06-03-2011, 04:33 PM
Test flew the new Edge 540 this morning couldn't have been a nicer flyer and bearly needed a click of trim.
However on the 4th flight the Motor stopped, It had made a couple of odd noises earlier which I had miss took for a timing issue, I knew the prop wasn't loose as I'd snugged it up firmly just before I left for the field.
I managed to get it down softly enough in the weeds at the edge of the field, the undercarriage came away, other than that no damage tho.
I thought it must have been a loose magnet or perhaps two but after bulling the motor apart it seems that the steel ring that holds the magnets had come unscrewed from the back plate that holds the shaft. this had reduced the end float of the motor so much that it had just bound up
here's a pic
John took some pics of it in the air I'm hoping that he might post one here if he sees this this thread
However on the 4th flight the Motor stopped, It had made a couple of odd noises earlier which I had miss took for a timing issue, I knew the prop wasn't loose as I'd snugged it up firmly just before I left for the field.
I managed to get it down softly enough in the weeds at the edge of the field, the undercarriage came away, other than that no damage tho.
I thought it must have been a loose magnet or perhaps two but after bulling the motor apart it seems that the steel ring that holds the magnets had come unscrewed from the back plate that holds the shaft. this had reduced the end float of the motor so much that it had just bound up
here's a pic
John took some pics of it in the air I'm hoping that he might post one here if he sees this this thread
“The knack of flying is learning how to throw your machine at the ground and miss.”
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your thoughts turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." ~Leonardo Da Vinci