APM restarts on the bench

After a while, I am trying to get my APM´s running. Sometimes the APM´s restart by themselfe. I bought a really good and strong ESC, so power should not be a problem.What I can say, is that when I test the stabilization mode on the bench (rotating the APM), the aileron works correctly. If I tilt or rotate the APM too far, it restarts.All APM´s have the newest software Version.Can this be a software problem? I own 3 APM´s and 2 IMU´s. So i can exclude a hardware error...Any help or hint is very welcome...

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  • 3D Robotics

    Are you saying this happens to all of your APMs?

     

    I've never seen that, but we've had reports that in situations with four or more servos, it's possible to have a transition from hardware manual to auto that happens right in-between a servo pulse and sends a full-over signal to the servos, which can cause a current drain that momentarily browns-out and reboots the board (this also happens to some RC systems).  It only happens with ESCs that don't have good BECs, so I doubt that's the issue for you.

     

    If you can replicate it on multiple APM/IMU combos, that would be interesting. As I say, we haven't had that report before among thousands of users, so I would be very curious about your hardware setup (digital servos, possible servo stalling, etc)

     

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