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Crash analysis: plane pitches down in FBWA

I had another crash today. I started the flight in manual mode and switched to FBWA when I had gained some altitude. The plane felt really sluggish. Turn radius was very large and the plane kept loosing altitude slowly. I should've switched to manual

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Yaw pids greyed out in MP 1.2.73

Hi

I'm running MP 1.2.73 and for some reason the yaw pid settings are greyed out. I've erased and reset the eeprom, but yaw pid settings are still greyed out in MP. I'm wondering if this is a bug in the MP.

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Rudder servo offset in FBWA

I have an APM 2.5 running Arduplane 2.74b. I have the autopilot mounted upside down. I have already changed the relevant setting and re-leveled the plane.

So, my problem is that when I switch to FBWA the rudder centre position offsets to the left. The

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Long range radio options

Hi

I am looking for a long range (~10 km) telemetry solution at 868 MHz. At the moment we're using Adeunis ARF53 radios, but it seems they are no longer manufactured. We got great range with them - over 10 km NLOS in a suburban area using simple wire

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Mission Planner drops connection

Hi,

I am having a bit of trouble with APM 2.5 and MP 1.2.51 (I upgraded from 1.2.50 this afternoon). Yesterday I took my new APM 2.5 out of the box and loaded Arduplane 2.73 firmware. Everything worked great. I could connect and disconnect without any

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Roll stabilized camera

Hello,

I'm interested in doing some photomapping and DEM. I'm currently designing a plane for that purpose. Some questions have come up that I haven't been able to find an answer to. Maybe you can offer some guidance.

Is a roll stabilized camera necess

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