ThisLifeWas
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Hi all,
Last night around 10PM I put the finishing touches on my shiny new F450, and was able to get it off the ground and fly it briefly around my tiny apartment. I did several takeoffs to get a handle on how far up the throttle I'd have to go to get it to lift off. I even have a video of it hovering as evidence.
Today during my lunchbreak I went into a garage that's under construction (no wind or people around) to do a few more tests with more room. Upon liftoff, the front two legs come off the ground, but the back two stay, this causes it to stand up on two legs (a neat trick, but not what I'm looking for) and run the risk of the props hitting the ground. I tried a dozen times, powering off each time. It still tries to flip over. On the last try, I gave it extra throttle and it flipped over and bent the edge of the prop (got to buy extras UGH)
So my question is: What could have possibly changed from last night to noon today to cause the thing to fail like this? The only thing I've done is take the battery off for charging. All of the props are spinning in the correct direction and can't be put on upside down; it seems like the back two or at least one of them is going the wrong way, but I know it's not. Underpowered maybe?
Can you think of anything that I might have done?
Thank you very much for your time and help with my issue!
Last night around 10PM I put the finishing touches on my shiny new F450, and was able to get it off the ground and fly it briefly around my tiny apartment. I did several takeoffs to get a handle on how far up the throttle I'd have to go to get it to lift off. I even have a video of it hovering as evidence.
Today during my lunchbreak I went into a garage that's under construction (no wind or people around) to do a few more tests with more room. Upon liftoff, the front two legs come off the ground, but the back two stay, this causes it to stand up on two legs (a neat trick, but not what I'm looking for) and run the risk of the props hitting the ground. I tried a dozen times, powering off each time. It still tries to flip over. On the last try, I gave it extra throttle and it flipped over and bent the edge of the prop (got to buy extras UGH)
So my question is: What could have possibly changed from last night to noon today to cause the thing to fail like this? The only thing I've done is take the battery off for charging. All of the props are spinning in the correct direction and can't be put on upside down; it seems like the back two or at least one of them is going the wrong way, but I know it's not. Underpowered maybe?
Can you think of anything that I might have done?
Thank you very much for your time and help with my issue!