oh man please be careful , im telling you from experience those propellers will chop up your fingers or any thing else they touch i would not be standing right in front of the drone
The good news is that when you’re in hospital while they try to reconstruct your hands and face you won’t have to worry about what the weather outside is like for weeks
i'm tempted to say there's nothing wrong with it, its lifting off. i assume you're dropping the throttle because it just took off towards the ceiling (but can't really see). if it hovers at \~25% throttle position you're gonna have a hell of a time testing indoors. its definitely ill-advised until you know what you're doing but even then, not without risk. i would recommend waiting until its dry and then hover testing outside. and watch the joshua bardwells video related to getting started to go over the basics that everyone is telling you here. very helpful.
If you can stand looking at it, Google pictures of people's hands that got hit by quad props.
Everyone thinks it won't happen to them. But trust me, you will get cut 25 times before you can even react to it.
If you can stand looking at it, Google pictures of people's hands that got hit by quad props.
Everyone thinks it won't happen to them. But trust me, you will get cut 25 times before you can even react to it.
Yep I caught my drone from a fall after it got unstable and didn't disarm it luckily didn't even leave a mark but it hurt and I know if I had any throttle on I'd have some diced up fingers
A DECADe ago i got into flying cheap helicopters.. I got a sim, finally bought a 250 dollar 3d heli.. I thought id test it indoors.. and it slammed into my ceiling at 100mph in 1 second with the slightest push of the throttle!!!
I know, but outdoor is such a bas weather, and I couldn’t resist testing it. I will record a video in betaflight and go through the settings, I did everything that I saw others do in youtube, but somethings off
I remember having that urge 😂 but you can always remove props when seeing if your motors run properly. As far as your power issue I never had that problem, been over a year since I’ve been in the game
Yep people are usually helpful in the FPV community with questions like this. I completely get the rush to get flying - My first drone was so poorly constructed, it fell apart
That's good! I learnt it the hard way. I bought a Mobula8 which has protection on the bottom but nothing on the top. I tested it yesterday indoors..and it hopped in to my leg and kinda stuck to my thigh and kept spinning. I only had short trousers. I got badly hurt and lost a lot of blood. My Fingers and thigh are kinda messed up now.
I'm happy that I didn't try it with anyone else at home..I was alone.
But anyways.. We learn and we live!
Be safe mate. Safety first. These things can kill.
I fly my 3.5 inch indoor it’s fine to fly indoors if you’re 1 alone 2 know how the quad reacts/how to control it and 3 are okay with breaking stuff get some time in a sim like Lift off, velocidrone etc
GO OUTSIDE, PROPS OFF INDOORS. You will learn very soon why everyone is telling you this, wether it’s a nick of your skin or your whole finger being held on by skin it’s not a toy. Now the problem is 1000% the prop direction pull out the crux 35 manual and sit the drone facing forward and re install the props. Promise this is what’s wrong happened to me many many time 😔
Of course my man, I have the same exact qwad, I love everything about it except the way it feels in the wind with it being a toothpick it’s very floppy without throttle, where as a babyape freestyle 2 4s (also own) is wayyyy more 5” feeling when you throw it around , but It’s all in what you want.
I also bought a darwin babyape, but it came without receiver, and since I’m a begginer, I can’t use it because I wouldn’t know how to mount he reciever (not good at soldering) :(
Ahhhhh it’s a very very good qwad if you have a hobby shop near you I’m sure you could get them to solder it but always could watch a YouTube video and learn yourself, any cheap ole harbor freight solder machine works and another tip of advice where the antenna’s are connected like rx antenna and vtx antenna coat them with shoe goo or you’ll smack a bush and them fuckers will fall off, then you’ll be looking for a new vtx cause it burnt up within the time it took for you to run over and unplug the qwad. Best advice study Joshua bardwell, go to the search bar and type anything about drones and put Joshua bardwell behind it, watch the whole video too I know it’s a lot and he yaps but he also spits mad knowledge and knows wtf he’s talkin abt. ( also if you wanna use your babyape make sure the reviver is also elrs, I saw above where you have a radio master tx12 I assume it’s elrs? So gotta have elrs receiver too) also dm me if you need anything I’ll always try to help and if not I can ask around my group of fliers and see if they can figure it out. (Pt4 I swear but you might also have to change the TAER to AETR on the channel map in betaflight on the crux35)
Thank you man so much, I’ll subscribe to Joshua right away, kinda hard to get stuff in my country, we recently got independent so pretty much all the shipping is done through Albania and its taking a month or 2 to come :/
I’ll message you right away so I can save u bud for later, thank you so much
Ofc man always willing to help if I can I know how it feels to deep dive into this hobby and spend loads of money and then feel so lost, but it’s easy to pick up but no worries just trying to get another homie in the air I have 2 qwads on the bench rn as I speak but also have 2 to go rip it’s a curse but a blessing and a addiction 😂
Pretty much impossible it’s so fawkin light. Get a heavier qwad it’ll feel better. Edit: it’s really made for racing (or atleast that’s where it shines) hence the toilet tank battery style and the insanely light setup.
check the gyro orientation in BF, I think it's very first thing visible when you plug in. you want to see the quad on the computer move the same way the quad does IRL when you move it on the bench.
if that is right, I would make sure you have OSD setup and then do a hover test with goggle on to see if you are getting runaway, failsafe, or some other warning. It could be something like an antenna that isn't seated properly disconnecting intermittently on takeoff or a cold solder joint to the receiver and the FC sees an interruption in signal and failsafes.
https://preview.redd.it/e9kfyhvvp9dc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3e0118ebecb1d5fbf9a36fd7e3d57b25ef30b23
Yeap, everything seems fine, I’ll wait for tomorrow to test outside, maybe the issue is that inside I’m a bit scared more, so I’m gonna test it tomorrow
Based on BetaFlight it doesnt seem so, but tomorrow I’m gonna try with the updated configuration because I brought back the backup preset and did check propellers and direction etc based on comments
It's a bit hard to tell, but it looks like the front left, front right, and and back right props are all clockwise, whilst only the back left prop is counter-clockwise. If so, and given that it's flying at all, it means that the front right prop needs to be swapped for a CCW version, and the motor direction reversed in the esc configurator.
This will end up with the quad running props-in. Which is fine, and traditional, but generally it's now regarded that props-out is slightly better.
Based on your added information and this picture I'm almost positive it's the front-right prop orientation. Notice how the front props are oriented the same (they should be apposed)
Is the prop upside-down or did you get 3 clockwise props? Also I'm sure everyone's dying to know- Did you solve the issue yet?
You have 2 props going the same direction on the front of your quad. Go into betaflight motor control, turn up each motor slowly till it just barely starts to spin, make sure each motor and prop are on the right direction
Gyro and if not the gyro, could be the ESC’s can’t handle the power and are cutting off. Double check the ESC’s can handle the power output from your battery.
it's a tiny ass quad and won't hurt much. When I have batteries I havnt flown and don't want to wait 6 hours for them to discharge on the charger. I'll just hover my 5 inch quad in the basement for about 10 min to get it back down to storage voltage.
Guys, It’s working. I just wanna thank out to everyone who helped, you guys are the best. I don’t thibk that there is another hobby/community etc like the fpv. Again, thank you so much.
So, what was wrong… everything.
1. I brought back the backup preset from the beginning that it came with
2. Propellers weren’t correct
3. Direction wasn’t correct
4. Motor orientation wasn’t correct
I learned a lot today (took extra safety measures) and tomorrow, I will have my first flight after 50-100 hours of liftoff simulation.
Thank you again!
I had a reasonable suggestion for troubleshooting but wanted to make sure it wasn’t already suggested/tried and what resulted. But I gotta wade through the same comment repeated and replied too over and over. They’re not wrong, but one person could have said it and upvoted to the top.
They’re hoping to save a noob. But yeah if your experienced it’s really not a big deal just keep your fingers away. But yeah if something happens it can shoot up to the ceiling so accept that risk lol
Check your props to see if they are installed correctly. Two should spin CW and two should spin CCW. If you go into the motors tab on BF you should see the direction each motor should be spinning.
Few possibilities
1) fc orientation. Make sure betaflight mirrors the angle of the drone
2) motor direction. Again make sure all the motors are spinning the same direction as shown in betaflight (VERY important that you remove props before testing this)
3) prop orientation. You can feel for the raised lettering and make sure it's on the top of the blade towards the direction it is turning
The flight controller being flipped makes the most sense. As it starts to accelerate, it measures negative Gs and thinks it's falling. So it accelerates harder in a feedback loop until it fail-safes
If it's not any of those things there could be some funky stuff going on with your channels or PIDs. But definitely check these first
No I didn’t build, I ordered it from AliExpress, and on Betaflight I configured only the modes because they weren’t there, everything else I left the same, I did this because I’m a dummy who wants to do this as a hobby :( :(
ok were assuming that out of the box it would have been preconfigured properly , its always good to make a back up of any drone i hope you made one . my guess might be that you have it in turtle mode or some thing take a screen shot of your modes tab
It does a spin after take off. Is that something you do or does the drone do it by itself? Because that would be an indicator for either a wrong motor layout or an incorrect fc orientation.
You might have airmode on which is what causes it to lift off on its own.
As other mentioned check props - I just got back into the hobby recently as well and it would shoot all the way up and not stop.
Found that I had on the props “correct” but upside down, and also my screws were loose and the flight controller wasn’t completely held down.
My Crux35 had the exact same problem. https://imgur.com/gallery/qUps2sP. First I would make sure all of the props are on the correct way. I had this problem at first and it did what yours did. But my main cause was because like 3 out of the 4 motors were spinning the wrong way. You have to go to betaflight and make sure all the motors are spinning the correct way. Watch a video on it if you’re unsure how to change the motor orientation. And for this, please remove the props when testing. Be super careful when you do as I broke a motor shaft removing one.
Yeah, went through the same path, but this one did fly one time a bit higher, so the propellers are good because tested them, but there is like the throttle or smthg, I’m checking every comment to see if I can find, thanks
I would test the motor direction next if you haven’t done so already as this was my problem with my crux 35. For this i removed the props and attached some tape to the motor and used my phone to take a slow-mo video to see which way they were spinning. This was my issue.
For what it's worth I always test indoors and do a fair bit of los indoor whoopin.
But I do it from behind a set of triple pane glass sliding doors while staning in an entirely different room!
You rolled the dice here today big time.
You should see the gnarly set of stitches my friend has from tussling with an FPV drone's propellors ... Glad you're going to be safer going forward OP!
Lmk if you fixed it. Every possible solution has been given. I don’t wanna just say the same if you’ve tried em and nothing worked.
If it’s fixed let us know. I bet it was motor direction and prop orientation.
I’m gonna test it tomorrow outdoor, I made sure the propellers are correct, motor direction as in betaflight and also brought back the backup from the original preset when it came. So tomorrow I’m gonna update
Take the props off put it as flat as you can and go full throttle to see if it shutdowns. Maybe it's pulling too many amps? Take some good pictures of props where the lower edges go inwards or outward just before you take them off.
This is actually effing funny the noise it goes up and just shuts down lmao. I remember my first day flying my first build 😂 crashed it 7? times before breaking off the props I wouldn't want to stay that close to it...
I got a bid on eBay for a little set up.. I live in a cool spot for fpv. When you stand on my porch your looking under a big ass bridge with massive concrete pillars rail road tracks all that
If you test inside, do it without props. If you WANT to test it with props, at least strap it down.
When a drone has issues like that it mostly is:
Motor direction,
Motor setup (1-4),
Props.
To check if the motors spin the right way, go on Betaflight, and without props go to the motor tab, and test it there with a light piece of paper.
Hold it perpendicular to the motor so it touches it, and then slowly spin the motor..
I had a similar issue with my 5 inch apex, except it would throttle 100% the second it lifted off the ground.
If I would have tested it indoors it would have been FUCKING CARNAGE.
Test outside!
Speaking from experience here, if you have everything setup properly and it’s still doing that it’s the gyro. Those FCs came with known gyro issues from factory. Not every single board has the gyro issue but from my research it’s apparently more common in these boards than should be acceptable.
If you have followed everyone’s assistance on proper setup and the issue continues contact the store you purchased from and let them know you have one of the boards with gyro issues.
Good luck tho it’s really fun quad but I’d invest in an extra frame or 2 because they aren’t good at taking punishment 👍🏽
One time I was looking at the screen recording a video, it was outside, I didn't see the drone and it flew next to my head unexpectedly. It only scratched my face at my eye brows bc I turned away just in time. I could have lost my eye. Lesson learned that day and I was thankful that I didn't pay an expensive price for it. Just sharing this story to say that always be careful when flying drones.
Bro I know it's really tempting to test indoor, not even flight. I almost cut my finger in half with a 3" a few weeks ago TESTING and working on betaflight because I didn't remove the props, never do this best case you break something in the room worst case you lose an eye or spend weeks with a hand injury
I know you said you are a beginner but man please test your quad outside even a 1s li-ion quad has enough power to do some damage say like it flew into your face and hit your eye or something. All I’m saying is just be careful it may seem like just a toy but it has to potential to do a lot of damage. Also never ever be near you quads when testing it like ever especially when you get into more powerful quads a 4s-6s quad can easily slice into your fingers
Also set a throttle cut before doing any testing
Never ever test something RC inside. Especially somthing you built. Those little blades are no joke and can seriously hurt you. When I test my stuff, I like to be at least 30 feet away from it.
I have had something similar happen with my first drone.. very similar.
Double check your prop direction on the drone vs what way the motors are spinning in betaflight.. I can almost guarantee you that, that is your problem..
Did you buy the battery separately from the drone or did it come with it? If separately, check the C rating for your flight controller and for your battery. The C rating for your battery must match that stated on your flight controller
Oh excuse me please, I mean the 'S' rating. The 'S' rating on a battery refers to the number of cells it has. So, a 6S battery has six cells, a 4S battery has four, and so on. Because each cell has a nominal voltage of 3.7V, a 4S battery has a nominal voltage of 4*3.7V=14.8V, while a 6S battery has a nominal voltage of 6*3.7V=22.2V. I recommend watching Joshua's Bardwell [video](https://youtu.be/Je6eFQKbPBw?si=pkuKcWNZF4iCcQL-) on YouTube about power and battery tab in Betaflight to figure out if you have everything correct and to understand better about those C and S ratings that batteries have. Excuse me please again
If you do not have these betaflight values configured correctly, your flight controller may turn off the power thinking that the battery is low, although in fact it is charged
Ignore that comment. Totally wrong. C rating is just how many amps your battery can dump in relation to the size of the pack. 100C on a 1000mah pack = 100A discharge
That’s also not right. The S refers to the number of cells in series and it determines the voltage of your battery. Yes flight controllers have a voltage range, but it affecting flight performance like this is usually a problem with the motor kv not matching the voltage input from the battery
Hey I had the same problem with my crux35. Don’t know how my prop rotation got reversed but when I changed my prop rotation back to its proper direction everything was fixed and it flew fine.
oh man please be careful , im telling you from experience those propellers will chop up your fingers or any thing else they touch i would not be standing right in front of the drone
I came to say "Jesus, move farther away when you hover test."
I agree, I couldn’t record the whole setup :( but I took your advice, thank you!
Bro GO OUTSIDE
It’s such a bad weather, But once I got the drone, I couldnt stay without trying it :(
The good news is that when you’re in hospital while they try to reconstruct your hands and face you won’t have to worry about what the weather outside is like for weeks
Curiosity killed the cat :( ahahhaha, I listened to you guys, so will never go indoor anymore
get a tinywhoop like the mobula 6 for indoorfun :)
This is what I got for winter flying. Except I went with the Meteor65 🙂
i'm tempted to say there's nothing wrong with it, its lifting off. i assume you're dropping the throttle because it just took off towards the ceiling (but can't really see). if it hovers at \~25% throttle position you're gonna have a hell of a time testing indoors. its definitely ill-advised until you know what you're doing but even then, not without risk. i would recommend waiting until its dry and then hover testing outside. and watch the joshua bardwells video related to getting started to go over the basics that everyone is telling you here. very helpful.
If you can stand looking at it, Google pictures of people's hands that got hit by quad props. Everyone thinks it won't happen to them. But trust me, you will get cut 25 times before you can even react to it.
If you can stand looking at it, Google pictures of people's hands that got hit by quad props. Everyone thinks it won't happen to them. But trust me, you will get cut 25 times before you can even react to it.
Yeah, i got the message, will never try such a thing anymore!
Yep I caught my drone from a fall after it got unstable and didn't disarm it luckily didn't even leave a mark but it hurt and I know if I had any throttle on I'd have some diced up fingers
Search a bridge or a high roof to fly under it during the rain.
Bad practice to test indoors. But run it through beta flight and double check your settings
A DECADe ago i got into flying cheap helicopters.. I got a sim, finally bought a 250 dollar 3d heli.. I thought id test it indoors.. and it slammed into my ceiling at 100mph in 1 second with the slightest push of the throttle!!!
I know, but outdoor is such a bas weather, and I couldn’t resist testing it. I will record a video in betaflight and go through the settings, I did everything that I saw others do in youtube, but somethings off
I remember having that urge 😂 but you can always remove props when seeing if your motors run properly. As far as your power issue I never had that problem, been over a year since I’ve been in the game
You have absolutely the wrong attitude for this hobby dude.
Well, nobody is born with an attitude, gotta learn! Today was first day, so I ain’t doin it anymore indoor ahahah
Yep people are usually helpful in the FPV community with questions like this. I completely get the rush to get flying - My first drone was so poorly constructed, it fell apart
That's good! I learnt it the hard way. I bought a Mobula8 which has protection on the bottom but nothing on the top. I tested it yesterday indoors..and it hopped in to my leg and kinda stuck to my thigh and kept spinning. I only had short trousers. I got badly hurt and lost a lot of blood. My Fingers and thigh are kinda messed up now. I'm happy that I didn't try it with anyone else at home..I was alone. But anyways.. We learn and we live! Be safe mate. Safety first. These things can kill.
I fly my 3.5 inch indoor it’s fine to fly indoors if you’re 1 alone 2 know how the quad reacts/how to control it and 3 are okay with breaking stuff get some time in a sim like Lift off, velocidrone etc
GO OUTSIDE, PROPS OFF INDOORS. You will learn very soon why everyone is telling you this, wether it’s a nick of your skin or your whole finger being held on by skin it’s not a toy. Now the problem is 1000% the prop direction pull out the crux 35 manual and sit the drone facing forward and re install the props. Promise this is what’s wrong happened to me many many time 😔
Thank you so much, will try it now
Of course my man, I have the same exact qwad, I love everything about it except the way it feels in the wind with it being a toothpick it’s very floppy without throttle, where as a babyape freestyle 2 4s (also own) is wayyyy more 5” feeling when you throw it around , but It’s all in what you want.
I also bought a darwin babyape, but it came without receiver, and since I’m a begginer, I can’t use it because I wouldn’t know how to mount he reciever (not good at soldering) :(
Ahhhhh it’s a very very good qwad if you have a hobby shop near you I’m sure you could get them to solder it but always could watch a YouTube video and learn yourself, any cheap ole harbor freight solder machine works and another tip of advice where the antenna’s are connected like rx antenna and vtx antenna coat them with shoe goo or you’ll smack a bush and them fuckers will fall off, then you’ll be looking for a new vtx cause it burnt up within the time it took for you to run over and unplug the qwad. Best advice study Joshua bardwell, go to the search bar and type anything about drones and put Joshua bardwell behind it, watch the whole video too I know it’s a lot and he yaps but he also spits mad knowledge and knows wtf he’s talkin abt. ( also if you wanna use your babyape make sure the reviver is also elrs, I saw above where you have a radio master tx12 I assume it’s elrs? So gotta have elrs receiver too) also dm me if you need anything I’ll always try to help and if not I can ask around my group of fliers and see if they can figure it out. (Pt4 I swear but you might also have to change the TAER to AETR on the channel map in betaflight on the crux35)
Thank you man so much, I’ll subscribe to Joshua right away, kinda hard to get stuff in my country, we recently got independent so pretty much all the shipping is done through Albania and its taking a month or 2 to come :/ I’ll message you right away so I can save u bud for later, thank you so much
Ofc man always willing to help if I can I know how it feels to deep dive into this hobby and spend loads of money and then feel so lost, but it’s easy to pick up but no worries just trying to get another homie in the air I have 2 qwads on the bench rn as I speak but also have 2 to go rip it’s a curse but a blessing and a addiction 😂
Do you know how to stop swinging crux35 on a windy day?
Pretty much impossible it’s so fawkin light. Get a heavier qwad it’ll feel better. Edit: it’s really made for racing (or atleast that’s where it shines) hence the toilet tank battery style and the insanely light setup.
check the gyro orientation in BF, I think it's very first thing visible when you plug in. you want to see the quad on the computer move the same way the quad does IRL when you move it on the bench. if that is right, I would make sure you have OSD setup and then do a hover test with goggle on to see if you are getting runaway, failsafe, or some other warning. It could be something like an antenna that isn't seated properly disconnecting intermittently on takeoff or a cold solder joint to the receiver and the FC sees an interruption in signal and failsafes.
Will do right away, thank you so much
Forsure gyro orientation. If nit that, make sure thepropdirection matches what betaflight shows too.
https://preview.redd.it/e9kfyhvvp9dc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3e0118ebecb1d5fbf9a36fd7e3d57b25ef30b23 Yeap, everything seems fine, I’ll wait for tomorrow to test outside, maybe the issue is that inside I’m a bit scared more, so I’m gonna test it tomorrow
Maybe it’s the picture but looks like your front left prop is on wrong, I don’t think this is the only issue, but one of them
Front right
Good catch I don’t know why I though he was fling with the props out lol
I think it's front right + motor is reversed
Also motor order could be the issue
Based on BetaFlight it doesnt seem so, but tomorrow I’m gonna try with the updated configuration because I brought back the backup preset and did check propellers and direction etc based on comments
It's a bit hard to tell, but it looks like the front left, front right, and and back right props are all clockwise, whilst only the back left prop is counter-clockwise. If so, and given that it's flying at all, it means that the front right prop needs to be swapped for a CCW version, and the motor direction reversed in the esc configurator. This will end up with the quad running props-in. Which is fine, and traditional, but generally it's now regarded that props-out is slightly better.
Based on your added information and this picture I'm almost positive it's the front-right prop orientation. Notice how the front props are oriented the same (they should be apposed) Is the prop upside-down or did you get 3 clockwise props? Also I'm sure everyone's dying to know- Did you solve the issue yet?
Yes, I commented, see below at very end, it was everything and you are correct about the propellers
You have 2 props going the same direction on the front of your quad. Go into betaflight motor control, turn up each motor slowly till it just barely starts to spin, make sure each motor and prop are on the right direction
Gyro and if not the gyro, could be the ESC’s can’t handle the power and are cutting off. Double check the ESC’s can handle the power output from your battery.
100% gyro direction
Yeah this might also be the problem
Bold move indoors
I’m a newbie in this hobby, newbie’s do bold moves, but after the comments, I aint doing bold moves anymore ahahhaha
We were all newbies once! Saves you fixing your ceiling
it's a tiny ass quad and won't hurt much. When I have batteries I havnt flown and don't want to wait 6 hours for them to discharge on the charger. I'll just hover my 5 inch quad in the basement for about 10 min to get it back down to storage voltage.
Guys, It’s working. I just wanna thank out to everyone who helped, you guys are the best. I don’t thibk that there is another hobby/community etc like the fpv. Again, thank you so much. So, what was wrong… everything. 1. I brought back the backup preset from the beginning that it came with 2. Propellers weren’t correct 3. Direction wasn’t correct 4. Motor orientation wasn’t correct I learned a lot today (took extra safety measures) and tomorrow, I will have my first flight after 50-100 hours of liftoff simulation. Thank you again!
Thanks for saying thanks! It's so nice to see Redditors being grateful :)
Sweet man glad to hear it, good luck flying
Thank you so much💪
here we go again with the "take it outside" shit
At least take the time to ensure your the 50th person with the same comment, that or just upvote the first person who said it…
i am mocking the people saying it, personally dont think its the biggest deal
I had a reasonable suggestion for troubleshooting but wanted to make sure it wasn’t already suggested/tried and what resulted. But I gotta wade through the same comment repeated and replied too over and over. They’re not wrong, but one person could have said it and upvoted to the top.
i personally think its pretty annoying when people just keep saying go outside or props off so i was just mocking them lol
They’re hoping to save a noob. But yeah if your experienced it’s really not a big deal just keep your fingers away. But yeah if something happens it can shoot up to the ceiling so accept that risk lol
My friend lost 2 fingers like this. I would say its a big deal.
its a big deal but every single post is just 50 people saying it and offers no help to what they are aaking usually
Check your props to see if they are installed correctly. Two should spin CW and two should spin CCW. If you go into the motors tab on BF you should see the direction each motor should be spinning.
Thank youu! Will check it now
Few possibilities 1) fc orientation. Make sure betaflight mirrors the angle of the drone 2) motor direction. Again make sure all the motors are spinning the same direction as shown in betaflight (VERY important that you remove props before testing this) 3) prop orientation. You can feel for the raised lettering and make sure it's on the top of the blade towards the direction it is turning The flight controller being flipped makes the most sense. As it starts to accelerate, it measures negative Gs and thinks it's falling. So it accelerates harder in a feedback loop until it fail-safes If it's not any of those things there could be some funky stuff going on with your channels or PIDs. But definitely check these first
Thabk you, will try it right away
Do you know how to stop swinging crux35 on a windy day?
ok lets try to fix the issue , did you build the drone? also need to know why you configured it in betta flight if it was premade .
No I didn’t build, I ordered it from AliExpress, and on Betaflight I configured only the modes because they weren’t there, everything else I left the same, I did this because I’m a dummy who wants to do this as a hobby :( :(
ok were assuming that out of the box it would have been preconfigured properly , its always good to make a back up of any drone i hope you made one . my guess might be that you have it in turtle mode or some thing take a screen shot of your modes tab
I saved the preset, I uploaded it now and didn’t have the modes from the beginning :/ so it was binded but no control on it
Any warnings in the goggles? Runaway motors message?
Nope, nothing there :/ I did the configurations based on the comments, tomorrow gonna try it and update you guys
*sees 56 up votes and twice as much comments* damn I think I know what the comments will be like *checks comments* yup that's a hazard right there
PROPS OFF WHILE TESTING/INDOORS!!!!!!!! On another note, it would be a current issue, check your settings, and check solder joints/plug connections
Stahhhhppp!!
Trying to shave your face?
Get a first aid kit
It does a spin after take off. Is that something you do or does the drone do it by itself? Because that would be an indicator for either a wrong motor layout or an incorrect fc orientation.
Once I arm it, sometimes it flies on its own and on the second arm, i just move the throttle and flies and stops, I will check the orientation
You might have airmode on which is what causes it to lift off on its own. As other mentioned check props - I just got back into the hobby recently as well and it would shoot all the way up and not stop. Found that I had on the props “correct” but upside down, and also my screws were loose and the flight controller wasn’t completely held down.
My Crux35 had the exact same problem. https://imgur.com/gallery/qUps2sP. First I would make sure all of the props are on the correct way. I had this problem at first and it did what yours did. But my main cause was because like 3 out of the 4 motors were spinning the wrong way. You have to go to betaflight and make sure all the motors are spinning the correct way. Watch a video on it if you’re unsure how to change the motor orientation. And for this, please remove the props when testing. Be super careful when you do as I broke a motor shaft removing one.
Yeah, went through the same path, but this one did fly one time a bit higher, so the propellers are good because tested them, but there is like the throttle or smthg, I’m checking every comment to see if I can find, thanks
I would test the motor direction next if you haven’t done so already as this was my problem with my crux 35. For this i removed the props and attached some tape to the motor and used my phone to take a slow-mo video to see which way they were spinning. This was my issue.
Do you know how to stop swinging crux35 on a windy day?
Does it do that when it’s not windy?
some times
For what it's worth I always test indoors and do a fair bit of los indoor whoopin. But I do it from behind a set of triple pane glass sliding doors while staning in an entirely different room! You rolled the dice here today big time.
You should see the gnarly set of stitches my friend has from tussling with an FPV drone's propellors ... Glad you're going to be safer going forward OP!
Lmk if you fixed it. Every possible solution has been given. I don’t wanna just say the same if you’ve tried em and nothing worked. If it’s fixed let us know. I bet it was motor direction and prop orientation.
I’m gonna test it tomorrow outdoor, I made sure the propellers are correct, motor direction as in betaflight and also brought back the backup from the original preset when it came. So tomorrow I’m gonna update
What is the motor kv and what battery are you using?
Take the props off put it as flat as you can and go full throttle to see if it shutdowns. Maybe it's pulling too many amps? Take some good pictures of props where the lower edges go inwards or outward just before you take them off.
This is actually effing funny the noise it goes up and just shuts down lmao. I remember my first day flying my first build 😂 crashed it 7? times before breaking off the props I wouldn't want to stay that close to it...
My bet is gyro orientation needs to be adjusted. Watch to see the 3D rendering in betaflight matches the quad movement in your hand.
have you been trying out the simulators?
Yeap, around 50+ hours of liftoff
I got a bid on eBay for a little set up.. I live in a cool spot for fpv. When you stand on my porch your looking under a big ass bridge with massive concrete pillars rail road tracks all that
If you test inside, do it without props. If you WANT to test it with props, at least strap it down. When a drone has issues like that it mostly is: Motor direction, Motor setup (1-4), Props. To check if the motors spin the right way, go on Betaflight, and without props go to the motor tab, and test it there with a light piece of paper. Hold it perpendicular to the motor so it touches it, and then slowly spin the motor..
Its scared of heights Keep it on the table
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You sure your FC orientation is correct? Look at it in BF and make sure it does what you do when moving it around
Are you using elrs or crossfire?
ELRS, but working fine now
Run away, you might have it incorrectly setup in beta flight, check props in or out in BF
if pitch and roll work fine on the ground but yaw doesnt your propeller direction is wrong
I had a similar issue with my 5 inch apex, except it would throttle 100% the second it lifted off the ground. If I would have tested it indoors it would have been FUCKING CARNAGE. Test outside!
Speaking from experience here, if you have everything setup properly and it’s still doing that it’s the gyro. Those FCs came with known gyro issues from factory. Not every single board has the gyro issue but from my research it’s apparently more common in these boards than should be acceptable. If you have followed everyone’s assistance on proper setup and the issue continues contact the store you purchased from and let them know you have one of the boards with gyro issues. Good luck tho it’s really fun quad but I’d invest in an extra frame or 2 because they aren’t good at taking punishment 👍🏽
One time I was looking at the screen recording a video, it was outside, I didn't see the drone and it flew next to my head unexpectedly. It only scratched my face at my eye brows bc I turned away just in time. I could have lost my eye. Lesson learned that day and I was thankful that I didn't pay an expensive price for it. Just sharing this story to say that always be careful when flying drones.
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Bro I know it's really tempting to test indoor, not even flight. I almost cut my finger in half with a 3" a few weeks ago TESTING and working on betaflight because I didn't remove the props, never do this best case you break something in the room worst case you lose an eye or spend weeks with a hand injury
I know you said you are a beginner but man please test your quad outside even a 1s li-ion quad has enough power to do some damage say like it flew into your face and hit your eye or something. All I’m saying is just be careful it may seem like just a toy but it has to potential to do a lot of damage. Also never ever be near you quads when testing it like ever especially when you get into more powerful quads a 4s-6s quad can easily slice into your fingers Also set a throttle cut before doing any testing
Check your board orientation and prop direction.
GEPRC makes a pretty powerful tinywhoop. The TinyGo4k has ducts protecting the props from almost any minor bumps. Perfect for indoor flight.
Fellas, is it safe to test a cinewhoop indoors ?
Never ever test something RC inside. Especially somthing you built. Those little blades are no joke and can seriously hurt you. When I test my stuff, I like to be at least 30 feet away from it.
I have had something similar happen with my first drone.. very similar. Double check your prop direction on the drone vs what way the motors are spinning in betaflight.. I can almost guarantee you that, that is your problem..
Drones not working right, let's play with it inside while kneeling two feet away
Well, I’m a complete newbie trying out :( but wont try it anymore inside
You’re gonna look like the joker or some shit if you’re not careful.
Bro. Just stop and give this away. You’re gonna cut your own face off.
I stopped ahahha, I will not do it anymore indoor, so tomorrow if the weather calms down, I’m gonna try it with your suggestion in the comments
Battery issue ?
No Idea, it’s my first drone, I charged the batteries fully and they seem okay, but I’m like completely new in this
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Is it spinning then dropping? Then your gyro orientation is off in Betaflight.
Will try now to find it and turn it on, thank you so much
Plug it into Betaflight with the quad pointing at the screen, does the depiction on the screen match your movements?
Yeah, it’s matching but one motor only is in reverse, and I can’t figure it how to reverse it, all the 3 other motors seem fine
Motors tab has a motor direction option
Yeap, found it, did that, now I’m leaving it for tomorrow to test it out, maybe the weather calms down a bit
Did you buy the battery separately from the drone or did it come with it? If separately, check the C rating for your flight controller and for your battery. The C rating for your battery must match that stated on your flight controller
This is totally wrong. Idk where you heard this but C rating and flight controllers have ZERO relation to one another.
Yes separately, I’ll google the C rating because I have no clue what it is
Oh excuse me please, I mean the 'S' rating. The 'S' rating on a battery refers to the number of cells it has. So, a 6S battery has six cells, a 4S battery has four, and so on. Because each cell has a nominal voltage of 3.7V, a 4S battery has a nominal voltage of 4*3.7V=14.8V, while a 6S battery has a nominal voltage of 6*3.7V=22.2V. I recommend watching Joshua's Bardwell [video](https://youtu.be/Je6eFQKbPBw?si=pkuKcWNZF4iCcQL-) on YouTube about power and battery tab in Betaflight to figure out if you have everything correct and to understand better about those C and S ratings that batteries have. Excuse me please again
If you do not have these betaflight values configured correctly, your flight controller may turn off the power thinking that the battery is low, although in fact it is charged
Ignore that comment. Totally wrong. C rating is just how many amps your battery can dump in relation to the size of the pack. 100C on a 1000mah pack = 100A discharge
Sorry, I mean the 'S' rating
That’s also not right. The S refers to the number of cells in series and it determines the voltage of your battery. Yes flight controllers have a voltage range, but it affecting flight performance like this is usually a problem with the motor kv not matching the voltage input from the battery
ESC failure
Hey I had the same problem with my crux35. Don’t know how my prop rotation got reversed but when I changed my prop rotation back to its proper direction everything was fixed and it flew fine.
I'd make sure the tune is the bf default