Hi Everyone,
I recently brought my first quad, a Twister Quattro X, with 2 axis gimbal and FPV. I took it for a test flight and enjoyed the experience of flying a quad for the first time. All was going well till one of the prop nuts flew off and the quad crashed to the ground. Upon impact the land gear and gimbal were damaged.
Now some people would argue that the prop nut falling off is my fault, I would argue that all the nuts were tighten to the maximum pressure and the nut design is the issue (I would like to confirm if everyone is using nylock nuts instead of the standard cone type?), either way I am left with a $220 damaged gimbal. One of the axis doesn't respond due to the wiring coming off at the solder point on the motherboard.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is it fixable? Can it just be re-soldered?
Many thanks in advance, it was a disappointing first flight and wrecked my confidence in the quad (why would a prop nut just fly off, will this happen again?)
Cheers from Australia.
I recently brought my first quad, a Twister Quattro X, with 2 axis gimbal and FPV. I took it for a test flight and enjoyed the experience of flying a quad for the first time. All was going well till one of the prop nuts flew off and the quad crashed to the ground. Upon impact the land gear and gimbal were damaged.
Now some people would argue that the prop nut falling off is my fault, I would argue that all the nuts were tighten to the maximum pressure and the nut design is the issue (I would like to confirm if everyone is using nylock nuts instead of the standard cone type?), either way I am left with a $220 damaged gimbal. One of the axis doesn't respond due to the wiring coming off at the solder point on the motherboard.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is it fixable? Can it just be re-soldered?
Many thanks in advance, it was a disappointing first flight and wrecked my confidence in the quad (why would a prop nut just fly off, will this happen again?)
Cheers from Australia.
