Duck
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I took advantage of some social distance and flew the nearby highschool parking lot. The school is closed, under construction and has only one entrance a long way from where I was flying so I could avoid flying around anyone. I managed to get my 5" through a few packs. I haven't gotten to fly it much so I was taking advantage of the time and the space to push myself. It was awesome! I did however hit a very lovely lamp post.
It rang like a bell. The post is fine and the quad isn't too bad either. After this and one other hard landing in dirt I noticed that my batteries were picking up some pretty good marks from the button head screws I use on my frame.
Both seem salvageable but this isn't a good trend in two flights. Looking at it, I think the screws are actually taller then the Ummagrip battery pad I have on there. Given that I would expect this to keep happening when the battery gets knocked.
The quad on the bench afterwards. Look away from the bad soldering. You didn't see it.
While flying my quad after almost 9 months of keeping it in a drawer is probably worth one battery damaged, I don't think it is necessary. What can I do to avoid damaging my batteries on the screws? Should I switch to cap heads? Would putting a thicker battery pad on help? It looks like the QAV-R 2 pad that came with the frame is a tiny bit thicker but it also isn't sticky and awesome. How about just putting a larger pad that has cutouts around the screws? Would that reduce the abrasions?
What do you do to protect your battery during crashes?
It rang like a bell. The post is fine and the quad isn't too bad either. After this and one other hard landing in dirt I noticed that my batteries were picking up some pretty good marks from the button head screws I use on my frame.
Both seem salvageable but this isn't a good trend in two flights. Looking at it, I think the screws are actually taller then the Ummagrip battery pad I have on there. Given that I would expect this to keep happening when the battery gets knocked.
The quad on the bench afterwards. Look away from the bad soldering. You didn't see it.
While flying my quad after almost 9 months of keeping it in a drawer is probably worth one battery damaged, I don't think it is necessary. What can I do to avoid damaging my batteries on the screws? Should I switch to cap heads? Would putting a thicker battery pad on help? It looks like the QAV-R 2 pad that came with the frame is a tiny bit thicker but it also isn't sticky and awesome. How about just putting a larger pad that has cutouts around the screws? Would that reduce the abrasions?
What do you do to protect your battery during crashes?