Solo went completely nuts!

AusTxChris · Dec 19, 2015

What the hell happened?! I flew it about a week ago last with absolutely no problems at all. I try to fly today in very light winds on a nice almost completely clear afternoon and my Solo goes nuts!

This video is from the 4th attempt. The first 3 times it went WAY more out of control before i could shut it down and it crashed. Luckily only the props were damaged each time. I wanted to get a video to send with the logs to support and finally managed to do so on the 4th and most definitely, final attempt!

nuggetz · Dec 19, 2015

What mode were you in and what was your gps hdop

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AusTxChris · Dec 19, 2015

The first time I didn't check the HDOP, but I was attempting a simple Tower flight plan. Had 1 single waypoint to fly to and stop. The next 2 flights were normal/regular fly mode as I've always done before thinking somehow I had done something stupid in Tower, but it was a very very basic single WP plan. The last attempt # 4 in the video, before I took off HDOP was 1.6 I believe and I was in regular normal fly mode.

AusTxChris · Dec 19, 2015

nuggetz said:
What mode were you in and what was your gps hdop

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I think it was actually your YouTube video I watched today about using Tower with Solo.

RolandS888 · Dec 19, 2015

Check your motor pods, I'd say you have one seizing up causing uncontrollable yaw.
If you use mission planner you can run one at a time.
Probably one that spins CCW.

Del · Dec 19, 2015

AusTxChris said:
What the hell happened?! I flew it about a week ago last with absolutely no problems at all. I try to fly today in very light winds on a nice almost completely clear afternoon and my Solo goes nuts!

This video is from the 4th attempt. The first 3 times it went WAY more out of control before i could shut it down and it crashed. Luckily only the props were damaged each time. I wanted to get a video to send with the logs to support and finally managed to do so on the 4th and most definitely, final attempt!

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Just a thought here ...but could it be that something is changed in your parameters that made your Solo do the Head Spin..?

Jubalr · Dec 20, 2015

RolandS888 said:
Check your motor pods, I'd say you have one seizing up causing uncontrollable yaw.
If you use mission planner you can run one at a time.
Probably one that spins CCW.

My thought as well. To spin like that it's definitely a motor issue. MP should be able to isolate it.