Hope someone can help me here. I have spent the best part of 30Hrs on the simulator so I am fairly comfortable getting around with that at least. I took out the F550 and when applying throttle it began to skate prior to lift off. I am afraid to push it for fear of crashing immediately. I have checked that the props are rotating correctly and fitted correctly and that the adjustments for trim is centered. All looks OK. Here is a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcv3ezSC9-U
F550 Skating prior to take off
- Thread starter philiefay
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Does it do the same thing in ATTI mode ? If this is a new build it's less likely, but not impossible, that it's an electrical malfunction. An obvious thing to check would be the compass calibration, it's basically the same for all quads and hex but do that after you try ATTI take off. Hope someone can help you more with this if that is not the solution.
Full disclosure I'm a complete novice.
Have you tried reverse stick against the direction it skates in? My minis do the same thing sometimes when I don't have them trimmed out. Slowly add power and reverse control to see if you can keep it still until lit takes off.
Also, check the props/motor on the weak side for damage or obvious slow rpms.
Have you tried reverse stick against the direction it skates in? My minis do the same thing sometimes when I don't have them trimmed out. Slowly add power and reverse control to see if you can keep it still until lit takes off.
Also, check the props/motor on the weak side for damage or obvious slow rpms.
15crewdawg
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Check your ESC connections to the FC. Make sure they are plugged into the correct ports.
Thanks Ed. It was on the tarmac because of all the snow...I think you'll appreciate that, I am just over the hill in Truckee. Anyway, I finally got her off the ground, it could have been that I did not let the light sequence stabilize and take the initial readings prior to throttling on. Thanks for your help.
