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Pixhawk & Analog Airspeed sensor

Hello,

I'm helping someone install an analog airspeed sensor with the pixhawk, the wiki says:
The “airspeed” pin 15 is located on a 3 pin DF13 connector on the Pixhawk board.
This pin can take voltages up to 6.6V (it has an internal voltage divider).

The

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APM 2.6 - AP3.2.3 - Spiral of death in FBWA

Hi Everyone,

Very weird crash today. I have 12-15 flights all flawless before this incident. When it occurred I immediately thought I lost a servo - but upon inspection both servos were fine. Watching the video (below), I did not input the left roll

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AC 3.2 + EKF & Flying indoors

Hi Everyone!

I've been tasked with shooting some video indoors. Through the 3.2 beta thread I remember there being a few mentions that GPS data is used when EKF is enabled even when not in GPS modes.

I would really appreciate some input, clarification

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3DR power module - incorrect current readings

Hello,

specs:
APM 2.6 + external compass & GPS
3DR power module
Mission Planner 1.2.95 build 1.1.5150.11972
Plane 2.78b

I'm having a strange issue with my current sensor, hoping someone can help. When the plane is sitting idle, it is reporting 88 amps; her

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Problem with stabilize

Hello,

I am new to APM:Plane and appreciate any help I can get. I was able to maiden my flying wing today with success in manual mode (woohoo!). A few subtrim/ trims were made on my remote to keep it flying straight.

When i tried to switch to stabilize

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APM 2.6 mount orientation change

Hi All,

I've been building APM driven multirotors for a bit and this is my first try with an APM based plane, looking for a little help. 

Due to the tight space on my frame, it would really help if i could mount the APM as pictured below:

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After research

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Is my CG terribly off?

Hi all - recently build a quad and have been testing it the last few days.

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Yesterday when I came to land I noticed the copter was leaning forward a lot - so much I had to pull back the stick to level and land nicely (otherwise it would of crashed on i

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4S Y6 PID's - Need some help

Last week I received 4S batteries and have been trying to tune the PID's on my Y6 for it. I am hoping some of you who are using 4S batteries can share your params so I can compare. I started with the params file posted on the 3DR site.

I'm having a ha

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4S on 3DR Y6? over watt for motors?

Hello,

I'm curious how many people are using 4S batteries with their Y6 and how it performs. I was planning on trying a couple 4S batteries, but whenever I do any calculations on ecalc with a 4S battery, it says over power (260w vs 200w rating for the

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MinimOSD 1.1 without 12v power

Hello,

I'm trying to avoid an issue with the 5v regulator on the analog side (12v input) . It drastically decreases my UHF radio range by creating noise in the same freq (433 MHz)

From the wiki, i see this option to connect the analog/digital sides so

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new style 3DR 850kv motors?

Hello,

I'm very curious if there are any mechanical differences between the old 3DR 850kv motors (with the bullet prop adapters) vs the new 850kv's with the new style prop adapter. I'm worried about mixing the two motor types, which seems like a very

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Auto mode take off = flip forward every time

Finally decided to play around with auto mode and waypoints today. If i take off manually, then switch to auto mode when it is in the air, my Y6 perfectly goes from waypoint to waypoint, lands etc..

Unfortunately, anytime i try to auto take off, as so

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minimOSD freezes after arming

Hello,

I'm having a weird issue, hopefully someone can help! I am running MinimOSD 2.2 extra copter.

before arming, all OSD values are updated properly. However, as soon as ARM, 2 seconds later everything freezes (values do not change). This only happe

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