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One motor spinning too slow??

So I've been tracking down some motor/ESC related problems and today I replaced a bad ESC from a motor that had been "stuttering" then giving up as it got too hot. The new ESC is in and working and the motor does start up now....

 

but the problem is t

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Bad motor? (again) Bad ESC maybe?

I thought I had a bad motor but......

 

When I first start the quad it seems like everything is fine. (maybe because its all cool?) Then I can fly around for a few minutes..... seems to stay in the air with no problems, fairly level, ALT_HOLD works (ba

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Getting WAY too into this!!!

Well... needless to day, my ArduCopter is becoming a bit of an obsession..... Here's a video of a few of the highlights from my first flights!!

 

Since then I've crashed a few times trying new things and made some modifications..... I've been working o

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