Good news!
Got the "Payloader Max" out for a public demo at the weekend, and it worked well! This is it dropping a 2.5kg load in a Swisspost box. Unfortunately, the full ramp up to a 5kg load run was halted when...
Bad news!
The damned PM module blew! This was a supposedly a 10S unit from Hobbyking, but it blew as soon the load went up. This is now my second unit that blew, and my recommendation is DONT USE THEM! Pump anymore than 70-80A through the main circuit and it just blows. Luckily this was at low altitude, and only a single broken prop. But while I had a god SBEC to swap in, I forgot the spare props, so no more demo's...:-(
Embarrassing news!
I used a Swisspost box for the demo...and unfortunately 2x swisspost employees were in the crowd. Crashing while they were watching was not really the publicity I wanted...:-( However, they were stunned to see a reasonably substantial package getting used this way. Lets hope word gets around!
Talking to Randy right now about how to get EPM to work on CH8; at the moment the APM libraries only work on CH9, so manual drops are all I can do right now. I might have to learn programming...:-o
Comments
Well that sucks and it happened exactly the same with me using an Attopilot supposedly rated at 180A and it just blew on my octocopter loaded with a 7D... more damages than just a prop !
@Euan,
Sorry to hear about the PM, but you are really starting to look good!
Regards,
TCIII AVD
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