I've had a couple of support calls which have shown that some, even quite experienced, ardupilot users are not calibrating their ESCs. Here's a mock-up of a new "Mandatory Hardware" page for motor setup. I've called it "ESC Calibration" but it could be called "ESC / Motor". With this page we could remove the Optional Hardware / Motor Test page because it's functionality is moved to the new page.
I've had a couple of support calls which have shown that some, even quite experienced, ardupilot users are not calibrating their ESCs. Here's a mock-up of a new "Mandatory Hardware" page for motor setup. I've called it "ESC Calibration" but it could be called "ESC / Motor". With this page we could remove the Optional Hardware / Motor Test page because it's functionality is moved to the new page.
We have these two pages on the wiki: