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Get yourself a Servo Tester. Cheap from online or any Hobby Shop. Plugs into the throttle cable and sends PWM signals to your ESC Makes setting up and testing much easier and faster.

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The APM power module will supply only 500mA so it is sufficient to power the basics. If you have any servos on the out put, say for a gimbal, or tail servo on a Tri, then you need to separately power the output with a uBEC. The ESC's you indicate are opto, so no BEC in the ESC, and yes, you just...

If someone gives me a dollar to walk around with a balloon on a string with their business name on it (unmanned aerial system for commercial purposes) how long can the string be before I am fined by the FAA? Everyone seems to be ignoring the 'sphere of influence' of the authorities. Does the FAA...

From CASA Advisory Circular AC 101-1 July 2002 7. UAV OPERATION OVER UNPOPULATED AREAS 7.1 Small UAVs 7.1.1 Provided that a small UAV is operated not above 400ft AGL and remains clear of designated airspace, aerodromes and populous areas, there are no restrictions imposed upon the operation...

Has anyone really sat down and studied the regulations, I mean gone over every word. Here in Australia if you ask CASA (our FAA) they will tell you that you need a commercial UAV operators license (about $8K to 15K). But if you study the regs it clearly says that the CASA regs are not...