So here we go, like many others, have a cluster of 3”,5” and 6” quads and wanted to move into into cineewhoops and similar platforms due to the heavily wooded area at home for those days when winter only gives you short opportunities to fly and you still want to practice, record and whatever.
The ladder looks like this:
1. Number 1 trashcan landed on a basket ball court and by the time I got there, some kids had pinched it and summarily dumped it into a rubbish bin (how ironic).
2. Number 2 trashcan ended up in a bowl of water after a number of fail safe/throttle issues (only one on the block) and that was that.
3. Number 3 trashcan just died when flying through some trees. 5v regulator is cactus and can be fixed with a DC convertor.
4. Mobula 7 HD died and was resurrected with a new FC under warranty. Three batteries later, yellow screen of death from the Caddx camera. Google suggested that I stick the camera sensor in the oven with my roast chook and see how that goes. Nope, upon closer inspection with my magnifying/light set up revealed the coax ribbon was pinched and effectively shorting out. Rang Caddx Australia and after apologising profusely, are sending me a warranty replacement.
I understand that tiny whoops and HD versions are still under development but to be so fragile in relatively mundane flying conditions is counter intuitive given what they are designed for. No more HappyModel stuff until they sort out the issues with the crazybee fc as the internet is groaning under the weight of issues.
I can happily accept responsibility for cock ups, but is it acceptable for random stuff like failsafes, throttle issues and having to run your kit in D8 and switch off telemetry?
The ladder looks like this:
1. Number 1 trashcan landed on a basket ball court and by the time I got there, some kids had pinched it and summarily dumped it into a rubbish bin (how ironic).
2. Number 2 trashcan ended up in a bowl of water after a number of fail safe/throttle issues (only one on the block) and that was that.
3. Number 3 trashcan just died when flying through some trees. 5v regulator is cactus and can be fixed with a DC convertor.
4. Mobula 7 HD died and was resurrected with a new FC under warranty. Three batteries later, yellow screen of death from the Caddx camera. Google suggested that I stick the camera sensor in the oven with my roast chook and see how that goes. Nope, upon closer inspection with my magnifying/light set up revealed the coax ribbon was pinched and effectively shorting out. Rang Caddx Australia and after apologising profusely, are sending me a warranty replacement.
I understand that tiny whoops and HD versions are still under development but to be so fragile in relatively mundane flying conditions is counter intuitive given what they are designed for. No more HappyModel stuff until they sort out the issues with the crazybee fc as the internet is groaning under the weight of issues.
I can happily accept responsibility for cock ups, but is it acceptable for random stuff like failsafes, throttle issues and having to run your kit in D8 and switch off telemetry?
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