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Sudden Crash New Mavic 2 Pro

looks in slow mo like the failure starts with the right rear side of the drone falling.
 
Okay, but I'm seeing a recovery like when you cut the throttle abruptly and jam it on again (or have an obstruction). Do we have the data for the other three motors? Are they normal all the way to the ground?

I posted the records for all four motors in post #72.
 
looks in slow mo like the failure starts with the right rear side of the drone falling.

Okay - a couple of hours of skiing helped figure out how to distinguish these hypotheses.

The rear right motor spins CW, and carries CW angular momentum. If the motor is stopped by an external torque (e.g. supplied by hitting vegetation) then the reaction to that torque exerts a CCW torque on the aircraft and it will turn CCW (the angular equivalent of Newton's third law). On the other hand, if the motor stops by itself, with no external torque applied, then its CW angular momentum is added to the angular momentum of the aircraft (which is zero in a steady hover) and it will turn CW.

Looking at both the rate gyro data and the IMU yaw shows the following:

gyros.png

Positive is CW for the rate gyros, and so you can see that as the motor stops the aircraft immediately acquires CW angular momentum. That means that the motor somehow stopped itself - it was not stopped by an external influence. Either it seized or, possibly, the ESC inadvertently caused a braking effect. I have no idea how that is consistent with the motor current data I posted earlier, but it seems to me to be completely unambiguous.

It's also consistent with the other video that you posted above, where the aircraft executes exactly the same maneuver without hitting anything. I'll try to figure out if that is in one of the other DAT files that you posted.
 
Okay - a couple of hours of skiing helped figure out how to distinguish these hypotheses.

The rear right motor spins CW, and carries CW angular momentum. If the motor is stopped by an external torque (e.g. supplied by hitting vegetation) then the reaction to that torque exerts a CCW torque on the aircraft and it will turn CCW (the angular equivalent of Newton's third law). On the other hand, if the motor stops by itself, with no external torque applied, then its CW angular momentum is added to the angular momentum of the aircraft (which is zero in a steady hover) and it will turn CW.

Looking at both the rate gyro data and the IMU yaw shows the following:

View attachment 61762

Positive is CW for the rate gyros, and so you can see that as the motor stops the aircraft immediately acquires CW angular momentum. That means that the motor somehow stopped itself - it was not stopped by an external influence. Either it seized or, possibly, the ESC inadvertently caused a braking effect. I have no idea how that is consistent with the motor current data I posted earlier, but it seems to me to be completely unambiguous.

It's also consistent with the other video that you posted above, where the aircraft executes exactly the same maneuver without hitting anything. I'll try to figure out if that is in one of the other DAT files that you posted.

Thank you so much. Hope you enjoyed the slopes. I used to love to do that but I do not want another fall. Nearly got my neck last time after getting submarined by a runaway snowboard.
 
Just went back through the replays and think it is the 07 data

Second flight
 
Okay - a couple of hours of skiing helped figure out how to distinguish these hypotheses.

The rear right motor spins CW, and carries CW angular momentum. If the motor is stopped by an external torque (e.g. supplied by hitting vegetation) then the reaction to that torque exerts a CCW torque on the aircraft and it will turn CCW (the angular equivalent of Newton's third law). On the other hand, if the motor stops by itself, with no external torque applied, then its CW angular momentum is added to the angular momentum of the aircraft (which is zero in a steady hover) and it will turn CW.

Looking at both the rate gyro data and the IMU yaw shows the following:

View attachment 61762

Positive is CW for the rate gyros, and so you can see that as the motor stops the aircraft immediately acquires CW angular momentum. That means that the motor somehow stopped itself - it was not stopped by an external influence. Either it seized or, possibly, the ESC inadvertently caused a braking effect. I have no idea how that is consistent with the motor current data I posted earlier, but it seems to me to be completely unambiguous.

It's also consistent with the other video that you posted above, where the aircraft executes exactly the same maneuver without hitting anything. I'll try to figure out if that is in one of the other DAT files that you posted.
The current data seems normal to me... When the rightBack starts turning slower the FC commands it to turn faster by increasing the duty cycle from 40% to 90%. Doesn't an increase in duty cycle result in increased measured current?
 
The current data seems normal to me... When the rightBack starts turning slower the FC commands it to turn faster by increasing the duty cycle from 40% to 90%. Doesn't an increase in duty cycle result in increased measured current?

If it were fighting external resistance, then yes. But if the motor is being slowed down internally then I'd expect the current to drop. Where is the energy going?
 
Just reviewed the cctv and it was the second flight......... the 07 data, this matches with the flight path of the drone and my movements relative to itt.
 
How is the surveillance footage moving as if hand-held?

If the motor seized, as if a bad bearing, then the ESC/FC would increase duty cycle and current, and I would think AC would react as if motor lost power.

There should be an alert of motor obstruction though.
 
If it were fighting external resistance, then yes. But if the motor is being slowed down internally then I'd expect the current to drop. Where is the energy going?
If it seized as you said was a possibility then the energy would be dissipated as heat into the windings and bearing surfaces. There is something kinda odd I didn't mention because I didn't know what it means. After the PWM went to 90% for about a sec there is a transition to a state where the PWM is 60% to 90% but both the current and speed are 0. Like what would be expected if the ESC or the windings had failed.
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How is the surveillance footage moving as if hand-held?

If the motor seized, as if a bad bearing, then the ESC/FC would increase duty cycle and current, and I would think AC would react as if motor lost power.

There should be an alert of motor obstruction though.

I used an iPhone to get the video off easily. My system is not that user friendly to offload video. Can do but i have spent enough time on this today.
 
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I find it reassuring that this seems to be a rare event. Given there are not a lot more recent reports.
 
If they choose to do that I will definitely return the drone and give up on drone photography. It is clearly too high risk for my use................... I fix broken humans for a living. I do not want to create any. Unlike your return of items you broke. I did nothing wrong. I would not ask for Walmart to take back an item I broke. I purchased it with my chase platinum. They will make it right if all else fails. They fixed a new lens I broke. Great card. And btw.... I have care refresh. Activated before I turned the drone on. So it will get fixed. Life is good. I thought it might be useful to bring an unusual failure event to the light of day. And if I continue to fly it I will need to be sure I have adequate liability coverage.
I wonder if one of those plastic nubs broke off the underside of the motor/prop combo that had problems. Vegetation doesnt seem plausible to me at that height. A broken nub from the underside of prop does it can get stuck in the windings of the motor. Each prop has three of those plastic "nubs" and thats what locks it onto the motor....question is have u hit any twigs or lots of grass with props that would weaken it? Have u examined your props?
 
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