HI everyone,
Need some advice here.
Specs: P3SE 2nd hand, with signs of having crashed before. One motor has a dent on the prop screw; I use always the same prop in that position (since the nick created new grooves). Have flown it a few times and it seemed to be flying well.
Problem: Today I went out to sea (I'm a marine biologist and the drone is a work instrument). Did a flight to photograph a marine turtle and when I was returning to the boat i saw the image turning up (see video below) and a message about something in the motor appeared briefly (I cannot remember the exact message). Got a bit scared, aborted a return-home request and brought it back to be hand retrieved. Upon seeing the video, I noticed that additionally to the jerk I saw, there was another one to the end of the video, when I was about to switch the camera off.
I believe one of the motors failed briefly but has then recovered. But it seems it happened at least twice, based on the video. I downloaded the flight log to AirData (can be seen here
) but there was no mention about the 'motor' message.
I tested the motors (without props) and cannot see or hear any difference among them. Also tried to turn them by hand and don't feel any noticeable difference.
Questions:
1) does anyone recognize this behaviour and could it be a defective motor?
2) How could I know which motor is affected?
3) Are P3S motors compatible with P3SE? (I think so, but just to be sure)
Looking forward to hear your thoughts.
All the best to all
rui
Need some advice here.
Specs: P3SE 2nd hand, with signs of having crashed before. One motor has a dent on the prop screw; I use always the same prop in that position (since the nick created new grooves). Have flown it a few times and it seemed to be flying well.
Problem: Today I went out to sea (I'm a marine biologist and the drone is a work instrument). Did a flight to photograph a marine turtle and when I was returning to the boat i saw the image turning up (see video below) and a message about something in the motor appeared briefly (I cannot remember the exact message). Got a bit scared, aborted a return-home request and brought it back to be hand retrieved. Upon seeing the video, I noticed that additionally to the jerk I saw, there was another one to the end of the video, when I was about to switch the camera off.
I believe one of the motors failed briefly but has then recovered. But it seems it happened at least twice, based on the video. I downloaded the flight log to AirData (can be seen here
) but there was no mention about the 'motor' message.
I tested the motors (without props) and cannot see or hear any difference among them. Also tried to turn them by hand and don't feel any noticeable difference.
Questions:
1) does anyone recognize this behaviour and could it be a defective motor?
2) How could I know which motor is affected?
3) Are P3S motors compatible with P3SE? (I think so, but just to be sure)
Looking forward to hear your thoughts.
All the best to all
rui