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So I just purchased aerosky350. Charged batter to 14.6 total and 4.2 on each cell. Flight time was right at 7 minutes before it returned home. It read 11.3 and 3.7 on each cell. I did not do any heavy flying just trying to get use to the controls. I was hoping for a 15 to 20 minute flight time. What battery and what flight times are you guys getting? I am pleased with the unit just have to learn to fly it better, I like the GPS hold and the circle function. The wind was blowing around 5 to 9 mph and it returned to home and was off by about 8 feet. I assume this is typical. thanks
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2nd flight
So I charged the battery to 12.6 total, 4.17, 4.20, 4.18 on each cell. Immediately after the RTL kicked in and landed I checked and had 11.5 total, 3.84, 3.83, 3.83. Again just doing basic flight mainly just hovering in GPS mode. Total flight time was 5.5 minutes. This was actual time the props were turning perhaps another 45 seconds to 60 seconds before take off and after landing. I have ordered a 4000mAh battery. The one supplied is supposedly a 2800mAh 20C but there are no markings on the battery. Any suggestions for longer flight time?
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Bad solder crash
After making three flawless flights with the Aerosky 350 I thought I had a winner. However on the fourth flight I noticed it would not hold position, all procedures were done properly. I landed it and allowed it to reorient with satellites and auto swing compass. Soon after take off it tilted right and flew full speed into an oak tree. Needless to say it was not going to fly again. Upon inspection I found one of the solder joints on the power board had released. I recommend checking these attachments on new units before first flight if it does not void warranty, on the other hand even if it does a bad crash will certainly do it. I suppose you are damned if you do and in some cases damned if you do not. Just a little FYI for folks.
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X350 Maiden Flights...
...are (finally) in the books......
Had this phantom clone since last August & never got it more than 4' above the deck, literally. It was a B-day present for my stepson who's away at college these days. Well, he decided to come home for the weekend & asked to go flying, for the first time... I said, okay, let me finish doing my chores I'm doing for you & we'll go to the local park so you can have your "chance" with it...... Seems the stock battery isn't up to the task. Really out of balance on one of the cells. Mostly my fault since I forgot to drain all cells down to 3.8V for storage.... Even so, we were able to charge the pack, arm it, get it airborne & test out the standard features without telemetry. Still deciding if this is the platform to invest in for that or just use it as a trainer for the Kid. Flew nicely in moderate winds. The GPS hold worked well & you could tell it was working to keep it stationary. Even tried the panic switch (before the too-early LVC) & it did its job, landing about 6' - 8' feet from where it launched. Pretty impressed with this machine, definitely a good bang for the buck...... I'm guessing I'll need to get the Mission Planner software through my Android-powered (read cheap) tablet so I can get into the details of how to program this little drone. The only rub is that dreaded LVC. After ~8 minutes it kicked in & when I checked the OEM (2800 mAh?) battery, all cells were reading around 3.85 after a short rest. Package says "6AH" but it's barely the size of the standard 3000 mAh packs I already have for my fixed wing ships...... Seemed like the Kid had fun & peaked his interest in learning how to control, not fly, this aerial video platform. He's a bit over zealous on the sticks, not good when he's thinking about attaching his $400 GoPro under there... All in all, it was a good outing. So much so that I donated two of my Turnigy 3S 3300 mAh packs to his cause, after changing out the 4.0 mm bullets mind you, so I, I mean, he......can fly for more than 8 minutes at a time...... |
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DCM Failure any help appreciated
Hi all, having issue with my Aerosky X350. It keeps going into fail safe and auto landing. I tried IMU calibration several time with no success. Here is a link to a video of DriodPlanner. I had been flying my Phantom 3 Advance so this had been setting for a while (4 months or so) Any suggestions for fix is appreciated. Also just realized when posting this that my position her is not correct as seen here and I am not in this housing area but to the right outside the fence at least maybe 5 or 6 house house lengths away. There should be no magnetic fields as my Phantom has no issues here as well as other Quads.
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We have a sample unit that we use for testing and that unit has sat for a couple months. When I recently opened it I noticed that the shielding tape for the compass has lifted off the top of the underside of the shell. Attach the tape back to the shell and then. Re-calibrate the compass and the accelerometer. I would calibrate the compass outside if you're able to. Maybe the tape has lifted off of your unit and the electronics are causing some type of interference to the compass. I have found that by doing this it has seem to fix the DCM issue. |
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