jamesnater
Well-Known Member
The last 2 times I've flown, my quad's fallen from the sky into grass and mud. Failsafe activates and it tumbles to Earth and explodes, making me die a little inside haha. That horrible helpless feeling, dammit it sucks!
A little more details on the build...
It started life as an Eachine Wizard X220. I crashed it a bunch, then hard enough to break an arm at the motor mount. Also bent something in the motor, doesn't spin freely or without heavy friction.
So I decided to buy 2 new frames readily available on Amazon prime, one to fly and one for spares. Martian III frame. I also bought Emax r2205 2300kv motors to replace the Eachine ones for the same reason. I don't want any down time...
I put it all together and waterproofed everything with silicone conformal coating.
One time I crashed it and the receiver antenna came out, while the connector stayed on the rx (radiolink R6ds). In an effort to keep flying, I robbed the antenna from my micro's rx and installed it. It wasn't in the best condition though. I flew it around a bit and then it fell from the sky. I tried again, same issue. After crashing the 2nd time, the antenna broke off the same way the first one did.
So I order some, and replaced it today. Flew and failsafe activated and it crashed. It did the same thing again!!! I'm not even flying that far away.
I just finished installing a new rx (r6ds), and will be doing a test flight low to the ground but far out to test the failsafing issues tomorrow after work.
Where I normally fly at.
Is there anything else that could be causing the issue? Is there a way I can eliminate whether it's a problem with the antenna, the rx, or even the tx?
A little more details on the build...
It started life as an Eachine Wizard X220. I crashed it a bunch, then hard enough to break an arm at the motor mount. Also bent something in the motor, doesn't spin freely or without heavy friction.
So I decided to buy 2 new frames readily available on Amazon prime, one to fly and one for spares. Martian III frame. I also bought Emax r2205 2300kv motors to replace the Eachine ones for the same reason. I don't want any down time...
I put it all together and waterproofed everything with silicone conformal coating.
One time I crashed it and the receiver antenna came out, while the connector stayed on the rx (radiolink R6ds). In an effort to keep flying, I robbed the antenna from my micro's rx and installed it. It wasn't in the best condition though. I flew it around a bit and then it fell from the sky. I tried again, same issue. After crashing the 2nd time, the antenna broke off the same way the first one did.
So I order some, and replaced it today. Flew and failsafe activated and it crashed. It did the same thing again!!! I'm not even flying that far away.
I just finished installing a new rx (r6ds), and will be doing a test flight low to the ground but far out to test the failsafing issues tomorrow after work.
Where I normally fly at.
Is there anything else that could be causing the issue? Is there a way I can eliminate whether it's a problem with the antenna, the rx, or even the tx?
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