Final setup -- Turnigy not arming APM

[Hugh Hemington]

Ok! I've got everything installed (and the flight modes in APM are awesome), but I think I had my Turnigy 9x in mode 1 when I did the setup in Mission Planner (2.0.10) because when I finally plugged in the battery and armed it by holding both sticks down and to the center, all the motors went pretty fast (fortunately without props). I had to pull the right stick back all the way to stop them.
Then I checked the radio Menu - System Settings - Stick set - changed to mode 2. Then it asked if I wanted to "THRD REVERSE", but I can't find how you tell it yes or no.
After that, I re-started everything and now nothing seems to arm the quad. I'm going to try doing the APM setup again, but probably in the morning as it's late now. If anyone wants to chime in with suggestions, feel free.

 

[Hugh Hemington]

More sleuthing (God I miss actual documentation!) uncovered that the latest revisions of APM included an "pre-arming sequence" where everything from GPS to compass to voltage is checked. The arming is done by holding both sticks down and to the middle (disarming is "down 'n out"), but I also was not fully aware of what the blinks and solids of the LEDs meant. So the arming issue is solved. The next issue is in another thread.