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What happens in case of motor/esc failure on a X6 or X8 setup ?

Posted by Michal Rus on January 5, 2015 at 5:10pm

Hi,

I'm currently building a new hexacopter equipped with Pixhawk HK clone and I wonder what happens in case one of the motors or esc fails during the flight ? I mean how does a Pixhawk react to this event when using the latest firmware ? Does it trigger failsave and starts to spin around itself ? Does it land automatically ?

Thanks !

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Stuart Brookes January 6, 2015 at 11:26am

From first hand experience on an X8, you might not even notice anything has happened if you don't spot of the props isn't spinning at any speed.
- Michal Rus > Stuart Brookes January 6, 2015 at 11:27am
  
  but on X6 this might look different right..
  - Stuart Brookes > Michal Rus January 6, 2015 at 11:31am
    
    Not sure about X6...I think they are called Y6 if you mean coaxials, I think it should cope if it has enough power, but that is a guess.
    - Stuart Brookes > Stuart Brookes January 6, 2015 at 11:33am
      
      as far as I am aware arducopte just tried to keep flying if it can, it doesn't flag up the error, so no fail safes. lookig at my log when it happened you can see the motor outs change to cope, but no error message.
      - Michal Rus > Stuart Brookes January 6, 2015 at 11:58am
        
        OK thanks for info. I hope I will never experience such thing but I need to be prepared what may happen.. especially when you have expensive camera onboard..