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Strange Flight (Logs Included)

Hi guys,

This got me really stumped. My friends returned from the field with this flight log after fearing that the Super Sky Surfer plane went on a flyaway, before miraculously returning to home 50 minutes after takeoff when it should have returned w

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Super Sky Surfer Crash Analysis

Hi guys,

I need help analyzing my logs and need to confirm if the crash in auto mode was caused by an elevator servo problem or an airspeed problem. This was flown in a remote region far from people and property.

5 minutes into the flight, the aircraft

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Pix4D and Ardupilot Compatibility

Hi guys,

I was wondering if anyone here has tried to use APM datalogs with Pix4D? I am currently using a cropcam to do mapping but I am looking at utilizing the APM logs to do geo-referenced maps without the use of ground control points (because the f

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Level Flight Tuning

Hi guys,

I have a question on tuning for level flight in auto mode. When the plane throttles back due to increased headwind during a leg, the plane maintains a steady left bank of about 3-5 degrees. When it needs more throttle to maintain the target a

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Flap Servo Setup Question

Hi guys,

I'm currently running a Super Sky Surfer with this setup

Arduplane 2.73

4 HS-82MG for ailerons and flaps
1 HS-225MG Elevator
1 HS-85MG Rudder

CC 10A bec to power ardupilot, receiver and servos

My flaps are currently connected straight to the receiv

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Pitch Related Parameters

Hey guys,

My EPP FPV has this bad habit of pitching down when the throttle is increased to maximum in both manual and auto mode (CG is perfect when I'm flying in manual mode, no trims). It may be indicative of bad thrustline or flexing of the entire t

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Fbw-a limited left bank

Im doing tuning on a hobbyking epp fpv with arduplane 2.68 and the left bank in fbw a is severely limited. Planes flies normally on manual and stabilize but it just doesnt go left. It goes perfectly straight and right but no left bank. Pids are stock

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Throttle Problem

Hi guys

I'm having a bit of a problem with the throttle during auto/RTL mode. Although the max rc throttle in standard parameters is set to 100, the throttle never goes to full. No problem in manual mode though. The problem arose after I uploaded the

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Motor Hiccups

Hi guys, 

For the past couple of months, I've been helping a friend with his APM 2.5 and APM 2.0 equipped octos and hexas and we haven't had success with getting rid of the often fatal motor hiccups on both the 2 and 2.5 boards. With some bench testin

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3DR fails to connect

Hi Guys, I just want to share what happened to my team a while ago at the field. We just installed the airspeed sensor the previous night. When we tried to connect via 3DR, it hangs at this part of the parameters

3690972927?profile=originalWe tried several reboots, reflashes to

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APM 2.5 Boot Up Throttle Problem

Hi guys,

My team and I are assembling a Skywalker FPV with APM 2.5 and we have a little issue with the throttle on boot up. Upon initialization, the throttle range of the tx stick is changed, motor spins up to about 15% power although the throttle sti

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