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  Drone-University.com October 4, 2013 at 1:41am

  Since APM 2.6 is sold without a compass, I would appreciate a list of what you can and what you cannot do with or without a compass.

  Like without a compass, I have been flying on stabilized  and althold modes very comfortably.

  But can I do loiter, can I do waypoints, can I fly in simple or super simple mode without a compass ? 

  Thx
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  Damo September 26, 2013 at 2:33am

  @ Bob Kirkpatrick

  Parallel batteries Test
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  Bob Kirkpatrick September 26, 2013 at 2:12am

  I'm looking at batteries for my Std RTF X8. It comes with a 3500mAh 3S 30 and I'm wondering if I can use a 6000mAh 3S 25-50C to stretch flight time. eCalc seems to think it's in spec, but I'm wondering if the group here has any input. 
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  Bob Kirkpatrick September 19, 2013 at 11:13am

  Alware has its Swing 2 axis gimbal. Includes arch landing gear and the camera platform is (about) 4 x 3 inches. I use one on a F550 hex and can set the platform from horizontal to perpendicular with the pot knob on my Futaba 7C. It has about 120 degrees of movement in pitch axis -so it still stabilizes when facing forward or down. It can be bolted flat to the base of the airframe or on 1.25 in standoffs ( included). You can look at one on the Alware site and I think IntelligentUAS carries them too.
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  Mike Governale September 13, 2013 at 6:13am

  I have a flight mode switch set to Circle and was hoping to assign the radius to a dial on my TX.  This is a great feature for video for panaromic or circling a video target but it would be nice if you could control the radius from the TX when flying.  Currently I think the only way is to change the "Circle Radius" from the laptop connection.  If there is not a way, can maybe this be added to the Channel 7 or 8 assignment options?

   

  Running ArduCopter 3.01 on 3DR's Y6 with Gopro 3 and Tarrot Gimbal.  Currently producing beautiful stable videos.....

   

  Thanks in advance for any assistance ...
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  Itay Guy September 5, 2013 at 11:24am

  Hi, I am trying to use expansion pins , and add external pot to calibrate internal variables.

  I need an example how to use them in the 3.X code

  any help?
• Moderator

  Sgt Ric August 30, 2013 at 12:48pm

  You aren't seriously thinking of flying without an R/C controller, are you?
• Developer

  Randy August 29, 2013 at 6:19pm

  @Gireesh,

       On the mission planner's firmware screen you will see a Load Previous Firmware link on the bottom right.  After clicking the download select an entry that has "AC2.9.1b" at the end
• MR60

  Hugues August 8, 2013 at 9:58am

  Which command can i use in auto mission to have the arducopter face a certain direction flying between two waypoints, instead of the default which is facing the direction nbetween waypoints? Which parameter in the waypoint command or is it another command to use  ?
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  John McGrath August 7, 2013 at 5:55pm

  Try to embed this one more time now from you tube.