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| Multi Rotor Discussion Tri's, Quad's, Hex'as and more. Discuss anything multi-rotor, including multi-rotor stabilization and FPV setups. |
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| 06-02-2017 10:34 AM | ||
| hk4fvj |
Re: Caught on Camera: Weirdest Drone Crash; Motor Came off I have more dramatic pictures. I will post them soon. I have not flown it yet after I fixed it. I will try it soon and let you know how it goes. I think the whole issue was poor software/firmware. |
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| 05-27-2017 07:01 PM | ||
| Iv4n |
Re: Caught on Camera: Weirdest Drone Crash; Motor Came off That's pretty crazy indeed. Interesting how a motor can just fly away like it did there. Safety first! No crashes are ever planned! Glad you were flying in an open field. |
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| 10-17-2016 10:15 AM | ||
| hk4fvj |
Re: Caught on Camera: Weirdest Drone Crash; Motor Came off Quote:
I just updated the firmware for both gimbal/camera and controller. |
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| 10-14-2016 07:30 AM | ||
| Cougar429 |
Re: Caught on Camera: Weirdest Drone Crash; Motor Came off Take a close look at the motor attach area on the new frame for anything that needs reinforcement. Any threads online of this problem with your model? |
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| 10-13-2016 09:01 AM | ||
| hk4fvj |
Re: Caught on Camera: Weirdest Drone Crash; Motor Came off Quote:
I was initially reluctant to fix it specially because the 2.4 Ghz Tx was also damaged, however I did fix it with a microscope. |
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| 10-13-2016 08:55 AM | ||
| Cougar429 |
Re: Caught on Camera: Weirdest Drone Crash; Motor Came off Ah, not counting the half blade in the frame that's what I thought and noted in my original post. Did not see the base, though. Sounds like the arm cracked. Could be a design or manufacturing issue, (drilling may have separated layers or created a sharp edge) or tightening the screws may have induced stress into that area. Unfortunately it ripped the wires out when departing so that motor is toast. |
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| 10-12-2016 08:33 PM | ||
| hk4fvj |
Re: Caught on Camera: Weirdest Drone Crash; Motor Came off Quote:
In this case, the full motor altogether with the propeller the four screws and even the plastic base disengaged. |
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| 10-12-2016 08:27 PM | ||
| hk4fvj |
Re: Caught on Camera: Weirdest Drone Crash; Motor Came off Hi Guys Thanks for all the comments. The motor departed wit the plastic base and the four screws. Basically the plastic body did not resist. The four blades were balanced using the Dubro balancing machine prior to maiden flight. Never perceived any vibration. I can only think the body is made of a cheap plastic but is only my feeling. It was the fifth flight of the year and all previous were excellent; also at the moment of the accident, it had been flying for 12 minutes, which make things even weirdest. No blade broke at all. The black Silhouette that resembles a half blade is a picture artifact, I guess retention by the CCD element of the camera, something similar to retina retention. I have attached three additional picture that were not included in the original video. They do show how the motor with the retained blade, atatched four screws and plastic base falls hopelessly down to earth while the drone try to remain stable. Finally it goes nuts after almost three-five seconds and falls to shatter. |
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| 10-12-2016 08:12 PM | ||
| Max |
Re: Caught on Camera: Weirdest Drone Crash; Motor Came off Quote:
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| 10-12-2016 12:23 PM | ||
| tporter416 |
Re: Caught on Camera: Weirdest Drone Crash; Motor Came off I've had that happen with my emax motors, one of them the motor housing came off, this was after a lot of flights. The C Clip just let go about 4 mins into a flight and the quad spun in and was undamaged except for the motor. I found the motor housing and blade, undamaged, put it back together and just replaced the C clip, still flying it now... Tom |
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