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- Jun 11, 2017
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I wasn't smart enough to put my 3DR Solo back into its backpack after I flew it, and it appears that it got blown off the table it was sitting on, and fell on one of the motors.
I flew my 3DR Solo at our glider contest at the Bend Aero Modeler field today. After returning from eating lunch, I found the front end of my solo dirty, and one of the motors full of volcanic grit and dirt. We had a couple of strong wind gusts while eating our burgers.
In the past, I've used compressed air to blow such volcanic grit out of RC airplane brushless outrunner motors, so I tried that on my 3DR motor. The motor still is hard to rotate. Thinking I'll have to disassemble the motor. Not sure if it still has grit stuck in it, or if the motor shaft is bent. It appears to have fallen on the bell housing for the damaged motor.
I was showing my wife the difference between attempting to turn the damaged motor and turning a good motor, and found that the motor diagonal from it may have also picked up some grit as well!
Damn! I could not believe that it could be blown off the table! I used leg extensions that I printed from PETG, so they are a bit slippery.
Chris
I flew my 3DR Solo at our glider contest at the Bend Aero Modeler field today. After returning from eating lunch, I found the front end of my solo dirty, and one of the motors full of volcanic grit and dirt. We had a couple of strong wind gusts while eating our burgers.
In the past, I've used compressed air to blow such volcanic grit out of RC airplane brushless outrunner motors, so I tried that on my 3DR motor. The motor still is hard to rotate. Thinking I'll have to disassemble the motor. Not sure if it still has grit stuck in it, or if the motor shaft is bent. It appears to have fallen on the bell housing for the damaged motor.
I was showing my wife the difference between attempting to turn the damaged motor and turning a good motor, and found that the motor diagonal from it may have also picked up some grit as well!
Damn! I could not believe that it could be blown off the table! I used leg extensions that I printed from PETG, so they are a bit slippery.
Chris