Hi, so I'm building my first quad, which has been a pain, but i've got everything connected on cleanflight. However, when I go to the motor section to test the motors, I check the safety box, plug in the power and move the motor control bars, but nothing happens. If I leave my quad connected to the battery for a few minutes, the motors will just turn on individually themselves after a while and spin. I don't know whats gone wrong, but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Motor/ESC Issue?
- Thread starter oscar1
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mozquito1
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Never seen or heard that before.
Try a throttle calibration
Try a board reset on the setup tab,
Did you put the latest firmware on the esc's. After a minute being idle the motors should make a beep but not spin up.
I had a quad that flipped on take off, ppl said the wiring was wrong. I checked & checked again & resolderd. Had me going for 2 weeks then RENOV8R said try a reset & it worked. That reset helped me a few times since. Just go over the wiring again & make sure no signal wires are shorting anywhere.
Try a throttle calibration
Try a board reset on the setup tab,
Did you put the latest firmware on the esc's. After a minute being idle the motors should make a beep but not spin up.
I had a quad that flipped on take off, ppl said the wiring was wrong. I checked & checked again & resolderd. Had me going for 2 weeks then RENOV8R said try a reset & it worked. That reset helped me a few times since. Just go over the wiring again & make sure no signal wires are shorting anywhere.
I just replaced my flight controller if that makes any difference and literally just went into cleanflight and connected. I checked all the solders and they're fine. I'm really confused what going on?
Its okay, I managed to fix the problem, I just had to change the ESC/motor settings on cleanflight from Oneshot to PWM and it seemed to work, despite the fact the ESC's said they supported Oneshot. Try this, as you may have the same problem that I was having. If that doesn't work check the soldering on the flight controller and the joints from the ESC to the motors. Let me know how you get on.
dragger201
If it ain't broke, don't fix it??? You kidding?
Oscar.............sometimes is something simply.........try plugging in your battery before you check the safety box.............
That wasn't the issue that I was experiencing, but thanks.
dragger201
If it ain't broke, don't fix it??? You kidding?
No problem..........that's what comes of not reading the whole thread before posting....................Happy New Year, Oscar...........