First Flight: First Crash!

[Hakaman]

Hi all

Finally got to fly the Solo today and it was awesome! How cool to see it hang in the air.

Of course I grew over confident and ended up crashing it into a tree and busting a prop. The rest of the drone looks in good shape so I think I'll be fine after getting hold of some new props (Bought some Master Airscrew ones).

Totally my own fault. Lesson is: while you're learning, before every flight, remind yourself how to take control of things (in my case, just pushing pause would have worked just fine) but I regret none of it! It was all too cool.

Cheers from Vancouver,

Mike

 

[LuvMyTJ]

Hello,
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 3DRPilots forum.
I hope that you will be able to use the forum to further your safety knowledge and for the exchange of innovative ideas and as a resource for
current developments in 3DR quadcopter’s. If you're new to RC aircraft be sure to read the manual a few times and watch lots of Youtube videos on the subject to give yourself a good start.
Enjoy!
*MANUAL: https://3dr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/v8_01_05_16.pdf

 

[dorniiif]

Hello,
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 3DRPilots forum.
I hope that you will be able to use the forum to further your safety knowledge and for the exchange of innovative ideas and as a resource for
current developments in 3DR quadcopter’s. If you're new to RC aircraft be sure to read the manual a few times and watch lots of Youtube videos on the subject to give yourself a good start.
Enjoy!
*MANUAL: https://3dr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/v8_01_05_16.pdf

Been hearing that you can damage glimbal if flown without a camera ! Can't verify - Where in manual does it state that a camera must be install in gimbal ?

 

[Hakaman]

Slightly weird thread to post that in but I'll attempt an answer:

I don't know if you will damage it without a camera in there. What I can say is that if you power on the drone and gimbal without a camera in there it hangs at an angle and makes a buzzing sound. I assume this is because the camera balances the gimbal and without it the gimbal can't balance itself.

I imagine this might cause damage to the servos in the gimbal.

Cheers,

Mike

 

[DaveB]

Been hearing that you can damage glimbal if flown without a camera ! Can't verify - Where in manual does it state that a camera must be install in gimbal ?

If you want to fly without the camera just unplug the power cable and leave the foam block installed.