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    Bench testing P3A brushless motor?

    In australia we call them Mulloway or Jewfish, aka as Kob is South Africa. Argyrosomus japonicus - Wikipedia
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    Bench testing P3A brushless motor?

    Not sure if im allowed to post links here. Found the following. Let me know if yout hink they are ok? ESC with BEC RC Afro 30A Race Spec Mini ESC w/BEC | eBay 2S lipo 2S 7.4V 30C 4000mAh LiPo Battery Deans for RC Car Helicopter Airplane Truck AU | eBay Servo Tester (Controller) Multi...
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    Bench testing P3A brushless motor?

    Anyone know which parts form the esc?
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    Bench testing P3A brushless motor?

    Thanks Nigel. I've found someone with a main board plus motors for sale. So I am picking that up.
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    Bench testing P3A brushless motor?

    Ha ha yeh, we were fishing for Jewish so had 50lb braid. At least we caught some fish before it swam.
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    Bench testing P3A brushless motor?

    Ive got some stuff from my RC cards (they were all nitro). But i have controller, receiver and batteries. I think all i need is an esc (that can be used with the DJI motors) and a battery maybe?
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    Bench testing P3A brushless motor?

    agreed, much higher chance the motors got jammed and burnt the esc out? Any idea what type of ESC i should be looking for?
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    Bench testing P3A brushless motor?

    So i crashed my P3A due to a stupid error on my part this weekend. Long story short, while fishing with my drone it went into the sea. Luckily enough the error that caused it to go into the sea (line wrapped around the propeller motor) was what allowed me to fish it back out again. None the...
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    P3A went into auto land mode due to battery

    Thanks Nigel, I do have 2 batteries currently and cycle them. However with a fishing trip drops would occur every 1 hour for a few days. (2 normally) Meaning i am cycling batteries about 6 time a day at least (12 drops)
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    P3A went into auto land mode due to battery

    Thanks for all the comments. Now my problem is actually the way I'm using my drone. As I use it to case I generally only fly for around 5-10mins which uses about 15-20% of the battery. Becuase I have 2 batteries I am constantly charging theses batteries. Is this ok? Ie drain The battery about...
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    P3A went into auto land mode due to battery

    This is actually a very good point and completely plausible. I'll take it into consideration.
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    P3A went into auto land mode due to battery

    Worst part is i know these warning (guess i know first hand how serious they are) If i make the digested .dat file available will that help with anything else?
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    P3A went into auto land mode due to battery

    Hi All, wondering if anyone can provide some additional information on this. The background info was that i was using my drone for fishing. I was about to go out for a drop and only had +- 50% battery left. And thought i would do a quick drop. I took off and while i was getting ready to...