Test Flight

25 Jul 2018 Test flight completed with Cyril at his house

Binding

23 Jul 2018

Binding process was painless

Required Hardware

23 Jul 2018

Think ahead on hardware as this stuff is small and difficult to find. M3 misc nylon hardware arrives on 23 Jul 2018

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

23 Jul 2018

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

Prop Balancing

James Hughes24 Jul 2018 Balance props

Initial Setup and Flight Test

James Hughes 25 Jul 2018 Meet with Cyril to go through settings/ fine tune

Build TODOs

James Hughes 05 Aug 2018 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.

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