Tip over during landing

Adam L · Dec 28, 2016

Hey guys,

Today I was just casually flying my solo, and when i was about to land it, it suddenly tipped over and started to spin blades on asphalt. I'm not sure what caused this, but i can tell you guys these things:

1. I manually land (I push the throttle stick down, instead of holding the fly button)
2. Upon landing, the motors suddenly spun up, and the drone flipped forward.

Is this a common problem or not? Am i doing something wrong with my landings?

pyrate · Dec 28, 2016

where you on level ground?
Have you done the calibrations?

Solo typically does this when it does not know it has landed

mattshup · Dec 28, 2016

Mine did this when I used RTH, but never when I manually landed it. Also, I've seen people mention that holding the stick down and to the left works.

SteveReno · Dec 28, 2016

"common problem or not?" Common for new pilots.
If your landing hard, then yes, it's going to flip.
Try a softer landing. Landing on a hard surface hard, will make Solo "Jerk up' & Flip over.

andrew.baker.142 · Dec 28, 2016

Holding the stick down while in 'fly' mode isn't (really) landing manually.

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Adam L · Dec 28, 2016

pyrate said:
where you on level ground?
Have you done the calibrations?

Solo typically does this when it does not know it has landed

Ive calibrated both the compass and the level of the solo. I took off from an asphalt road, which was level, and i landed on the same place, where the solo tipped over.

SARDG · Dec 28, 2016

What level was the battery? It may have reached the level where it started to initiated an RTH.

Jarrettc24 · Dec 29, 2016

I've dealt with this issue many times and reached out to 3DR.. in my case it turned out to be a defective unit die to a faulty barometer. If it flips over more than once after calibration of the sensors most likely after 3DR reviews your flight logs they will send a replacement unit as they did to me.