"Any update!? you make it work? if it's yes, how looks now, Is it what you expected? Im looking to do the same as you, i want it for take aerial pictures to complement my topography work. I hope you can upload some pics or retro! "

"Hi Quinn, We checked your Hexa, RMA#86. We first had an error while trying to upload the code, it failed on the first two attempts, but on the third one was successfully uploaded. Then everything went as normal, ESC calibration and RC…"

"Hi Quinn, Thank you for your business,  A new replacement unit configured with your Turnigy RC and battery, test-flown, will ship out by Monday or Tuesday of next week, expect the tracking number by email.  I'll personally check your…"

"Check out blip.com.au for camera controllers that operate on PPM. I've got a Canon Powershot and gives me Shutter & Zoom control. The older model controller I've got allows AV TV Manual option just like on the camera dial. Also has an…"

"Thanks for the help everyone.  I send the drone back to 3DRobotics for a fix which appears to be ESC or soldering related.  They agreed that that seems to be the issue. I appreciate the help and hope to return it someday! Quinn"

"It is also possible that the motor and ESC are fine but you have a bad electrical connection.  I found those barrel connectors to the motors to be absolutely awful.  They resulted in motors losing current during flight and eventually a…"

"Thanks!  Will try that when I get home tonight.  All the ESC's were calibrated - 3x actually... will work on it!"

"After seeing the video I am suspicious that you have a single motor or ESC that is behaving badly.  The lack of lift on one side combined with the spinning motion is an indication that a single rotor is turning too slowly.  Try this:…"

"Here's a video of what this looks like if you try to lift off (and yes - calibrated the radio.  Throttle works great, I haven't reversed my yaw...).  My next steps are an "erase" command and a recalibration of…"

"does anyone know if it is better to just issue the  > erase command or the  > reset  command - or erase then reset?"

"John, I double checked this in detail and compared it to the motor pics in the manual taken from the link you provided.  I am pretty certain I have the right rotation and propeller order.  It does fly... just spins like mad after liftoff.…"

"Ah... that was in the manual right...?  Ok... just "erase" from the CLI?  Then of course all the configuration steps again?  Will do.  Thanks!"

"Didn't you erase your old EEPROM stuff before doing the upgrade? Well surprise! Seems we need to erase EEPROM when migrating from 2.81 to 2.9x. That fixed my machine."

"Hmmm... which end is the front? The top of the image, i assume. if that's the case, and it's a little hard to tell, it looks like all of your cw and ccw props need to be swapped. Then you may need to flip all motor directions as well.…"

"I tried recalibrating the ESC's - same behavior.  Strange thing is the compass points accurately when I am on USB or on telemetry - I can move the device all over, no problem, compass is accurate, as are other accelerometer axes.  And…"

"Ok, here is a picture of the propeller config... thanks for checking it out."