Hi folks!
Yesterday I had the fantastic experience to get evidence of the function of the 5-rotor mode. After the pre-flight routine I took off, made my standard moves to verify function and then started for a slow ascent to a height of 80 meters. After a big slope the H920+ suddenly started tumbling around, regaining stable flight after roundabout 8m descent. I returned it back to me, recognizing that the left front motor had stopped. I gave it (and me too) some seconds to recover, checked for any obvious reasons for the motor to stop (FOD, temperature, loose prop) and started the motors again and everything was fine. I continued flying in close proximity and low height for another 13 minutes, swapped for my secondary pair of batteries and had another 18 minutes of flight time without any issues.
Returned home I checked the flight data in the UAV Toolbox and except for the battery warning there were no entries?! Since my laptop was (and probably still is) busy with rendering a mapping surface file I couldn't gain any further information (GUI and other) on what had happened. But I'm on it ?. Having absolutely no idea why it shut off the motor is not that kind of confidence I like to build on - even if I now know, that the 5-rotor mode kicks in and ensures a safe landing!
Conclusion up to now: 5-ROTOR MODE WORKS!!!
(Gonna keep you updated on any news gained from failure log etc.)
Yesterday I had the fantastic experience to get evidence of the function of the 5-rotor mode. After the pre-flight routine I took off, made my standard moves to verify function and then started for a slow ascent to a height of 80 meters. After a big slope the H920+ suddenly started tumbling around, regaining stable flight after roundabout 8m descent. I returned it back to me, recognizing that the left front motor had stopped. I gave it (and me too) some seconds to recover, checked for any obvious reasons for the motor to stop (FOD, temperature, loose prop) and started the motors again and everything was fine. I continued flying in close proximity and low height for another 13 minutes, swapped for my secondary pair of batteries and had another 18 minutes of flight time without any issues.
Returned home I checked the flight data in the UAV Toolbox and except for the battery warning there were no entries?! Since my laptop was (and probably still is) busy with rendering a mapping surface file I couldn't gain any further information (GUI and other) on what had happened. But I'm on it ?. Having absolutely no idea why it shut off the motor is not that kind of confidence I like to build on - even if I now know, that the 5-rotor mode kicks in and ensures a safe landing!
Conclusion up to now: 5-ROTOR MODE WORKS!!!
(Gonna keep you updated on any news gained from failure log etc.)