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7 April 2014

Quad crash after a motor failure

Well, the anti-jello solution test hasn´t gone as expected. I´m not quite sure about what has happened, but I had a really bad accident and the quadcopter resulted seriously damaged.

As you can see in the video, there are three moments when the quadcopter bends quickly to the right. Once right after taking off and crash for the first time, another one with no consequences, and a third one before crashing for the second time.


After the last crash, the temperature of the rear right motor was significantly higher. Along with the weird bending to the right side, makes me think on a motor failure. Probably one of the wires connected to the ESC, maybe the ESC itself...? I don´t think this was due to a Naza issue or a bad calibration, but maybe a gimbal problem has something to do too? (at minute 1:10, the front of the quad appears on the top of the screen while the camera is bent to the right...)

I couldn´t test long the shutter effect with the ND filter, but as I can see in the video, there is no jello, but some vibrations still  remain. The crash ended up with:
  • Three broken propellers
  • Two broken legs
  • One motor wire broken
  • Two peeled wires
  • A gimbal malfunction

Let´s grab the tools, some patience, and head off to the garage!

BL-283011 Whirlwind FY450 2
BL-283011 Whirlwind FY450
BL-283011 Whirlwind FY450 3
BL-283011 Whirlwind FY450
BL-283011 Whirlwind FY450
Broken propeller
Quadcopter broken propellers
Broken propellers
Whirlwind FY450 broken leg
Whirlwind FY450 broken leg (rear right)
Whirlwind FY450 broken leg
Whirlwind FY450 broken leg (rear left)
Whirlwind FY450 Naza GPS ImmersionRC
Damaged Whirlwind FY450

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