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Hello peoples.
Tis I needing input and help this time instead of me droning on about trying to solve others issues. Here is your chance for payback for me annoying you all.
I have an issue that has been getting worse over time and seems to have me chasing ghosts. I have one motor on my Alien
(Lumenier 2350kv) run by a kiss 24 a race edition esc. The last few times I have gone out to fly it randomly decides if it wants to work or not. This has gone beyond amusing as it has now killed a third day of flight on the few nice days I get this early in the year.
The first time it happened I had only walked out back to the play area to fly. I turn on my radio, power up the quad, and everything seems to boot properly. ( I did not notice this the first few times) A few seconds later the esc will beep and go into what I think is an error state. This will not allow the motor to arm. It is getting power as there is still resistance in the motor when powered like the others. It just won't spin.
The first time it happened I took it back home and opened up the frame to start troubleshooting. When the frame was open the motor worked fine. I thought bad wire or solder joint so I un-taped the esc cut open the shrink tube and proceeded to check the circuit. Nothing looked obvious and I rang it out with a meter to be sure the wires were fine even moving them around checking for breaks inside the covering. Found nothing. Put it all back together and it flew normally for several sessions.
Walk all the way up to the park a few weeks ago on the random good day and the same thing happens. Since I was all the way out there I decided that I would open the frame with it powered up and wiggle things to see if that changed status. No dice. I got distracted trying to think of what could be the issue and had left it plugged in. Once the inactivity timer kicked in to where the esc's are set to beep for lost model the esc rebooted and started to work normal again. Un plugged it put it back together again and flew a few packs.
Went out again a few days later and the same thing happened. When fiddling around with it arming and disarming in various flight modes it woke back up without having to wait til it timed out. Again when I got back home I opened it all up again and went thru it trying to find anything. There is not even a nick on the esc like it took a blade strike or anything.
I am totally baffled and I do not want to change out parts until I know what the issue is. This is where your experiences come into play hoping some one else has had this happen and found a definite cause.
Could the motor be the cause some how, Could it be the FC? I am totally baffled on this one. Can the firmware somehow get corrupted like memory in computers do at times? Will a reflashing more likely help or cause more issues.
This is the last time I flew right after having this issue and being able to clear it while arming in a different mode so I KNOW it all works great (when it WANTS to)
Tis I needing input and help this time instead of me droning on about trying to solve others issues. Here is your chance for payback for me annoying you all.
I have an issue that has been getting worse over time and seems to have me chasing ghosts. I have one motor on my Alien
(Lumenier 2350kv) run by a kiss 24 a race edition esc. The last few times I have gone out to fly it randomly decides if it wants to work or not. This has gone beyond amusing as it has now killed a third day of flight on the few nice days I get this early in the year.
The first time it happened I had only walked out back to the play area to fly. I turn on my radio, power up the quad, and everything seems to boot properly. ( I did not notice this the first few times) A few seconds later the esc will beep and go into what I think is an error state. This will not allow the motor to arm. It is getting power as there is still resistance in the motor when powered like the others. It just won't spin.
The first time it happened I took it back home and opened up the frame to start troubleshooting. When the frame was open the motor worked fine. I thought bad wire or solder joint so I un-taped the esc cut open the shrink tube and proceeded to check the circuit. Nothing looked obvious and I rang it out with a meter to be sure the wires were fine even moving them around checking for breaks inside the covering. Found nothing. Put it all back together and it flew normally for several sessions.
Walk all the way up to the park a few weeks ago on the random good day and the same thing happens. Since I was all the way out there I decided that I would open the frame with it powered up and wiggle things to see if that changed status. No dice. I got distracted trying to think of what could be the issue and had left it plugged in. Once the inactivity timer kicked in to where the esc's are set to beep for lost model the esc rebooted and started to work normal again. Un plugged it put it back together again and flew a few packs.
Went out again a few days later and the same thing happened. When fiddling around with it arming and disarming in various flight modes it woke back up without having to wait til it timed out. Again when I got back home I opened it all up again and went thru it trying to find anything. There is not even a nick on the esc like it took a blade strike or anything.
I am totally baffled and I do not want to change out parts until I know what the issue is. This is where your experiences come into play hoping some one else has had this happen and found a definite cause.
Could the motor be the cause some how, Could it be the FC? I am totally baffled on this one. Can the firmware somehow get corrupted like memory in computers do at times? Will a reflashing more likely help or cause more issues.
This is the last time I flew right after having this issue and being able to clear it while arming in a different mode so I KNOW it all works great (when it WANTS to)