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only one motor not working...
Started this discussion. Last reply by Andrew Miller Dec 7, 2010. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hi allReceived my arducopter last week finally had it almost finished today except when it came to testing the motors before putting the props on, the left just twitched when I upped the throttle…Continue
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Andrew Miller replied to Tom's discussion Will ArduCopter work with Xbee 868MHz?"Hi Martin,
Just wondering do you know which firmware update stopped the work around?
Thanks
Andrew"
Andrew Miller replied to Tom's discussion Will ArduCopter work with Xbee 868MHz?"the range test? that worked with the development boards that came with the zigbees but not with a loop in the sparkfun breakout board..."
Andrew Miller replied to Tom's discussion Will ArduCopter work with Xbee 868MHz?"I have followed those steps and I am having trouble running just the test code, over usb is fine but not over xbee for some reason, I think it is the breakout board from sparkfun but i cannot be sure. However I cannot think of anything else as the…"
Andrew Miller replied to Tom's discussion Will ArduCopter work with Xbee 868MHz?"Hi Johann,
would you mind explaining how to setup the Xbees to work at 9600 baud one-way?
would be greatly appreciated
Andrew"
Andrew Miller commented on Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk's blog post Xbee 868 revived?"Hi all
Just wondering what if any progress has been on this problem? I have bought the kit and have everything fixed in place, I just need to get this code working in the right place asap! Any updates would be greatly appreciated and willing…"
Andrew Miller replied to Andrew Miller's discussion only one motor not working..."thanks for the advice all working now - culprit was a loose connection - actually pulled it off, so just soldered it back on and everything worked!"
AdminJohn C. replied to Andrew Miller's discussion only one motor not working...
"I had a bad bullet connection on a red wire coming off a motor.
Give a light tug on the bullet connectors, and see what comes loose."
Ken replied to Andrew Miller's discussion only one motor not working..."Compare wire "A" to wire "B" then "A" to "C"
Compare wire "B" to wire "C"
And do check the connectors. Likely culprit."
DougB replied to Andrew Miller's discussion only one motor not working..."I had the same problem and found that some of the connectors from the ESC to motor felt tight as I plugged them in but once they were all the way in they were loose and not making a good connection. I took some pliers and squeezed the female…"
Sebastian Gralla replied to Andrew Miller's discussion only one motor not working..."yes, each wire is one phase"
Andrew Miller replied to Andrew Miller's discussion only one motor not working..."i will check this tomorrow, thanks for the fast reply - just to check when you say 3 phases that could correspond to the 3 wires?"
Sebastian Gralla replied to Andrew Miller's discussion only one motor not working..."take a multimeter and measure if all 3 phases of this motor have contact to each other
if they does not your motor is faulty"
Andrew Miller posted a discussiononly one motor not working...
Hi allReceived my arducopter last week finally had it almost finished today except when it came to testing the motors before putting the props on, the left just twitched when I upped the throttle then stops. Also worth noting is that it doesn't beep when I power everything up. I switched two of the ESCs around to check there and all was fine, so definitely the motor.therefore my question is was I unlucky getting a dud and need a new one or did I do something wrong when calibrating if so how…See More
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