Recent content by birdseyeap

Rebuild I finally got back to my hexcopter last weekend and did a full teardown and rebuild. When I took it apart, the faulty solder joint was clearly the problem. It was where I had soldered two female bullet connectors to the pad along with the ESC wires. This time the wires are soldered...

I’ve been following this thread with great interest. My crash was last Saturday (prior video) and I had to work away from home for the week. So after all this I will finally be able to get back to the F550 and start my repairs. What I have gathered so far is that there are two failure modes...

Very good point. Very good point. As I sifted through the crash site, I did notice one ESC to Batt wire had come off the solder pad, but wasn't sure if that was the cause or a result of the crash.

I tried to start my own thread, but the browser locked up and it didn't post. So, since my problem seems very similar I thought I would just jump in and post it here. I have a Flame Wheel 550 with the NAZA+GPS, camera gimbal with GoPro, and 910 MHz video tx. Have about 20 good flights into it...

How does it behave with the video TX turned off? A full watt transmitter is quite hefty and can significantly reduce your receiver sensitivity. I have a similar setup with a Flame Wheel 550, NAZA, and 1W 910 MHz tx. I also have a camera gimbal with servos that clued me into the problem. When...