While preparing my tricopter for flight I unplugged the throttle Channel by mistake, It jump on me a eratic throttle level, It Putted me on thé back and begin to jump arround. By miracle I quickly catched it. (3.6kg of thrust, not easy)
Lessons learned : activate pull-up resistor on the arduino, let my feet on the frame until everything is ready.
I have been so worry about this same issue that I made up some prop rotation blocker using duct tape on my Octo Coax that I slip on every time after flying.
This works great with the coaxial config but not on a quad, it will be great to have some piece of hardware that block the motor rotation when we work on our helis.
Like a U shaped staple that we could drop on any prop and that will lock onto the arm.
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Need "THROTTLE HOLD" for multi-copter!!!!!!
I can think of a more dangerous habit.
Frederic, that's a great idea. I think someting similar could be done for quads. Just a simple, single loop that slips over the blade and arm.
Lessons learned : activate pull-up resistor on the arduino, let my feet on the frame until everything is ready.
I have been so worry about this same issue that I made up some prop rotation blocker using duct tape on my Octo Coax that I slip on every time after flying.
This works great with the coaxial config but not on a quad, it will be great to have some piece of hardware that block the motor rotation when we work on our helis.
Like a U shaped staple that we could drop on any prop and that will lock onto the arm.
I hope your friend recovers quickly.
How'd it get both of your hands?