Recent content by John1791

Follow up: Motors for the petrel u42w worked perfectly! Will probably order another set just in case. Now the only concern is if the gears on the housing go out. Thanks for help!

Ahhhh! Maybe that was the issue then. They initially brought one out with a gear except it was brass so I asked if it could be removed because I can't use it on plastic. It couldn't. They came back with one (same size) but no gear. Fingers crossed for the new motors (which have gears!).

I am brand new to quadcopter as well but in reading your post, the only thing I can see that isn't consistent is location. Might there be something in home (or wherever you are flying) that is causing interference? I notice a lot of the drones utilize the 2.4ghz frequency which a lot of...

Thanks for the reply! I had not found that site. Tried to order but it doesn't seem to go through. The measurements I was able to come up with 20mm length (just motor case), 24mm with shaft, and 8mm diameter. The size issue only occurred when I didn't pay attention to what I ordered and got...

JUST bought a cheerwing cw4 for me and kids to learn on. Fresh out of the box, toying around, quadcopter got caught in bush on full throttle and burned out motor (could smell it). After exhaustive search for replacements, I finally just measured the motor and ordered what I thought were good...