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  Sean Headrick May 20, 2014 at 5:14pm

  Some help please! I have been trying to get two cannons to fire simultaneously while being stabilized by two servo driven gimbals running off pins RC10 and RC11. 

  

  When using 10 or 11 to trigger the cameras works those seem to be the only pins that drive the servos. I have tried multiple times to get RC8,7, just about everything I can

   think of but I seem to be missing something. I am using channel

   7 as my manual camera trigger and have set the servo out function of RC8 to "camera trigger" I am really at a loss. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would sure appreciate it.  
• Andre Schoonbee April 22, 2014 at 1:37pm

  I have another basic question:

  What is the significant difference between professional autopilot systems and opensource units. IS it really worth the extra money or will opensource units be able to provide the same functionality such as blackbox, phone or tablet comms or even joystick from ground station control?
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  Shyam Balasubramanian April 22, 2014 at 1:10pm

  @Andre Schoonbee : I think this is a great idea :)

  I am sure, such a mode like "Point of No return" will give more versatility to Arducopter code base and probably, save some folks their copters!
• Andre Schoonbee April 22, 2014 at 1:00pm

  I have an idea/request

  I believe it will be of great help if we could have a mode like "Point of No Return". The idea is that the autopilot needs to monitor the battery usage as well as the distance from home and work out the consumption of power. Then given the amount of battery power still left it should initiate return to home. This will prevent loss of the unit. TI have this as a mode will give the user the ability to select this if they are flying over difficult terrain or over water.
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  Artem April 20, 2014 at 7:12pm

  Hi, I am trying to pair 2 air modules of an old 3dr radios, does anyone know how to accomplish this?  
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  Thomas J Coyle III April 19, 2014 at 4:11pm

  @Longshot7601,

  The PM Eagle files are on this webpage:PM

  Regards,

  TCIII Admin 
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  Longshot7601 April 19, 2014 at 3:37pm

  Does anybody have a link to the Power Module schematic?  Mine isn't working and I want to know why.

  Thanks in advance.
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  Aeropixel April 10, 2014 at 4:27pm

  @dr0n3droid My problems started here: http://tinyurl.com/pj3yp3g
  Now I think that I should have kept those clones and just transplant the voltage regulator from the old (original) PM to the new clone. Now I have none. I've sent the clones back and have refunded.
  You just can't know if it's genuine or fake until it's in our hands, cuz those stores for sure don't say it's not the real thing. And the shipping costs for tiny things, gosh!
  I think I'll stay here for today!
  Thanks again dr0n3droid!

  

  3DR Power Module with missing part?

  Hello all. A few days ago I've made a big screw-up when I've connected by accident the battery to my hexa with the inverted polarity. The Power Modul…
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  dr0n3droid April 10, 2014 at 4:10pm

  @António
  I keep that CC BEC around for situations like this. There is no I&V monitor, but but I can still fly.
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  dr0n3droid April 10, 2014 at 4:05pm

  @António I feel your pain.
  I busted another PM yesterday in a rover crash. That's two now. If I break 3 more it might be worthwhile to fix them. I found the part I need.
  
  http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/PTH08080WAH/296-20432-ND/7...
  
  $6.77 seems reasonable, but $48 for shipping? Something is wrong with the system.