lovt16@GMAIL.COM
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First of all, here is my complete setup:
[Motors](http://www.banggood.com/4x-Racersta...0-ZMR250-260-280-p-1071307.html?rmmds=myorder) - 4x Racerstar Racing Edition 2205 2600KV
[ESC's](http://www.banggood.com/4X-Racersta...t-for-FPV-Racing-p-1064326.html?rmmds=myorder) - 4X Racerstar RS30A
[Flight Controller](http://www.readytoflyquads.com/flip-32-f3-omnibus) - Flip 32 F3 Omnibus V2
[Transmitter](http://www.banggood.com/FlySky-FS-i...-FS-iA6B-Receiver-p-983537.html?rmmds=myorder) - FlySky FS-i6
In the past, I have had one motor smoke before while flying, for unknown reasons. I assumed it was a faulty motor, but since it continued to work fine I kept using it for the past few months without replacing it. I havent had any problems flying with the smoked motor, but I decided to replace it today, just to be safe, since I had a replacement, I also added a LC filter on the power in for my video transmitter, both went on with no issues and that is the only things I changed. I plugged the quad into BetaFlight to make sure the new motor was spinning properly and everything was working, and at first everything seemed to be fine, then things started to go wrong.
This may be coincidence, but after making sure the quad was working properly I configured a switch on my transmitter to turn on and off blackboxing, and when I flipped the switch on my transmitter to make sure the range in betaflight was correct, and the quad randomly disconnected from betaflight.
I then went into BL_Heli to configure my ESC's, since the motors were not spinning up at the same time, and after about 20 seconds, the quad would disconnect from BL_Heli and the motors would start beeping rapidly and without any coordination, and would keep doing that until I unplugged it. I checked BetaFlight again and I saw [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vX2cAkvdyo) (sorry about random talking in the background), as you can see, the accelerometer and gyros were both going crazy, and the battery voltage indicator was doing weird things as well.
Again, not sure if this means anything, but when I unbound my blackbox transmitter switch, the problem seemed to be solved. It started happening again while I tried to calibrate my throttle in BL_Heli again, and then one of the motors, NOT the one I replaced, starting belching white smoke. I unplugged it immediately, but neither the motor nor the ESC were especially hot, in fact they were barely warm.
To me, it seems like the FC was having some serious issues, and caused the ESC to overload the motor. The only thing I can think of that is wrong with my FC is that the USB does not supply power to the quad, and when i'm connected to Betaflight or anything I need to have a battery plugged in.
Now, again, it does not seem to be having the weird gyro issue anymore but at this point I am scared to do anything with the quad for risk of more smoke or crashes.
Any help/insight would be greatly appreciated. Is this an issues with my FC? If so, why did it stop working. Or is it an ESC or motor? I really have no idea. Thanks for any feedback, and sorry for the lengthy post, I just wanted to make sure I included any relevant information.
TLDR: working in Betaflight/Bl_Heli, quad starting rapidly turning on and off and beeping, the gyros and accelerometer freaked out, then one of my motors started smoking, now it seems to be okay again
[Motors](http://www.banggood.com/4x-Racersta...0-ZMR250-260-280-p-1071307.html?rmmds=myorder) - 4x Racerstar Racing Edition 2205 2600KV
[ESC's](http://www.banggood.com/4X-Racersta...t-for-FPV-Racing-p-1064326.html?rmmds=myorder) - 4X Racerstar RS30A
[Flight Controller](http://www.readytoflyquads.com/flip-32-f3-omnibus) - Flip 32 F3 Omnibus V2
[Transmitter](http://www.banggood.com/FlySky-FS-i...-FS-iA6B-Receiver-p-983537.html?rmmds=myorder) - FlySky FS-i6
In the past, I have had one motor smoke before while flying, for unknown reasons. I assumed it was a faulty motor, but since it continued to work fine I kept using it for the past few months without replacing it. I havent had any problems flying with the smoked motor, but I decided to replace it today, just to be safe, since I had a replacement, I also added a LC filter on the power in for my video transmitter, both went on with no issues and that is the only things I changed. I plugged the quad into BetaFlight to make sure the new motor was spinning properly and everything was working, and at first everything seemed to be fine, then things started to go wrong.
This may be coincidence, but after making sure the quad was working properly I configured a switch on my transmitter to turn on and off blackboxing, and when I flipped the switch on my transmitter to make sure the range in betaflight was correct, and the quad randomly disconnected from betaflight.
I then went into BL_Heli to configure my ESC's, since the motors were not spinning up at the same time, and after about 20 seconds, the quad would disconnect from BL_Heli and the motors would start beeping rapidly and without any coordination, and would keep doing that until I unplugged it. I checked BetaFlight again and I saw [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vX2cAkvdyo) (sorry about random talking in the background), as you can see, the accelerometer and gyros were both going crazy, and the battery voltage indicator was doing weird things as well.
Again, not sure if this means anything, but when I unbound my blackbox transmitter switch, the problem seemed to be solved. It started happening again while I tried to calibrate my throttle in BL_Heli again, and then one of the motors, NOT the one I replaced, starting belching white smoke. I unplugged it immediately, but neither the motor nor the ESC were especially hot, in fact they were barely warm.
To me, it seems like the FC was having some serious issues, and caused the ESC to overload the motor. The only thing I can think of that is wrong with my FC is that the USB does not supply power to the quad, and when i'm connected to Betaflight or anything I need to have a battery plugged in.
Now, again, it does not seem to be having the weird gyro issue anymore but at this point I am scared to do anything with the quad for risk of more smoke or crashes.
Any help/insight would be greatly appreciated. Is this an issues with my FC? If so, why did it stop working. Or is it an ESC or motor? I really have no idea. Thanks for any feedback, and sorry for the lengthy post, I just wanted to make sure I included any relevant information.
TLDR: working in Betaflight/Bl_Heli, quad starting rapidly turning on and off and beeping, the gyros and accelerometer freaked out, then one of my motors started smoking, now it seems to be okay again
