Motor Pod Saturation?

[Zim]

Hey All,

I've been experiencing some strange behavior with my Solo recently. It'll lurch downward and right every once in a while, even in windless conditions. The last time it happened I submitted the logs to 3DR and the tech said they noticed, "some saturation in motor pod #1." It's covered under warranty, which is great, but I'd like to understand what it means. Can anyone help explain?

Thanks!

- Tim

 

[SteveReno]

3DR's usage of the word "saturation" referring to the max currents in any of the several components in the Pod?
To me, it sounds like too much current to drive #1 Pod. "Motor going bad." Don't fly , replace ASAP.

"Saturation in electronics refers to "maximum",beyond which the system becomes unstable. if a device reaches its maximum voltage when a certain amount of current is gives as input,then the amount of current is known as saturation current and for voltage its vice versa"


Hope this helps

 

[pyrate]

yeah get that pod out of there.

 

[Zim]

3DR's usage of the word "saturation" referring to the max currents in any of the several components in the Pod?
To me, it sounds like too much current to drive #1 Pod. "Motor going bad." Don't fly , replace ASAP.

"Saturation in electronics refers to "maximum",beyond which the system becomes unstable. if a device reaches its maximum voltage when a certain amount of current is gives as input,then the amount of current is known as saturation current and for voltage its vice versa"


Hope this helps

This is exactly the clarification I was hoping for. Thanks for responding.

 

[SteveReno]

Your welcome Sir!

 

[Greg Parker]

Think I just went through that. Replaced pod all is good again.