Testing

Owned by James Hughes
Last updated: Aug 31, 2018

Test Flight 

 Test flight completed with Cyril at his house


Binding

 

  • Binding process was painless

Required Hardware

 

Think ahead on hardware as this stuff is small and difficult to find. M3 misc nylon hardware arrives on  

3.5mm bullet connectors were also an afterthought. I made a connector holder by drilling a 1/8" hole in a block of wood to hold the connectors while soldering wires to them

Motor spin-up testing

 

  • 1 ESC was EXTREMELY hot to the touch. Discuss with Cyril.
    • Just power to ESC, not motor connected
    • Replaced it

Prop Balancing

Initial Setup and Flight Test

  • James Hughes  Meet with Cyril to go through settings/ fine tune

Build TODOs

  • James Hughes   Drill bottom plate to allow mounting holes for PDU and fine tune how this is mounted
  • James Hughes Tie wrap ESCs and cables

Arming the drone

Seemed like it did not work all the time. Pretty certain the transmitter is on first, before plugging in the battery to the drone
  • ARM - Throttle down, rudder right
  • DISARM - Throttle down, rudder left

Second Attempt of spin-up testing

  • spin up on all 4 motors is good
  • rotation is verified
  • M1-M4 are connected to proper connectors

ESC failure

  • ESC gets really hot with just having the battery connected
  • No motor
  • No connection to controller
  • I'll tear it apart later

Build notes

Always FULLY SECURE motor wires to the arms. They find a way to get into the props if not careful.