Help! 3DR RTF X8 setup

ArduCopter Copter 3.1
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Hi all, I’m new to UAVs and am trying to get an RTF X8 set up. We have APM 2.6 autopilot and a DX7s RC.

We can’t seem to get our copter to arm – the red light blinks singly, indicating it’s unarmed but ready to be armed, yet when we try to arm it (by connecting the RC and then holding the throttle to the bottom right), nothing happens. Any thoughts on what we might be doing wrong?

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Please post a log file its much easier to help then.

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check you have throttle in the right port as i had this problem and did not notice in the calibration screen
or throttle reverse

[quote=“jguyton”]Hi all, I’m new to UAVs and am trying to get an RTF X8 set up. We have APM 2.6 autopilot and a DX7s RC.

We can’t seem to get our copter to arm – the red light blinks singly, indicating it’s unarmed but ready to be armed, yet when we try to arm it (by connecting the RC and then holding the throttle to the bottom right), nothing happens. Any thoughts on what we might be doing wrong?[/quote]

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Thanks driedeker, that was indeed the problem! We can now arm :slight_smile: