JMundy
Member
I am getting a bit frustrated... my Tricopter keeps falling out of the sky for no apparent reason!
After I 1st built the tricopter... I had about 8-10 flights when this happen. I was flying 60-80 ft away in front of my house with my gopro and wifi on. All three motors stopped running and down it came landing in the snow.... this time wasn't as pretty, it hit concrete and busted all three arms. This time I was in a wide open area quite a ways from any house and the wifi was OFF, which I learned could have been the problem the 1st time.
Here is a my setup the 1st build:
Frame - David's Tricopter 2.5
Motors - DT750
ESC - RCTimer - NFS ESC 30A Multi-Rotor ESC SimonK Firmware (OPTO)
Props - Turnigy 10x4.5
Flight Controller - Readytoflyquads Flip 1.5
Battery - Turnigy 2200mAh 3S
Rceiver - Spektrum AR6100
UBEC - Hobby Wing 3A 5V (Powering thru Rx)
Here is latest build:
Frame - David's Tricopter 2.5
Motors - DT750
ESC - RCTimer - NFS ESC 30A Multi-Rotor ESC SimonK Firmware (OPTO)
Props - Turnigy 10x4.5
Flight Controller - KK2.1
Battery - Turnigy 2200mAh 3S
Receiver - Spektrum AR7610
UBEC - Hobby Wing 3A 5V (Powering thru port 1 & 5 on FC)
I checked the ESCs and motors as soon as it crashed, none were hot. It was about 57 degrees out and approx 15mph wind. I was getting some aerials so no hard flying...
I am starting to think it was the ESCs... I could sure use some help figuring this out!
Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide!
After I 1st built the tricopter... I had about 8-10 flights when this happen. I was flying 60-80 ft away in front of my house with my gopro and wifi on. All three motors stopped running and down it came landing in the snow.... this time wasn't as pretty, it hit concrete and busted all three arms. This time I was in a wide open area quite a ways from any house and the wifi was OFF, which I learned could have been the problem the 1st time.
Here is a my setup the 1st build:
Frame - David's Tricopter 2.5
Motors - DT750
ESC - RCTimer - NFS ESC 30A Multi-Rotor ESC SimonK Firmware (OPTO)
Props - Turnigy 10x4.5
Flight Controller - Readytoflyquads Flip 1.5
Battery - Turnigy 2200mAh 3S
Rceiver - Spektrum AR6100
UBEC - Hobby Wing 3A 5V (Powering thru Rx)
Here is latest build:
Frame - David's Tricopter 2.5
Motors - DT750
ESC - RCTimer - NFS ESC 30A Multi-Rotor ESC SimonK Firmware (OPTO)
Props - Turnigy 10x4.5
Flight Controller - KK2.1
Battery - Turnigy 2200mAh 3S
Receiver - Spektrum AR7610
UBEC - Hobby Wing 3A 5V (Powering thru port 1 & 5 on FC)
I checked the ESCs and motors as soon as it crashed, none were hot. It was about 57 degrees out and approx 15mph wind. I was getting some aerials so no hard flying...
I am starting to think it was the ESCs... I could sure use some help figuring this out!
Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide!
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