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Project Hexa - Maiden Flight!

Project Hexa - Maiden Flight! Finally got things assembled, and firmware built with the HOTT modules (no GPS support, still causes random disarming). Terrible

By Daniel Chote

2013-01-14T18:09:50Z

In Multi Rotor APM

Project Hexa - Maiden Flight!

Finally got things assembled, and firmware built with the HOTT modules (no GPS support, still causes random disarming).

Terrible first flight, to be expected, nothing has been tuned. But at least I now have a baseline.