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Scott replied to Scott's discussion GCS Beta2
"Mike,
I agree. I use these course / bearing needles and AH in the field to help visually tune in my gains but can only use them on eastern heading. If could be fixed great but eather way I can Live with it.

Scott"
Jul 2, 2010
Scott posted a discussion
Aurdupilot 2.6.2No SheildIMU v2 code1.7 with baro and magnetometerGCS Beta 2#define GCS_PROTOCOL 0My heading reference (course / yaw) that is being down loaded as 0 to 180 deg on the eastern heading and on the western heading it is -1 to -179. This…
Jul 1, 2010
Scott commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot Mega IMUs in production!
"These guys have put some much time not to mention their own money into this and people keep complaining re the price?? Thanks for all of your efforts and constant support 24 7 I personal think the charges are ridiculously low considering all things."
Jun 8, 2010
Scott replied to Scott's discussion Failsafe 2.6
"Thanks for the replies.
I have made many successful flights with the throttle connected directly to the RC receiver. All of my connections from RX to autopilot to servos have a choke to help stop RF feed back. Unfortunely this may or maynot have…"
May 18, 2010
Scott posted a discussion
Help need with the Failsafe 2.6I lost a gas UAV from what appears to be a failsafe issue.V2.6 with IMU  V2 shieldThe transmitter low set point for throttle was 1070ms,  #define SET_RADIO_LIMITS  0Failsafe set point set to 1250ms using a Spectrum…
May 18, 2010
Scott commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Another flight test of new ArduPilot 2.5 code
"Possible cause as to climb
An increase in airspeed eg throttle will cause a climb if the aircraft dose not pitch nose down to reduce the extra lift cause by the increase in airspeed.
I think this was happening when I was using 2.4.3
As I tried to…"
Mar 7, 2010
Scott commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"Jason I got to fly the 2.5 code today looks great. Good work to all involved is a major improvement to the continuing development of Ardupilot. With not changes to any gains it work OK with my supacub.
The stabilized mode works I will need to tune…"
Feb 1, 2010
Scott commented on Jason Short's blog post Final Beta of the Ardupilot 2.5 Airframe Test
"Jason
I will have time this weekend to do some flying with the new 2.5 Beta code
Currently iam using 2.5 airframe_tester_beta4
If you like I can try out the latest 2.5 with GPS if it availably where and how do I access it?"
Jan 8, 2010
Scott commented on Jason Short's blog post Final Beta of the Ardupilot 2.5 Airframe Test
"Jason I cut pin 13 back and it seems to work every time.
For some reason it just dose not like the power supply coming from my ESC I am connecting a battery to the receiver and have removing positive pin from the plug coming out of the ESC. As I…"
Jan 5, 2010
Scott commented on Jason Short's blog post Final Beta of the Ardupilot 2.5 Airframe Test
"Jason / Chris here is the data that I think you asked for ?

I have managed to get it to run 100% of the time without the shield and having both jumpers inplace as per chris drawing.
It seems that the main problem that I was having is the ESC power…"
Jan 4, 2010
Scott commented on Jason Short's blog post Final Beta of the Ardupilot 2.5 Airframe Test
"Jason I changed the radio type to 1 as per my radio and it stoped at

Waiting for Radio
No throttle input detected"
Jan 3, 2010
Scott commented on Jason Short's blog post Final Beta of the Ardupilot 2.5 Airframe Test
"Chris
With shield removed, and the throttle at the lowest settings, I get

Waiting for Radio
No throttle input detected
Radio IN: R:1448 E:-24 T:-24 Analog IN: 0:511, 1: 511, 3: 511 S
ensors: ir_max:150 roll:5 pitch:5 airSp:0 PWM OUT: R:1500…"
Jan 3, 2010
Scott commented on Jason Short's blog post Final Beta of the Ardupilot 2.5 Airframe Test
"Should I have the GPS plugged in ??"
Jan 3, 2010
Scott commented on Jason Short's blog post Final Beta of the Ardupilot 2.5 Airframe Test
"Ok I give it a go and get back to soon"
Jan 3, 2010
Scott commented on Jason Short's blog post Final Beta of the Ardupilot 2.5 Airframe Test
"I have a JR PCM9X2 with a Spektrum DM9 2.4ghz Module the reciver AR7000"
Jan 2, 2010
Scott commented on Jason Short's blog post Final Beta of the Ardupilot 2.5 Airframe Test
"Chris / Jason I have reloaded code and place jumer as per chris drawing opened serial terminal as per request and this is where its hanging now Iam following the instructions and nothings further is happening . Here is a copy of the massage.

Init…"
Jan 2, 2010
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