Peter Hardy-Atkins's Discussions (4)

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2.5 and 2.6

I have just set up my first 2.5 with plenty of prompt inputs from Chris and John. Much gratefulness !!!

It has flown and I am now working on the Pids. The first flight was WILD ! I have never seen such  a shaking; but it has steadily improved and if t

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Another one dead ???

I think I have cooked my second Ardupilot. It worked perfectly on the GUI. Then I fitted the power module and the backplane on the GPS. Now the GPS does not light up, the HUD says bad compass health and it will not arm. Help please !

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Arming Lost.

After a fairly straightforward setup my APM flew but with a weird yaw rotation. While trying to fix that, a) I got Bad Gyro Health and b) after fixing that  I lost the ability to arm/disarm. 

The HUD display shows all clear but I have a relentless red

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Setting up my APM2.6

I am very new to APM but not to quads. I am surprised to find that when I lift into the air the quad rotates fast (anticlockwise). 

The control was set with right yaw to arm; left to dis arm.

If I reverse this I can effectively slow, stop and reverse t

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