Hello everyone! I hate my first post to be one where I'm begging for help, but I'm getting frustrated.
About 2 weeks ago I finished my Tricopter based off of David's 2.5 design. For the first week or so, it flew great. I wasn't doing anything crazy, just trying to get the feel of it. At that time I was also flying it in Acro mode. Since then I found that acro was a little too touchy on the throttle for me, so I decided to go to Heli mode and change the throttle curve. It was also at that time that I replaced the #2 prop to be counter rotating and also reversed the motor.
It seems to fly ok near me. When I roll right or left for a bit and it gets away, it seems to start bucking. This also happens if I pitch away from me and it travels a good distance. It's almost to the point where my transmitter doesn't seem to send input.
I'm using the OrangeRX 620 (no sattelite) and I have the antenna on the battery/camera mount pointed up vertically. I did a range test the other day and about 100 paces away (with low power) it lost signal.
Would bad signal cause it to buck like that or are there multiple problems? I've ran out of replacement wood booms so I have some on order. Feel free to ask a bunch more questions because I'm pretty much lost right now.
THANKS!
Edit: I should mention that I'm using a DX6i as my transmitter.
About 2 weeks ago I finished my Tricopter based off of David's 2.5 design. For the first week or so, it flew great. I wasn't doing anything crazy, just trying to get the feel of it. At that time I was also flying it in Acro mode. Since then I found that acro was a little too touchy on the throttle for me, so I decided to go to Heli mode and change the throttle curve. It was also at that time that I replaced the #2 prop to be counter rotating and also reversed the motor.
It seems to fly ok near me. When I roll right or left for a bit and it gets away, it seems to start bucking. This also happens if I pitch away from me and it travels a good distance. It's almost to the point where my transmitter doesn't seem to send input.
I'm using the OrangeRX 620 (no sattelite) and I have the antenna on the battery/camera mount pointed up vertically. I did a range test the other day and about 100 paces away (with low power) it lost signal.
Would bad signal cause it to buck like that or are there multiple problems? I've ran out of replacement wood booms so I have some on order. Feel free to ask a bunch more questions because I'm pretty much lost right now.
THANKS!
Edit: I should mention that I'm using a DX6i as my transmitter.
Last edited: