How to troubleshoot a drone with a flight controller?
Drone Troubleshooting 1 Motors Spinning the Wrong Direction. Most flight controllers will spin the motors at slow speed when armed, ensure your propellers are spinning the correct direction. 2 Drone Flips on Takeoff. 3 Radio System Failure.
Why is my Drone compass not working properly?
Ensure the flight battery is fully charged. If your drone has a battery monitoring system, the flight controller may not arm when the flight pack voltage is below a certain threshold. The compass (magnetometer) can fall out of calibration if exposed to strong electromagnetic interference (EMI).
What to look for when your drone is not arming?
Here are a few problems to look for when diagnosing your flight controller not arming. Ensure the flight battery is fully charged. If your drone has a battery monitoring system, the flight controller may not arm when the flight pack voltage is below a certain threshold.
Do you need a good GPS signal to fly a drone?
Some flight controllers equipped with GPS will require a good signal before arming to ensure they have a home location to return to in the event of a radio control system loss of signal (LOS). Leave your drone turned on but disarmed for a couple minutes with a clear view of the sky to ensure good GPS signal before flying.
What to do when your AR Drone wont work?
In many situations, you just need to place the AR Drone back on a flat surface and start over. While this may work most of the time, other times the drone won’t level properly, one motor might not spin up, or some other problem will come up. That’s when you need to try some alternative solutions.
Where is the reset button on an AR Drone?
(2.0) Normally it is not necessary to push the rest button after a crash, just calibrate the AR Drone 2.0 as told in tip 1 (2.0) above. But if the AR Drone 2.0 still has issues, the reset button can be found under the battery through a small hole in the battery tray.
How do you remove a propeller from an AR Drone?
Remove the propellers from the AR Drone (important, note where each one came from. some rotate clockwise and the others anti-clockwise) Use a piece of colored tape on two that turn in the same direction. Put a piece of tape on the center of the propeller and a piece on the arm of the AR Drone the propeller came from.