I crashed another one. This time the Tarot Ironman 650

Discussion in 'General Drone Forums' started by photojunky, Apr 22, 2018.

  1. photojunky

    photojunky Member

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    I thought it was a motor but after listening to the video I am not sure. It sounded like the power was cutting off. I used the same parts from the last drone that fell from the sky so maybe the same component failed. I will probably never know. If you have any ideas what could have caused it please let me know.
     
  2. Lauren Holloway

    Lauren Holloway New Member

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    that's painful to look at. good thing you just retrieved it quickly
     
  3. photojunky

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    While troubleshooting I found a bad connector, but during testing I confirmed it was indeed a bad motor.
     
  4. Lauren Holloway

    Lauren Holloway New Member

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    i thought you were only going to replace the motors? sooo it means you're starting from scratch?
     
  5. photojunky

    photojunky Member

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    At this point I am not sure what I'm going to do. I kind of realized if I'm going to start from scratch, it may be fun to just replace the motor and fly her until she crashes and self-destructs. These are the same parts from a different frame that literally fell out of the sky from 200 feet for no apparent reason. Never completely figured out what happened. If I don't trust the parts and plan on replacing them, I may as well have fun destroying them.
     
  6. Lauren Holloway

    Lauren Holloway New Member

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    That sounds fun :joy:
     
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  7. Leah Stumpf

    Leah Stumpf New Member

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    Did you build it yourself?
     
  8. photojunky

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    Yes, I built it myself. Just a side note, while inspecting that connector more thoroughly, the piece that looks slightly charred simply fell off. That was a factory issue unless the ESC is bad and caused it to burn out which I doubt. I will replace the ESC as well as the bad motor.
     
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  10. Leah Stumpf

    Leah Stumpf New Member

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    How does it go now?
     
  11. photojunky

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    So far so good with about 30 minutes of flight time.
     
  12. jakejhonson44

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    You are the mechanic of your own drone. Keep up the good work :)
     
  13. photojunky

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    thank you.
    I'm pretty sure the problem turned out to be the battery. It felt like Jell-O but I did not realize this until I bought a new one which was hard as a rock. When the battery would drain after about 10 minutes, that is when I always ran into problems.
     
  14. jakejhonson44

    jakejhonson44 Member

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    No problem :) Battery is significant because it is the one who runs the mechanism make sure that you will always check it or replace it when you find that it is defect.
     

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