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Nic Chapleau replied to Pmarche's discussion Pixhawk and some ESCs with Low KV motors. Pixhawk is not the problem. Problem is related to ESCs, Firmware and fine tuning. in PIXHAWK
"OK so my issue is "where do you go to see if your ESC/Motor combo is Pixhawk safe" ? Should be simpler then this.
Round 1: Afro 30A ESCs and sunnysky 3508s 700Kv motors -> no go
Round 2: Flash ESCs... better, damaged one of the ESCs during flashing…"
Jul 28, 2015
Nic Chapleau commented on Randy's blog post ArduCopter 3.2 ready for wider use
"Same here with ResetToArmedYaw..."
Nov 12, 2014
Nic Chapleau replied to william santos's discussion Bad compass health error
"Check your compassmot values. If they are NULL, change the to 0. You could be running an old firmware or mission planner which had an issue with compassmot not setting the values properly.."
Jun 21, 2014
Nic Chapleau replied to Erik's discussion Pixhawk Frustrations...this is a cry for help!!
"That's what I had to do. Reformating worked for only for a short while. I swaped SD Cards, and mine has been working since.

Happy flying."
Jun 11, 2014
Nic Chapleau replied to Erik's discussion Pixhawk Frustrations...this is a cry for help!!
"Re-format your SDCard...Doesn't hurt to try."
Jun 10, 2014
Nic Chapleau replied to Miguel Garcia Almeida's discussion PixHawk 3.1.4 - Help me analyse this crash - X8 craft
"Don't panic, no cause for alarm if your platform is stable.  Just good to know if something weird happens."
May 22, 2014
Nic Chapleau replied to Miguel Garcia Almeida's discussion PixHawk 3.1.4 - Help me analyse this crash - X8 craft
"I can't guarantee anything but it solved issues for me. Try first reformatting your current card. If you have another sdcard lying around, try it out. I know 3DR also had to change their initial shipments of Pixhawks due to bad (or slow) sdcards.…"
May 22, 2014
Nic Chapleau replied to Miguel Garcia Almeida's discussion PixHawk 3.1.4 - Help me analyse this crash - X8 craft
"I'll just put in my 2 cents worth probably not related. I've had problems with Pixhawk not booting up properly due to a bad or slow sdcard. Maybe the logs stopped recording because of that? I agree though, there was a reboot sequence."
May 22, 2014
Nic Chapleau replied to Andreas Jungbluth's discussion Pixhawk won't boot because of magnetometer - it is not the cable
"1) Try re-formatting your MicroSD card.
2) If you have done a compassmot, check for NAN values in your parameters under compassmot X Y Z, set them to '0'."
Mar 20, 2014
Nic Chapleau replied to Anselm's discussion AttoPilot 90/180A with Pixhawk
"I know it's a late reply but I would go with the 180, given you have them both."
Mar 20, 2014
Nic Chapleau commented on Robert B Von Haden's blog post First light on camera gimbal controller
"Looks like this IS an AlexMos based controller"
Jul 15, 2013
Nic Chapleau commented on Arnaldo Santos's blog post ArduPilot with 6S batteries and RVOSD current sensor
"Simple:
1) get a small 2s cell to power your APM via the a BEC or the APM Power Module if you have it
2) Power your copter ESCs with your 6s cell and monitor your power with an external power sensor https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9028…"
Jul 12, 2013
Nic Chapleau replied to Jeffrey Lamont Brown's discussion APM 2.5 (2.9.1) Gimbal Servo twitch on Ch10 + 11 (50hz), not working on ch 7 + ch 8 (490 hz)
"Jeffrey,
   I had the same problem for the longest time, and as Andrew mentions below, make sure to use the RC7&8 outputs (490 hz) from the same row as the engine output, not the analog (A0 - A12) side outputs (50hz). 

You might also want to ramp…"
Apr 12, 2013