". "
Jul 6, 2014
Lee Benson replied to Lee Benson's discussion Mission Planner displaying "FAILSAFE" cannot take off
"So I went ahead and recalibrated the ESCs. I notice that after successful calibration. before the final reboot of the APM. the throttle demonstrates the full range. Enough to get liftoff. After reboot of the APM I'm back to seeing the original…"
Jul 6, 2014
Lee Benson replied to Lee Benson's discussion Mission Planner displaying "FAILSAFE" cannot take off
"Yup the ESCs have been calibrated several times successfully. Ill try the log."
Jul 6, 2014
Lee Benson replied to Lee Benson's discussion Mission Planner displaying "FAILSAFE" cannot take off
"I've since reloaded the firmware. Recalibrated the accelerometers, recalibrated the compass, recalibrated the radio controls. all failsafes are set to disabled. no change. Occasionally the "FAILSAFE" message goes away only to come back once I arm…"
Jul 6, 2014
Lee Benson replied to Lee Benson's discussion Mission Planner displaying "FAILSAFE" cannot take off
"I have"
Jul 5, 2014
Lee Benson posted a discussion
Just built my first arducopter and am having a bit of trouble getting lift off. Using an ardupilot 2.6 with mission planner 1.3.5, a DX8 transmitter and AR8000 receiver. I am able to arm the copter. When I throttle up to say 10% the motors increase…
Jul 5, 2014