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Thanks for the advice. The settings all seem ok. I'm thinking it may be a faulty ESC. I attach video. For some reason a green ESC will flash before it wobbles then ditches to the ground.

Thanks for the advice. I pinned it down and it seemed to run ok, no overheating of motors. Can anyone explain why the green led beneath the ESC would flash before it crashes? Also, like in the video it always rotates clockwise when crashing, would this indicate it is the failure of a...

My drone keeps crashing regularly. The drone will fly for a while then rotate clockwise and crash land. Its driving me mad and I don't trust it anymore. It is a DJI Phantom 1 FC40. I made sure I calibrated and waited for GPS flash before launch but it crashes even in ATTI mode it makes no...

Hi. You may be onto something it may be that simple. I left it on the ground till green lights flashed before launching and it hasn't crashed yet even on a windy day like today. Previously I would launch it then hope it connected to GPS in the air. Does anyone know why this might cause it to...

I have a DJI phantom FC40 I bought second-hand, it flew great at first. Bought a new gimbal for it, had a few more flights. Now it doesn't fly for long before spinning clockwise and crashing. I replaced a suspect motor, recalibrated. Still doesn't help, even when it is unladen it still crashes...

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Thanks for all suggests. I'm ready to bin it :( It does the same spin and crash wherever i am at any location.I thought it might be the 9450 props so im gona try the shallower angled ones. I'll try and post a video of it doing the spin crash. I'll check the stick inputs. Does anyone know, if I...

I have a DJI phantom FC40 I bought second-hand, it flew great at first. Bought a new gimbal for it, had a few more flights. Now it doesn't fly for long before spinning clockwise and crashing. I replaced a suspect motor, recalibrated. Still doesn't help, even when it is unladen it still crashes...