I'm running into an issue with my Pixhawk that hopefully one of you can help me out with.
Problem:
So I just finished my first build, but before my first test flight, I wanted to ensure everything was as ready as possible while on the bench. I turn on my transmitter, connect my battery, and hit the failsafe switch on the copter. After the copter appears ready, I arm it by moving my throttle stick to the bottom left position and I get a solid blue LED on the Pixhawk (no GPS yet). At this point, I am able to spool up the motors - everything seems great. At some random point within the next 30 seconds however, my Pixhawk disarms itself. I cannot seem to figure out why. I am able to re-arm from the transmitter, but hate to take this thing out for a maiden flight until I get this figured out. Why is this happening? Help?!
Build Specs:
Pixhawk Flight Controller
SunnySky 4108S 380Kv Motors (x6)
Tarot 680Pro Carbon Frame
DX6i Transmitter
6S 6000mAh Turnigy Battery
Thanks in advance,
Erik
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Under the "Arming the Motors" section, read the 2nd Note:....midway down the page.
The Wiki is an excellent read....lots and lots of helpful information in it.
This was really helpful, thank you! I was able to fire up the hexacopter when I got home from work today and with the motors running, I never disarmed.
Now I have a new problem, I can't takeoff!! :)
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/cannot-takeoff
Will do, thank you for the feedback! I just spent so much time and money on this build that it's making me paranoid to finally fly it. :)
Will test it out soon and update.
Regards,
Erik