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jonesjj · 10-13-2014, 11:07 PM

Greetings All,
Was up doing some AP shots and had a scarry thing happen, Was in GPS hold and all of a sudden the ship started to Ascend at med rate and drifting to the right.

I had no input from collective or cyclic at All it was locked and on its own.

Pretty nerve racking time, I had to come out of the GPS and get back to normal mode to get Any responce from the heli at all.

Ship is T Rex 700, Xera motor, Kontronic heli jive 120, ver 13 set to #1 and #4, separate 2S RX pack for RX and Servos.

I many flights on this ship with No issue at all, just went through all calibration with Ace One and did Compass cal just before this flying for the day. This actually happened on the 2nd flight of the day.

Any one have any ideas why it totally locked me out while in GPS mode?

Thanks in advance for any input on this.

hareedy · 10-17-2014, 10:01 PM

i had hundreds of flights with ace one and not a single problem
check the solar activity before flights
they can cause some real problems

jonesjj · 10-17-2014, 10:12 PM

never heard of that, could you tell me how I could check that? and is there something spesific I should be looking for in that report, type? location? ect.

Thanks

helicek · 10-25-2014, 02:20 AM

Hi Jones,
I had a similar problem with my Jive 80 HV+, Align Brushless and AceOne combo AP ship.

My guess is: When Jive cut off heli started coming down, by the time you switched to manual mode Jive restarted and helped you land safely.

I recommend you program the Jive #4 then #10(KSA) for a XERA motor. Then test fly it in manual mode close to ground for several minutes to see what happens.

Hope it helps,
Ahmet

jonesjj · 10-25-2014, 04:15 AM

Will give that a try and see

10-13-2014, 11:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
jonesjj Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2006	Ace One Users? Help! Greetings All, Was up doing some AP shots and had a scarry thing happen, Was in GPS hold and all of a sudden the ship started to Ascend at med rate and drifting to the right. I had no input from collective or cyclic at All it was locked and on its own. Pretty nerve racking time, I had to come out of the GPS and get back to normal mode to get Any responce from the heli at all. Ship is T Rex 700, Xera motor, Kontronic heli jive 120, ver 13 set to #1 and #4, separate 2S RX pack for RX and Servos. I many flights on this ship with No issue at all, just went through all calibration with Ace One and did Compass cal just before this flying for the day. This actually happened on the 2nd flight of the day. Any one have any ideas why it totally locked me out while in GPS mode? Thanks in advance for any input on this.

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10-17-2014, 10:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
hareedy Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Sep 2008	i had hundreds of flights with ace one and not a single problem check the solar activity before flights they can cause some real problems

10-17-2014, 10:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
jonesjj Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Dec 2006	never heard of that, could you tell me how I could check that? and is there something spesific I should be looking for in that report, type? location? ect. Thanks

10-25-2014, 02:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
helicek Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2005	Hi Jones, I had a similar problem with my Jive 80 HV+, Align Brushless and AceOne combo AP ship. My guess is: When Jive cut off heli started coming down, by the time you switched to manual mode Jive restarted and helped you land safely. I recommend you program the Jive #4 then #10(KSA) for a XERA motor. Then test fly it in manual mode close to ground for several minutes to see what happens. Hope it helps, Ahmet

10-25-2014, 04:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
jonesjj Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Dec 2006	Will give that a try and see

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