Recent content by Tom Hobbs

Recently, my drone is flying poorly. It may fly correctly for a minute or so and then it doesn't seem to have the power to stay in the air. The batteries are fully charged in the drone and new batteries are in the transmitter. If I hold the drone in one hand and manipulate the throttle with...

Thanks for the help Rick. You must have a better manual than I.

Thanks. An undocumented tip I guess?

Well, I finally found my answer. Somehow, I had adjusted my trim all the way to the left. I can't remember doing that. Synaptic junctions not working well. I had disassembled the drone, lubed it up, and replaced the pc board. It then struck me to look at the transmitter. Here's the funny...

Hmmm, that's a good point you bring up. I need to check it when I get home. It did hit the grass and driveway a few times. I think I'll clean any debris off and apply some silicone paste. Thanks. Something to work on.

I have a fairly new Syma X5HW which seems to take off and then fly hard to the left (the camera is facing me). I did calibrate on a level surface. I cannot compensate by pushing the joystick to the right. I also noticed that two of the propellers do not spin at the same speed as the other...