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Takeoff command altitude bug

On MP 1.2.10, if I add a takeoff command to my flight plan, write it to the APM and then read it back, the altitude parameter winds up being [whatever I originally set the takeoff altitude to be]-[Current plane altitude]. For example with the plane a

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Skywalker params

I'm setting up a Skywalker with a 1.4 APM and the 2.5 firmware. Could someone tell me what initial parameters to use for the airframe? With all the changes lately, I'm not sure if the skywalker.param in the repository is a good starting point anymore

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Takeoff angle bug?

I've been playing around with the takeoff command (APM 1.4) and any time I put in a takeoff angle of greater than around 260 degrees, the angle in the autopilot gets set to a radically different angle. For instance, when I set the takeoff angle to 33

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Altimeter deviations

In the last couple of months, I've built two UAV's based on the Bixler airframe and the ATMega 2560 autopilot with XBee 900 Mhz telemetry. UAV1 has been flown a number of times and seems to be performing reasonably well. I started testing UAV2 on Fri

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Digikey xBee modules

Hi all,

I'm building a couple of ArduPilot/Bixler based drones for a research project and would like to add telemetry to them. I believe I've managed to locate/order all the parts for the 900 Mhz DIY drones xBee telemetry kit, but I'm not sure what xB

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