Just to start off on the right foot, I am fairly new to drones. I’ve been flying this StormRC X5 quadcopter for several weeks and began to feel comfortable enough to add a camera gimbal. I added the YUN GoPro 2D GS camera gimbal. I also used Basecam to calibrate the gyro motors. After that I plugged my controller into Mission Planner to set the gimbal controls for channels 7 & 8. Now my quadcopter will not activate the motors. I know my controller is bound to the receiver because I am able to calibrate the controls in Mission Planner, but I cannot get the copter to start the motors. Please suggest possible causes and remedies.
Hi MTMann122,
Did you make a back-up of your configurations before doing anything to your flight controller in Mission Planner ?
Looking at the ArduPilot website, it seems to be A10 and A11 for the Gimbal control. But this is usually to have the APM control the servo on a gimbal.
All the best,
I did not save a backup of my controller’s configuration. I do not see anywhere in Flight Planner to do that. I am not as concerned with setting the gimbal control as I am to reestablish motor control. My controller as a safety feature which requires the user to press and hold the yaw/throttle stick to the lower right corner to unlock the motors. It appears that for whatever reason, this is not happening. …
The first thing to do would be to disable the things you changed in Mission Planner.
If this do not help, you can try this backup of the RB-Sho-07 which use the same flight controller.
APM BackUp - RB-Sho-07.zip (1.85 KB)
Eric,
Good news, the file you sent me worked. It did bring up a few other questions I hope you can help with. First, I have not yet done a test flight and wonder if my switch 1 and switch 2 still operate the ALT Hold, GPS Loiter and RTL features. I don’t want a runaway. Secondly, the props continue to spin for about 15 seconds after I come to full-stop throttle prior to going into safe mode. I wonder if there is something in Mission Planner I can reduce the amount of time the props stay active after landing.
Thanks again,
Mike
Hi Mike,
It should behave the same but you can test the functions and/or look in Mission Planner to know which switch is associated to which flight mode.
I am away from the office at the moment so cannot confirm anything on-site about the X5 copter frame. I apologize about this situation.
Eric,
I still have a few problems with this quad. The motors will only start if the controller is plugged into the USB port on my computer. Even if Mission Planner is not running. If I start the motors while the quad is plugged into the USB, then unplug the USB from the computer, the motors stop running. If I try to start the motors without the USB plugged in they surge-turn one or two rotations before shutting down. I really don’t know what to do next.
The USB should have no impact on motors starting - do you ALWAYS activate the transmitter before the receiver is powered?
Can you confirm you have charged the battery to full power? Try unplugging the gimbal.
This could be an internal faillure of the 5V regulator.
If by mistake something was connected to the 5V the regulator could have been fried. Than it will only work when connected to 5V USB. You might want to check with a voltmeter