Recent content by Zoidsfan77

I just meant I flew is about as hard as you can without modifying anything. I.E. lots of sudden direction changes, full stick climbes, etc. The purpose of that statement was to support the later claim about how I was lucky that tab did not break in flight. It was weak enough by the time I had...

Awesome! I had hoped this post would help others with the same issue.

I hope you have repaired your drone by now, but for others here is what I would attempt. If you were able to get a small length of similar gauge wire from some other equipment (scavanged applience or otherwise), perhaps a single strand from a stranded wire. Cut it to be just ever so slightly...

The laws of thermaldynamics prevent this from being possible. To simplify, say you are driving an electric car. If you put a windmill on top, and have it charge the batteries, will it extend your range? The answer is no. Reason being the forces turning the windmill are generated by the...

In my case I only found it because I went at it with a magnifying glass, trying to see if there was anything wrong with the nearby surface mounts. Sure enough, there was! I got lucky several times. First when the broken rear tab survived 3 batteries worth of full power without breaking, only...

Update: I now have motors running! You won't believe what caused the failure. This little solder bit stuck to one of the small SMD capacitors: I must have nicked it with the iron. I feel quite dumb. She is all operational now though! I ball soldered the motor leads and secured them with...

Update: Installed original motor, still no dice. Did I ruin my ESC? That would be a bummer.

Greetings! Looking for some advice with my delima. I will start with the generic help format: Problem? Left rear motor won't start - ESC error. Was unit in a crash? Yes, but was operable after. What have you tried so far?: Replaced motor. What device are you using? Galaxy S6 What firmware...