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  • Thanks so much. :)

  • Ok. So you must have a external compass. To mount the flight board on any side you can change AHRS_ORIENTATION parameter.

    Read through the following link http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/arduplane-parameters/#Board_Orienta...

  • I have 2.6. Thanks

  • WallyJas,

    Which APM version you have? 2.5 or 2.6?

  • Guys,

    I'd like to mount my flight control board sideways and have my uBlox facing forwards. How do I achieve this please?

    Thanks in advance. :)

  • Thanks iskess and Marcin

    I was over thinking it. I thought for sure I would have to set something. Ha! Four more wires gone. Thanks again.

  • You don't have to switch, with default config I'm connecting radio to UART0 and it works fine.

  • Yes, you can use the side UART0 pins for telemetry or OSD. I do that and it works great.
  • Hi, 

    Got a question on the APM 2.5. I would like to use the UART0 pins on the side of the board to connect the 3DR radio. I'm making a PCB to plug the entire board, Rx, OSD and Vtx into to eliminate most of the rats nest in the plane and I would like to not use the stock wire and plug for the radio. Can the radio be switched to the pins on the side?  Thanks

  • hye there!just to be sure. is it normal when the board connected by usb the, the alive will light.and when connected the C and A will blink.am i right?and one thing if let say i upload the arduplane firmware,can i also upload arducopter firmware to the board?or i need to remove it the arduplane.if yes, how to remove it?

    thanks! 

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Cruise speed

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PreArm Check Error : Gyros inconsistent

Hi guys, I have a Pixhawk from Radiolink and always in every first attempt of armed I get the error "PreArm: Gyro Inconsistent".The most strange thing is that i'm using only the external gyro+compass. i disabled the internal to avoid this issue. Also- I tried to recalibrate the gyros at least 5 times.- I changed the firmware version from the latest to the 3.8.53 because i have a friend with the same board and he does not have issues.But i have the same behaviorIf i disconnect the battery and…

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