"Roadkill"

[Inknut77]

I'm now the owner of a roadkill 500. Lol. Long story short, drone was crushed by a Chrysler Pacifica. My question for you esteemed holders of knowledge is what is the white triangle in the nose one connected to a 4 wire, Black wire bundle? See pic.

 

[Grumpy]

I'm now the owner of a roadkill 500. Lol. Long story short, drone was crushed by a Chrysler Pacifica. My question for you esteemed holders of knowledge is what is the white triangle in the nose one connected to a 4 wire, Black wire bundle? See pic.View attachment 17086View attachment 17087

That is/was the compass.

 

[Steve Carr]

It'll buff out.

 

[Inknut77]

Duct tape and bailing wire does miracles

 

[h-elsner]

If the compass is not in the correct position, the copter will fly erratic, uncontrollable. The screws must be antimagnetic, Yuneec uses one brass screw. The other point is nose/hole to fix the white holder.

You have to switch off the GPS support to get back control if compass is not correct mounted. Don't try in GPS mode!

br HE

 

[Inknut77]

Upon further examination, the plastic is cracked so will be replaced if bird is rebuilt. Thanks he

 

[Inknut77]

Blessed and highly favored. The person that ran over "Roadkill" has replaced it with a refurb and 12 month warranty. Question is, when I connected the charger to charge the battery, had flashing green to start, then flashing red (charging), but 20 seconds later had both red and green flashing lights. Considered it may be charger so I connected it to a known good charger with same results, red and green flashing lights. Quickly disconnected battery. Should I reconnect and try to charge, or could it be a battery problem? Thanks in advance for any assistance.

 

[Steve Carr]

could it be a battery problem?

Get a digital voltmeter and check the voltage at the large pins on the battery to see what the charge level reads.

 

[Inknut77]

Large pins read 11.76
1s=3.965
2s=3.836
3s=3.967

 

[Inknut77]

After 15 minutes charging: 12.01
S1: 4.047
S2: 3.919
S3: 4.047.
Seems to be charging correctly now, but both lights still blinking.
Will let charge another 30 minutes or so and recheck it then, keeping an eye on the case.
Things that make you go hmmm

 

[Steve Carr]

It can take a up to a couple of hours to charge on the OEM charger.
Cell 2 could be a problem. Just have to keep an eye on it.

 

[Inknut77]

I suppose since the drone came with 12 month warranty, I'll try to get them to send me another battery. At least the original battery in Roadkill wasn't harmed in the accident

 

[Inknut77]

And yes so far S2 is charging .10 behind other two. Let's see if it balances when full . Thanks

 

[Steve Carr]

It may be okay. When you do a test flight I suggest removing the camera and so some low flying over grass. Watch the voltage and land when it gets to around 10.6v. Watch the voltage after the motors are off and see how much it rebounds and also how much flight time there is.

 

[Good time Charlie]

Unless I'm mistaken, flashing red and green on the stock Q500 charger means it's balancing the cells and is totally normal.

 

[Inknut77]

Ok, after first flight w/o camera and low and slow, flew 20 minutes down to 10.6 bolts. Upon landing and shutdown of motors battery recovered to 11.1. Checking the cells all three read within .02 vs .10 last night. Connected to charger and in 20 seconds both red and green lights blinking. Few minutes later, only the red is blinking, green is out. So apparently when both lights are flashing, charger is balancing. So appears all is good. But when I connect the ST10 to PC, no recognition. Do I need to read the sd card directly with the adapter to PC, or isn't PC supposed to recognize the 10 as another drive? You guys have been so much help previously, thought I'd ask this noob question. Thanks, Ink

 

[Steve Carr]

But when I connect the ST10 to PC, no recognition.

You may have to install the driver using the link on the opening screen of the GUI.
However, there is not much to see when connection the ST10. You should install an 8 or 16GB sd card under the battery to record telemetry, assuming there isn't one there now.

It sounds like the battery will be usable. The flight time will go down quite a bit when you fly with the camera.

 

[Inknut77]

Yes I expect half or Maybe a little more than the 20 minutes

 

[WTFDproject]

But when I connect the ST10 to PC, no recognition.

You have to turn the ST10 on and let it boot completely up BEFORE plugging in the USB, or you won't see anything on the PC. Could that be the issue?

 

[Inknut77]

Tried that. Hoping it was a not data cable