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• Tom Gates December 2, 2013 at 8:37am

  3d Robotics Quadcopter-Ground Control Case

  Ok, I now have my 3d Robotics quad, telemetry, OSD/FPV, etc.

  I would like to have a hard case to carry my quad in and another to put laptop in with all the pripherals, so when I get onsite I will have limited assembly to make ready for flight.

  I am not seeing cases big enough or deep enough for the quad with the camera mount extend legs, I could make one, but thought surely others have been there and have good suggestions.

  Thanks in advance.

  Tom Gates
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  Jota Parro December 2, 2013 at 5:11am

  Hi all, i'm trying to download flash logs into terminal window and i saw this:

  What's the problem?
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  mark December 2, 2013 at 5:09am

  Excellent APM 2.5 Tutorials & Discussion Thread (for the new guys...and old farts too!)

  There is something for everyone here http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2021896
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  mark November 27, 2013 at 6:18am

  Nice little talk by the Roswell Flight dudes in Portland. Good tutorial for those interested in what all this 'drone' stuff really is. They actually plug ArduCopter/3DR in their talk in favor over DJI. KOOL! Hope you enjoy.
• Rob Avery November 20, 2013 at 9:27am

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1KH1BG5lmw
  

  APM 2.5 on TBS discovery,,, using gopro silver hero 3, sorry bout the jello but its hard mounted to the frame
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  Neuro November 18, 2013 at 7:28am

  Added Led lights from My local AutoZone a bit more pricey than ordering Led strips but they are water proof and they have black PCB instead of brown...
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  Bob Kirkpatrick November 12, 2013 at 10:23pm

  Reply to +David Pawlak. Assuming your bought the RTF, your three position switch defaults to Stabilize, Loiter and RTL. You can reconfigure these in Mission Planner if you like. You will need to reprogram your radio to add the ability to select more flight modes from the Transmitter switches. This link will help if you got the Spektrum DX7s. I strongly recommend that you check and tighten all airframe screws! The X8 is mostly RTF, but it will be a lot easier to control if you perform compass and accelerometer calibration. Remember to select APM with external compass. I also suggest manual setting of your magnetic declination. I really like my X8 and get flight times of 16 mins or more with a 3S 6 amp 20C Lipo.
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  David Pawlak November 12, 2013 at 6:05am

  I am receiving my X8 today, and I  need to know how to piece together the information I need.

  Latest stable version, modes of operation, troubleshooting etc. I have a PixHawk, I suppose modes of operation are similar, channel asignments etc.
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  Neuro November 7, 2013 at 1:20pm

  How do I make my apm 2.5 quad a bit more responsive in stabilize mode? its a little sluggish kinda slow, I want a little faster foreword flight.also is it normal for the quad copter too loose a lot of altitude during foreword flight? whats a good takeoff weight for a dji 450 clone? running a Zippy 4500 may compact lipo , takeoff weight is at 1245g
• TheMightyThor November 5, 2013 at 3:10pm

  Hello All, i am looking for more details on Scripting Missions in Mission Planner and Andropilot, can anyone point me in the right direction for the specifics on python for Mission planner? thanks in advance