Recent content by Foxtrot1

Success! After going through every set of wires, cables, motors, boards, putting the screws on both shells and thirty seven posted messages later.,.I decided it was time to go outside and turn the remote control and the bird ON and happy to report that I have just been able to pair the drone...

Once again, you were spot on. I was being a sissy about it, got up early this morning and I pushed them out harder and got all four off in 2 minutes. I appreciate the dedication you guys put into this forum day and night helping others get on their feet. I'm learning alot reading from all the...

Have another question about somehting I was not expecting to hold me back: How do I go about extracting the four rubber motor mounts without breaking them? I tried pulling while I pushed some of the round rubber from the other side, but that does not seem to be doing anything to get them off...

Exactly what I needed to know at this point DM, thank you. I can get the rest of the rebuild moving.

Questions regarding the wire antennas coming out of the receiver module: - Is there a reason that Yuneec engineers placed one antenna wire at the front end of the drone and the other antenna placed on the left wing of the drone close to the receiver? - Would it matter if I redirected the...

Update, The surgery and transplant has begun. I received the body shells earlier than expected so I started the swap yesterday evening. WTFD, I'll be adding my voltage readings on the boards so as to have additional confirmation/information, hope that's useful to someone. Off the bat, I found...

Thanks for these images, I'm disassembling everything this next week down to the last screw as I was able to track down a pair of new body shells, upper and lower for a good price, so this bird is on it's way to flying status. this will provide me the experience to transfer everything that's...

Thanks WTFD, I know it seems rare, but there are other flyers who are also experiencing this same exact issue with their Q500. There has to be a logical explanation for this. Did some more testing this morning, I should definitely carry out my testing in the morning when my head is clear. - I...

Will try that. Yesterday evening I thought of dismantling it all out on the bench, motors and all and try starting it up without the shell, shield, etc., extending the compass module out of the way and everything else that might cause interference, Will also look into the low ESR cap. So, I...

Thanks WTFD. Yes, I have a total of four useful batteries and they all have had their turn powering up the drone, Also external DC power sources on the bench with variable voltage and amp output. I have not tried powering the camera off the drone yet, I can see where that would probably make...

Ok, lol, it took me a while once again. I have done all except connect the camera/gimbal to an external power source. - I am using the matching controller for each Q500, have not "cross-paired" them. - Switched cameras on both, same exact results, no GPS. - Drone/remote acquires and locks on...

Hello guys, Thanks for looking into my issue. What a troubleshooting journey (drone initiation, lol) this has been for me. A reply before leaving to work: WTFDproject 1. Yes, it does, takes a few seconds and I have GPS locked on the remote. 2. Yes I did, same issue, no GPS. h-elsner - I...

Hello all, I am sorry to revive this thread, as I have been away from this forum and have not been able to post updates for very a long period of time attending other matters that needed my immediate attention. So I am still where I left. I recently purchased a wrecked-for-parts Q500 ("real"...

But of course there's a flowchart: Swapping the camera power cable is easy to do and compare. If that does nothing for the drone... I'll hook up the hotshoe, if that works it would end there and I can go and shield the internal wiring. If the issue persists, then there's the original GPS...

Update, Got a new 3-wire camera cable with core, a new GPS module and also a used camera hotshoe to replace the non-electric one that's currently on the 500, so as to have two separate power sources avaiable for the camera, all of this to be swapped this weekend. I am even thinking of putting...