Hi all
My APM is acting very strangely. As soon as I switch it on it goes into a tight spiral which ends in a dive. I did three flights, the last time we could not get it out of the five and my Skywalker became part of the landscape. Luckily all the electronics seems fine still.
I've got no idea where to start looking. Stabilisation on the ground confirms the control surfaces move correctly.
I had great success with my Radian Pro platform and upgraded to the Skywalker to have more space and better control.
The only thing I changed was to load the Skywalker paramter file, and I could see the gains are much higher in mode. Perhaps it's TOO high for my setup?
I'm attaching my telemetry log file, for some reason there are no log files on the APM. Maybe somebody can see the problem...
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After some air crash investigation I have a theory; the EPO insert holding one of the wing's the carbon fire rods in place could have come loose, allowing a lot of wing flex and eventually allow the rod to separate completely.
Here's a tip for building a Skywalker: Where it states in the manual that you can optionally leave the rods and wings not glued, ignore! Glue it as well as you can!