Alright, So I am brand spanking new to the quadcopter world, so I apologize if I miss any obviously known issues here.
Here's the break down of the issue:
Just got my Hubsan X4 in the mail yesterday, depleted both the batteries then charged them to full. Put on the propeller guards so I wouldn't chunk the out on every obstacle I hit. Plugged in the battery, calibrated it on a level surface, then off it flew! It was flying great all day, even if I'm a terrible pilot so far! It took a few tumbles and spills here and there but nothing so dramatic the crash guard couldn't handle. Called it a day, plugged in the batteries to charge and took them off when they were done.
Now come to today. I plug in the fresh battery, turn on the controller and calibrate it on a level surface. Turn up the elevator and nothing but a whole lot of prop spinning! It'll kind of wiggle like it wants to lift, but won't go anywhere. Okay that's odd, maybe its just a bad battery. So I take out the battery and pop in the extra one I ordered with it and plug that one in. Same issue! Okay well maybe I ruined the propellers or something, I think. SO I take out some fresh props I ordered with the spare part kit, take off the old ones with the prop guard, pop on the fresh ones and hey presto it rockets up like no ones business. So I set it down and put the prop guard back on because I don't wanna ruin these fresh props, right? Well the same issue resurfaces. A whole lot of full elevator and prop spinning but going nowhere. Okay so its the prop guard then, I'll just learn to fly without it. Take it off and still the same issue.
I understand it could be a motor issue, but here's my reservation on that. When I was checking all the functions of the sticks with my controller while the elevator was pinned I noticed something odd. The strafe was being controlled by the forward and back sticks and the forward backwards was being controlled by the strafe which means the controller switched these functions. So Im wondering if the controller isn't malfunctioning and not sending a full elevator signal to my receiver save for that one time it rocketed up. Either way this is a nightmare of a start to my quad copter career haha!
If anyone has any tips that can potentially avoid me having to re-solder new motors into this already brand new quad, it'd be greatly appreciated!!! Cheers!
Here's the break down of the issue:
Just got my Hubsan X4 in the mail yesterday, depleted both the batteries then charged them to full. Put on the propeller guards so I wouldn't chunk the out on every obstacle I hit. Plugged in the battery, calibrated it on a level surface, then off it flew! It was flying great all day, even if I'm a terrible pilot so far! It took a few tumbles and spills here and there but nothing so dramatic the crash guard couldn't handle. Called it a day, plugged in the batteries to charge and took them off when they were done.
Now come to today. I plug in the fresh battery, turn on the controller and calibrate it on a level surface. Turn up the elevator and nothing but a whole lot of prop spinning! It'll kind of wiggle like it wants to lift, but won't go anywhere. Okay that's odd, maybe its just a bad battery. So I take out the battery and pop in the extra one I ordered with it and plug that one in. Same issue! Okay well maybe I ruined the propellers or something, I think. SO I take out some fresh props I ordered with the spare part kit, take off the old ones with the prop guard, pop on the fresh ones and hey presto it rockets up like no ones business. So I set it down and put the prop guard back on because I don't wanna ruin these fresh props, right? Well the same issue resurfaces. A whole lot of full elevator and prop spinning but going nowhere. Okay so its the prop guard then, I'll just learn to fly without it. Take it off and still the same issue.
I understand it could be a motor issue, but here's my reservation on that. When I was checking all the functions of the sticks with my controller while the elevator was pinned I noticed something odd. The strafe was being controlled by the forward and back sticks and the forward backwards was being controlled by the strafe which means the controller switched these functions. So Im wondering if the controller isn't malfunctioning and not sending a full elevator signal to my receiver save for that one time it rocketed up. Either way this is a nightmare of a start to my quad copter career haha!
If anyone has any tips that can potentially avoid me having to re-solder new motors into this already brand new quad, it'd be greatly appreciated!!! Cheers!
