Anyone done a "motor-out" test?

Posted by Dale on December 5, 2013 at 9:52pm

Hello Folks,

I have a 3DR Y-6 Hexa and have been flying it for a couple of months now.  In general, I think that it is a good platform.  

One of the reasons I settled on the Y-6 was that one of the features listed in the description of the Y-6 on the 3DR website is that it has ""in-flight redundancy"".  I also found this 3DR video   (  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_GJv_x18dE   )  that shows that the hexa will continue to fly with one motor inoperative.  

Has anyone duplicated this test yet?  Are there any special firmware parameters that need to changed from the "stock" parameters?

Thanks,

Dale 

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  • Dale January 6, 2014 at 10:33pm

    Yurik, I am happy to hear that the redundancy worked for you but reading the reply from Ed O'Beirne it seems that the redundancy feature was not working for him several times.  My experiences also indicate that it does not work.  

    Yurik, are there any settings in the configuration files that you changed from the default settings to get the redundancy feature to work?  What firmware version are you running?

    Can someone from 3DR please weigh in on this so that we will have success with the redundancy feature?

    Thanks. 

  • Ed O'Beirne December 27, 2013 at 6:25am

    I have recently had four instances of what is presumably a motor out on my Y6 that resulted in a crash each time.  This is from analysis of the logfiles, showing the same power and pitch/roll/yaw behavior each time.  The copter attempts to recover but it is not quick enough and once it rolls past 90 degrees the power quits, and it's all over from there.  I will report on further testing.  So not to be a bummer, just to say the redundancy does not appear to be perfect.

  • Yurik December 6, 2013 at 8:31am

    I had a case when one prop hit the ground on takeoff and stopped. Y6 took off easily without it. Also heard of situation when a prop broke off in mid-flight. They landed ok.

    I believe it is a very reliable bird.

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