jbrumberg
Member
I got my quad built,flying around my property, and basic tuned enough to have some comfort level flying recently with a KK2.0 v1.6 FC, and as part of my learning curve crashed well enough to necessitate replacing Motor #1. I did not re-calibrate the ESC's following the motor replacement. Today was the first time I was able to test the new motor outdoors. The test did not last long and the quad fortunately ended up in a snowbank and basically undamaged. I had little control from the moment of lift off. After I got the quad back indoors, I took the props off, and ran the motors to dry everything out and check the motors. I noticed as I changed the Tx stick settings and/or the quad orientation the motors were not quite RPM'ing as I thought they should. So I decided to re-calibrate the ESC's, put everything back together, and give the quad another try. Well it flew and flew as it had been tuned previously. It would appear that with a KK board one needs to recalibrate ESC's following a motor replacement, especially a #1 motor.
I really did not believe re-calibration would be necessary. Replacing a motor with an equivalent motor with everything out of circuit. It really does not make complete sense to me. Is there an explanation? Are the ESC's that sensitive to change?
Thanks in advance.
I am happy that everything ended as it did.
Jay
I really did not believe re-calibration would be necessary. Replacing a motor with an equivalent motor with everything out of circuit. It really does not make complete sense to me. Is there an explanation? Are the ESC's that sensitive to change?
Thanks in advance.
I am happy that everything ended as it did.
Jay