Hey race fans! Learned something new today. You can not burn out a Mavic motor. It has a built in safe guard that will melt the motor completely from its from its moorings and then begins air cooling the motor on the trip to terra firma. It works quite well despite the collateral damage.
First lesson learned, 2x 5200LiHv + 105 grams of additional payload = self ejecting and motor cooling maneuver after around 5 minutes of flight. So we absolutely know where the outer limit is and can now back off to lesser weights and resume with testing. Good news is that I started flying with the gimbal cover since I busted the last one and it worked perfectly and sacrificed itself and the camera is intact. I am glad I preordered my additional parts mavic, will need it today.
I captured the crash on video for you morbid types:
This was my baseline test flight using a single 5200LiHv and the jettison gear installed.
08AUG2017 @ 1300 -6
Hover Test @ 3m with 1x 5200LiHv
18:20 @ 50% (simulated turn)
31:25 @ 9% (end of flight)
Internal @ 3.61 + 3.61 + 3.60 = 10.82
External @ 3.61 + 3.59 + 3.62 = 10.82
Airdata @ <ipad-itunes-thangy-is-broke-need-help>
The was the first jettison test with 2x 5200LiHv. The initial numbers were looking good on battery drain, but did not get enough data back to make any substantive analysis. For the last minute or so before it crashed, was getting max RPM warnings every 10 seconds or so.
08AUG2017 @ 1700 -6
Hover Test @ 3m with 2x 5200LiHv
05:34 @ 91% (end of flight)
Internal @ <need-airdata-working>
Topside @ 4.11 + 4.11 + 4.11 = 12.33
Jettison @ 4.13 + 4.12 + 4.13 = 12.38
Airdata @ <ipad-itunes-thangy-is-broke-need-help>
Back to the drawing board and start experimenting with smaller battery combinations. I can't let cybernate win without more testing and destruction
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