Battery went from 45% to 0% in under 60sec.wtf? Drone is MIA

[Pedals2Paddles]

My only guess so far is Solex might have a profile that didn't agree with the Solo. Even if at that time - I was actually using the default Solo app.

Not likely. In fact not possible. Unless you created a custom profile that messed something up. In which case that would be operator error.

 

[mike sember]

Hey bud. I had a similar situation. My battery went from approx 50 or 60 percent to 0 in 1 min. I got lucky and saw it dropping on my screen while out over the ocean. I turned around quick and made crash landing. I went out the next day and retested the battery to confirm, and it was dropping almost one percent a second. I contacted 3DR and they told me it was a bad cell in the battery due to charging habits and basically told it was my bad and to go pound sand. Hopefully you have better luck.

 

[Pedals2Paddles]

What were the "charging habits" they were referring to?

 

[mike sember]

What were the "charging habits" they were referring to?

Ya Matt, they asked me a series of questions and then told me I was draining the battery to low before a charge. I got upset on the chat because I have done the same thing on all batteries and never had another issue.

 

[jerryn]

still makes me wonder if a lot of these cheap solos are not reboxed returns.
they seem more problem prone
I have one from June launch two years ago, and one when they went sub 500. Neither one give me issues

I have no problem with the the $299 3DR Solo I purchased. 8 flights so far and every one perfect! I After the ban of flying in RI State Parks I joined an r/c club. What an awesome airfield! I will be posting video. There's an estuary, I can follow that by fpv to the ocean.

I think the crashes are more likely due to pilot error. You need a clear view of the sky.

 

[Giangamboni]

Bonjour, même problème il y a moin d une heure, 2 minutes de vole et batterie complètement vide ... Donc presque détruit mon Drone ...

 

[Ed.it.Ed]

Not likely. In fact not possible. Unless you created a custom profile that messed something up. In which case that would be operator error.

Did not create a custom profile

 

[Ed.it.Ed]

As a new user you really shouldn't launch off a cliff with any bird.

I would say it's a loss, buy just a a bird on from b & h...you already have the controller and power supplies. t's much cheaper. Get a set of master airscrew props, and a battery
Keep your eyes open for a deal on the gimbal under $60.00

Next time launch from a wide open field and get familiar with the flight characteristics
before you launch from a cliff.
Near mountains and cliffs you should really fly above it.

I flew mostly over wide open fields, next step was marshes and estuaries, now I am flying 500ft off the coastline and 2000 feet away from me.
Next step for me is using the Tower app to make similar flights . Goal is an automated flight to a small island off the coast and back.
Taking steps and learning. If I just dove in with an automated flight to the northern coast of prudence island there would be a strong chance I would loose the bird

I've been flying quads manually for five years and am very capable of take off, flight and landing.

I understand the shortcomings of GPS take off & landing. I did not take off from a cliff per say but from a very wide open flat space adjacent to a slope. The entire flight path was across a very wide open space. I had visual the entire time.

As I stated the battery went from 45% to 0% in less than 60 seconds.

I would like to post the logs but am still having trouble with that.

 

[jerryn]

Every bird is different.. need to get used to the flight characteristics first.

I just built a fixed wing with a 6.5 ft wingspan... I am not launching it from a cliff on the first flight.

I am flying it at a wide open field first