No power to the motors from my APM 2.8 flight controller, Please help!!

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DannyV

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What's up everyone,

So I'm fairly new to the world of R/C and someone on here recommended that I go with the APM flight controller for altitude home and return to launch function capabilities. I was able to set it all up (with more difficulty than I would have cared for!), calibrate it, installed it on my quad and powered it using the provided power module. When I arm it and hit the throttle, nothing! I've tried running motor tests while connected to mission planner both via usb and mavlink telemetry and I still get nothing. I know my motors and ESC's work because they worked just fine with my KK2.1.5 flight controller. I can't seem to figure out what's going on here. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

-Dan
 
Jackson said:
Checkout Painless360.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Painless360/search?query=APM
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Thanks Jackson, I've been watching all his videos and I have my motors running. Now I have another issue, I hit my throttle which turns powers my motors but I only have one throttle speed. In other words, I raise my throttle position to 5% which powers my motors, but there's no acceleration or deceleration from there. 5%-100% gives me the same speed.....any advice?
 
Jackson said:
What transmitter do you have?
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I have the Devo7, but I already figured out the problem. My max throttle parameters in Mission planner was set to 80 instead of the 1000. But then I couldn't find the thr_max, all I had was thr_dzr, thr_mid and thr_min. I was able to increase my max throttle through the parameter list or tree instead of through the standard or advanced parameters section. But I appreciate the help! I'm going to try to test fly it tomorrow and I'll keep everyone posted on how she flies.
 
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