GGoodrum
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I have mine bolted to the back right corner, and I'm using the longest of the three rods provided. I'm not sure on this particular setup if I can get it any farther away.
-- Gary
Falling out of the sky problem...
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I have mine bolted to the back right corner, and I'm using the longest of the three rods provided. I'm not sure on this particular setup if I can get it any farther away.
-- Gary
I experience not just once but often almost. Hovering pretty nice no doubt but soon after couple of minutes it will just like it looses power or cut off,then i hit the throttle stick to maximum to recover then power goes back. It freaking me out always since im flying at very high altitudes.
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GGoodrum
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I'd check and make sure you have solid connections, and that nothing is getting warm. My problem was a mismatch of connectors that caused a lot of resistance, which generated heat. The resistance also caused a voltage sag that ended up causing the motors to draw more current than normal, trying to still hit the same power levels. Anyway, if you have a bad connection, the heat generated can cause expansion which can the cause a temporary complete disconnection. That's what was happening with my setup.
-- Gary
Thank you sir. By the way in my case i suspect it was power distribution board i made. ESC to Motor connection was soldered then ESC supply soldered to DIY power dist. board, A double sided PCB. I think i need to add capacitor on my PD board? any suggestion what capacitor value needed?
GGoodrum
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Just when I thought it was safe to back in the water... :nevreness:
I just did a test flight this afternoon, mainly as a test of my GoPro mount changes, but also, I wanted to "calibrate" the Voltage Monitoring function. The flight went fairly smooth, and I had no further incidents, but I only got about 3-1/2 to 4 minutes of flight time, if that, before the yellow flashing gave way to red flashing and a gentle descent to the ground. I checked, and the motors were warm again, not like the first time, but warm, nonetheless. Oh, and to preclude the possibility that sitting there for 7 minutes, waiting for the GPS to find enough satellites, I started out using a 3rd pack, by itself, to power up the WK-M. To my pleasant surprise, however, it took but 32 seconds for the single flashing red LED, and only 1:41 for the last one to be found. Good news, for sure. Anyway, once the GPS was set, I plugged in one of the 4s-3300 flight packs, unplugged the 3rd one, and then plugged in the 2nd 4s-3300 flight pack. It was only about 30 seconds from then, until I took it off.
Anyway, after the abbreviated flight, I also noticed that one of the packs was warm (along with the motors...), but the second one was cold. Once I plugged it into the charger, my suspicions were confirmed, it was still completely full. :shame: These packs came from the LHS with Deans and I got lazy because they are the "real" variety, as was both ends of my new Y-adapter. #@%&! Well, at least I know what happened. I'll swap these out for something else, first thing in the morning.
-- Gary
I just did a test flight this afternoon, mainly as a test of my GoPro mount changes, but also, I wanted to "calibrate" the Voltage Monitoring function. The flight went fairly smooth, and I had no further incidents, but I only got about 3-1/2 to 4 minutes of flight time, if that, before the yellow flashing gave way to red flashing and a gentle descent to the ground. I checked, and the motors were warm again, not like the first time, but warm, nonetheless. Oh, and to preclude the possibility that sitting there for 7 minutes, waiting for the GPS to find enough satellites, I started out using a 3rd pack, by itself, to power up the WK-M. To my pleasant surprise, however, it took but 32 seconds for the single flashing red LED, and only 1:41 for the last one to be found. Good news, for sure.
Anyway, once the GPS was set, I plugged in one of the 4s-3300 flight packs, unplugged the 3rd one, and then plugged in the 2nd 4s-3300 flight pack. It was only about 30 seconds from then, until I took it off.Anyway, after the abbreviated flight, I also noticed that one of the packs was warm (along with the motors...), but the second one was cold. Once I plugged it into the charger, my suspicions were confirmed, it was still completely full. :shame: These packs came from the LHS with Deans and I got lazy because they are the "real" variety, as was both ends of my new Y-adapter. #@%&! Well, at least I know what happened. I'll swap these out for something else, first thing in the morning.
-- Gary