fluffpilot
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Alright so, I'm stumped.
Transmitter is my reliable DX6e, receiver is a brand new AR620. Plane is a Storch, servo extensions in use but just plain wires (no amplifiers or weird junk).
Still currently bench testing (with the prop off).
Running all six channels with ailerons on separate channels and flaps on a Y harness. Problem only seems to occur when the flaps are activated. I've got them on a three position switch with zero, half and full programmed. Haven't even gotten into aileron/flap mixing and don't plan to just yet, so the switch is flap only.
What I'm getting is sometimes when the flaps are active, and sometimes while they're activating/returning everything but the throttle control will freeze. For instance flaps down, move the rudder and suddenly it goes full to one side and stops and nothing responds. Flaps active and move ailerons, same deal whatever was moving goes full in one direction or other and nothing responds except the throttle.
Sometimes when you move the flaps, same thing they just go full one direction and everything but the throttle locks up.
Sometimes it all works fine for a while and I can move just about every single servo at once with no issue and sometimes I plug it in and it moves once and quits.
When this happens, if I reach in and unplug two servos (usually the flaps because they're handy) everything will start responding again without even disc/reconnecting the battery. Plug the flaps in again, everything works great until I move them and something else and it goes full lock again. If it's frozen and I unplug the battery and reconnect, everything stays frozen until I unplug a couple servos.
I've tried it on three different batteries (all 3S but different mAh & C ratings) and that doesn't change anything.
I can get video if needed, but dang it's driving me up the wall and I have no idea what's doing it.
Transmitter is my reliable DX6e, receiver is a brand new AR620. Plane is a Storch, servo extensions in use but just plain wires (no amplifiers or weird junk).
Still currently bench testing (with the prop off).
Running all six channels with ailerons on separate channels and flaps on a Y harness. Problem only seems to occur when the flaps are activated. I've got them on a three position switch with zero, half and full programmed. Haven't even gotten into aileron/flap mixing and don't plan to just yet, so the switch is flap only.
What I'm getting is sometimes when the flaps are active, and sometimes while they're activating/returning everything but the throttle control will freeze. For instance flaps down, move the rudder and suddenly it goes full to one side and stops and nothing responds. Flaps active and move ailerons, same deal whatever was moving goes full in one direction or other and nothing responds except the throttle.
Sometimes when you move the flaps, same thing they just go full one direction and everything but the throttle locks up.
Sometimes it all works fine for a while and I can move just about every single servo at once with no issue and sometimes I plug it in and it moves once and quits.
When this happens, if I reach in and unplug two servos (usually the flaps because they're handy) everything will start responding again without even disc/reconnecting the battery. Plug the flaps in again, everything works great until I move them and something else and it goes full lock again. If it's frozen and I unplug the battery and reconnect, everything stays frozen until I unplug a couple servos.
I've tried it on three different batteries (all 3S but different mAh & C ratings) and that doesn't change anything.
I can get video if needed, but dang it's driving me up the wall and I have no idea what's doing it.