I just finished setting up my new tricopter and unfortunately the tricopter is behaving really weird. It looks like the power to the motors get cut repeatedly for a breif moment in mid air. The cuts only last for a fraction of a second so the tricopter only loose a couple of meters of height. It looks like the power to all three motors gets cut simultaneously.
I have done some research into the logs and found that the RC input ch3 (throttle) drop for a brief moment several times during my short sessions. I'm not 100% sure if these dropouts corresponds to the visible drops, but I'm think that is a fair assumption to make.
What could cause these dropouts? Can it be fixed or is it safest to replace e.g. the receiver+ppm encoder?
I'm using the same transmitter on an Align T-rex 450 without any problems.
Could anybody please take a look at the logs and verify my findings or check if you can find any other problems?
My setup:
Frame: Talon Tricopter
Controller: Raspberry Pi 2 with Navio, arducopter v3.3-dev
TX: Spektrum DX8 Transmitter
RX: Spektrum AR8000 receiver +satelite + 3DR PPM Encoder
Motors/Props: 3 * RCTimer 5010-530KV + RCTimer 17*5.5
ESC: Hobbywing Skywalker Quattro 4*20A ESC
Battery: RangeVideo 3s 16000mah battery
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