Hi guys! To start, much thanks to the community here. Lots of knowledge and help.
Background:
I built out my 3DR quad with the new 2.5 board and stock frame/motors/escs. I had a custom dome printed out at a local 3D printer for my quad, essentially using a radar dome as the inspiration. Built in TinkerCad. The dome features an integrated case to house the telemetry hardware. Very slick. I also have a custom digital camouflage pattern on the outside. Haven't set up any of my switches on my turnigy 9x for various flight modes yet, I'm just trying to get a feel of the sticks, simply using stabilization from the get-go.
First flight:
Woohoo! It got off the ground! But, I forgot to whip electrical tape around the bullet connectors on a motor. had them touch during the first flight and give a little spark and puff of smoke. I since taped them, tested them using the motor diagnostic in the CLI. Tried a flight again, and we're good!
Issue:
I can get off the ground, but once the quad is off the ground, the front end will start to dip and the quad will move forward (forward meaning towards the "front" of the X config). It makes it very unruly to fly, considering that I can't simply get the quad to hover straight up and down.
I've recalibrated my accelerometer with no change in flight behavior, and I just recalibrated my radio (maybe that might fix it, will test in the morning). If anyone has any thoughts as to how to have my quad stay level and not "dip"/tilt forward, I would much appreciate it.
Check out the photos, I can post the STL files for the 3D printed dome if anyone wants to print one too!
-SCM
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