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3DR Pixhawk Motor Failure

Posted by Jacob Alao on March 17, 2015 at 8:46am

3DRobotics Pixhawk Hexacopter median flight experienced motor failure. Excellent performance.

This is an example of Resilience and Stability that Pixhawk brings or offers. This is a real life failure of a motor. To eager to test out this Large Hexacopter, I did not tighten the screws properly.

Watch this video:

https://youtu.be/FNQgdcImpKs

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Nathanial Long July 28, 2015 at 11:10am

Jacob,

I am currently working on a project to detect and recover from motor failures. Would you mind providing your log files for review so I can see how the vehicle responded? I'm not able to fly outside due to my location so testing is difficult for me. I'm hoping your experience wasn't a fluke!

Thanks,

-Nathanial
- Jacob Alao > Nathanial Long August 8, 2015 at 5:10am
  
  Nathanial,
  
  My apologies for not getting back to you. I have actually deleted all logs and repurposed the pixhawk for another model. If it happens again, I will make sure i capture the logs and send it over to you.
SKYBORNE July 17, 2015 at 5:33am

Wow.