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Washington, UT


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I fly a Flip FPV PRO w/ APM 2.6 9047 props on sunnysky kv1100 motors.


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shelby meinkey replied to shelby meinkey's discussion Diagnosing possible ESC failure with motor logs.
"[SOLVED] I replaced all 4 ESC and have ran the quad through 5 batteries with no problems. Didn't find out which one it was exactly, but since they are cheap, I replaced them all."
Apr 29, 2014
shelby meinkey replied to shelby meinkey's discussion Diagnosing possible ESC failure with motor logs.
"Thanks for the input Tom. I think I understand now, if there was an esc or motor failure you would see a rise or spike in the log on that particular motor from the apm trying to compensate by adding more throttle to keep the quad level.
With this,…"
Apr 23, 2014
shelby meinkey replied to shelby meinkey's discussion Diagnosing possible ESC failure with motor logs.
"Question. On the motor logs is it showing feedback from the motor out or just whatever the apm is sending to it? I.E. if I were to grab or slow down one of the motors would it show up in the log as motor x slowing down from outside forces?"
Apr 23, 2014
shelby meinkey replied to shelby meinkey's discussion Diagnosing possible ESC failure with motor logs.
"Thats my next step, currently waiting for some new props in the mail. I also ordered some replacement ESC's. I'll post my results.I'm hoping this can be a thread to help people that may experience the same situation and be able to fix it fast,…"
Apr 22, 2014
shelby meinkey replied to shelby meinkey's discussion Diagnosing possible ESC failure with motor logs.
"Not one person can confirm that It's an ESC issue or motor issue or APM glitch?, anybody, bueller, bueller...?"
Apr 21, 2014
shelby meinkey posted a discussion
Had some issues with my quad flipping over out of the blue and falling to the ground. Turned on motor logs and ran through a couple batteries with no issue on a low stable hover decided to take it on a spin around the block and  then, you guessed…
Apr 20, 2014
shelby meinkey replied to Mihai's discussion LOITER and RTL crashing bug
"Thanks for the reply. I wish I had the motors and IMU logging on, but It's been flying great and I haven't had to "Tune" anything for awhile, so I had it off. Should I leave it on for the future, even if it's flying fine? Thought I read someone that…"
Apr 8, 2014
shelby meinkey replied to Mihai's discussion LOITER and RTL crashing bug
"Log filesCrash log.logghost hard roll, Near miss.log"
Apr 8, 2014
shelby meinkey replied to Mihai's discussion LOITER and RTL crashing bug
"This may be related. Also had a very odd problem, similar to this. I was in stable mode both times. Once leading to a near miss, then a few flights later It happened again and this time it crashed, really good onto a rock. Thinking a glitch in the…"
Apr 8, 2014
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Apr 8, 2014