Hello All.
My Phantom started acting weird a few flights ago.
When I fly GPS and ATTI mode don't work as well as they did... the Phantom hovers and glitches like it's getting hit with radio interference. It will tend to fly around a bit, and if I let it go it will cover a 30' area.
In a hover it will yaw CCW 90degrees and as much as 180 degrees.
During forward flight it will fly better than it hovers, but it will glitch and drop to on side briefly or roll side to side rapidly.
When I am in a hover and use my rudder control to yaw slowly (fast yaw works much, much better) it will fly in a direction instead of remaining stationary.
I have a good idea of what the problem is after my intensive testing, but I'd rather not say at this time so that I don't influence any feedback... I will post my thoughts on this later.
Now here is what I've done to test and troubleshoot the condition:
* I have upgraded the motors to the T-Motor Anti Gravity replacements.
* I swapped out the receiver.
* I swapped out the GPS.
* I swapped out the Naza flight system.
* I checked the continuity of my ESC connectors to make sure that they had a good connection and weren't shorting out.
* I moved to several locations (miles away from each other) to make sure it wasn't radio interference (because the problems look like RF Interference).
** I tied the Phantom down on a bench and ran up the motors to watch (no rpm meter of any sort) the speed parity (more on that in a later thread).
The Phantom acted exactly (or nearly) the same with all of these various components.
So I can comfortably say that it Isn't: * GPS * NAZA Flight System * Radio Receiver * Motors.
No I may be wrong, I am new to the Phantom, but I think I covered a lot of bases.
What do you guys think??
I appreciate and welcome your feedback!
AM
My Phantom started acting weird a few flights ago.
When I fly GPS and ATTI mode don't work as well as they did... the Phantom hovers and glitches like it's getting hit with radio interference. It will tend to fly around a bit, and if I let it go it will cover a 30' area.
In a hover it will yaw CCW 90degrees and as much as 180 degrees.
During forward flight it will fly better than it hovers, but it will glitch and drop to on side briefly or roll side to side rapidly.
When I am in a hover and use my rudder control to yaw slowly (fast yaw works much, much better) it will fly in a direction instead of remaining stationary.
I have a good idea of what the problem is after my intensive testing, but I'd rather not say at this time so that I don't influence any feedback... I will post my thoughts on this later.
Now here is what I've done to test and troubleshoot the condition:
* I have upgraded the motors to the T-Motor Anti Gravity replacements.
* I swapped out the receiver.
* I swapped out the GPS.
* I swapped out the Naza flight system.
* I checked the continuity of my ESC connectors to make sure that they had a good connection and weren't shorting out.
* I moved to several locations (miles away from each other) to make sure it wasn't radio interference (because the problems look like RF Interference).
** I tied the Phantom down on a bench and ran up the motors to watch (no rpm meter of any sort) the speed parity (more on that in a later thread).
The Phantom acted exactly (or nearly) the same with all of these various components.
So I can comfortably say that it Isn't: * GPS * NAZA Flight System * Radio Receiver * Motors.
No I may be wrong, I am new to the Phantom, but I think I covered a lot of bases.
What do you guys think??
I appreciate and welcome your feedback!
AM