mastermalpass
Elite member
A few months ago, I was showing my Diatone GT-M530 to a colleague when the motors would cut mid-flight and it would drop. This happened more and more as I tried to fly it and so I called it and looked online for help. Apparently it was a connection issue, solution being to take the props off, get the motors spinning and poke it with a stick until the location of the bad connection becomes apparent...
Of course, my problem wouldn't be that simple, would it? 😂 The GT M530 seems quite happy being poked, flexed, violently shaken and repeatedly whacked with a light bouncey object without any motor-cut-off problems. The problem would eventually happen and I was stumped as to what caused it each time. Eventually, when filming it in hopes the Quad specialists on here might know what can cause this, I stumbled across the cause of the issue; specifically when in Angle (auto-level) mode, if I tilt it close to 90° the motors cut out. Has anyone else had this issue before? It has been flying fine for ages since it was last plugged in, this issue hasn't appeared after an update or anything, rather after I moved house and it spent ages sitting in a box.
Oh also, I just ran another test - pushing the pitch and roll axis to max both ways, to see if the attempt to change orientation is what's causing the issue. I found that pushing the stick to max when in auto-level mode does not replicate the cut-out issue.
Of course, my problem wouldn't be that simple, would it? 😂 The GT M530 seems quite happy being poked, flexed, violently shaken and repeatedly whacked with a light bouncey object without any motor-cut-off problems. The problem would eventually happen and I was stumped as to what caused it each time. Eventually, when filming it in hopes the Quad specialists on here might know what can cause this, I stumbled across the cause of the issue; specifically when in Angle (auto-level) mode, if I tilt it close to 90° the motors cut out. Has anyone else had this issue before? It has been flying fine for ages since it was last plugged in, this issue hasn't appeared after an update or anything, rather after I moved house and it spent ages sitting in a box.
Oh also, I just ran another test - pushing the pitch and roll axis to max both ways, to see if the attempt to change orientation is what's causing the issue. I found that pushing the stick to max when in auto-level mode does not replicate the cut-out issue.