I recently bought a well priced Yizhan i6s Hexacopter for 27.50 USD, and happened to get in one big crash on the third day into rocks in the neighbors yard. I fixed it best I could and all motors are still in tact.
I happen to have this weird problem where on take off the drone will lean to the left, which doesn't seem to be a problem once it's off the ground, but the real problem is, the longer the drone remains in the air, the greater force it starts having on wanting to lean backward. Me tilting the directional stick all the way forward does have noticeable affect on it at first, but when it gets too strong even having it fully tilted forward on 100 percent mode will not be strong enough to make it go forward and will eventually return backward, and at this point it is unflyable.
Anyone have any advice? or did I total my drone on day 3? D=
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that's called gyro drift.
check could be caused by vibrations, (check for damaged propellers) or solved by doing gyro/accelerometer calibration (check manual for how-to)
Thank you for the reply, it means a lot! :D
The drone does have a heavily damaged arm, I am unsure if this is the vibration cause. My friend who works on cars said the best thing for it would be to put a cast on it, so I did with scotch tape, and used a little super glue to hold it together tightly. If this is the cause, I am unsure on how I could fix this, as the actual arm is split in two, and the end cap that goes over the top of the motor can't be attached anymore.
Also, The landing gear broke, so to ease landings for now, I put tiny adheasive pads on the bottom of the drone on it's little stubs that held it upright. Not sure if this would be the cause either.
All Propellers appear level on all motors, however some propellers in the past have just slipped off, so to counter this, I used a small needle, and put a small amount of super glue at the tip, and put it in the propeller and smeared it around the outer walls, then used another needle to gently brush any super glue away from the bottom of it as to not get it in the motor, and carefully put it back on the Motor, letting it dry for an hour. and this did keep it on.
My brother who is training to be an engineer told me it could be the super glue I put in the propellers that alters the weight of them causing the drift, but of course, neither of us know for sure.
As for Gyro/accelerometer calibration, I read the whole manual, and the only thing this drone offers is the trim, which does not help at all in this situation... Unless its not in the manual, then I would not know how to do this. Again, this is my first drone, and not too educated, but have tried my best overall.
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