Fig. 06 · ArduCopter V4.7.2

Fly the GPS camera drone

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GPS position hold: the sticks set a speed up to 5 m/s, and the drone stops when you let go.

State

Disarmed

Battery

4.20 V/cell

Altitude

0.0m

Speed

0km/h

Throttle

Current

0.0A

Used

0mAh

1/6 · TAKE OFF: climb to 8 m

Best

none yet

Crashes

Ghosts

Your best lap (fly one to race it)

Courses

Not flown yet
Take off from the pad, photograph the telecom mast from four sides at 12 m, 8 m out from it, then come home and land on the pad. Fly it yourself in Loiter against the par times, or switch to AUTO and watch it fly the mission.
Gold 35 s · silver 45 s · bronze 60 s

Break it

Put a real build mistake in, even mid-flight, and watch what it does. A crash replays in slow motion and says why.

Mount the flight controller backwardsIts arrow points at the tail, so it reads every tilt the wrong way round.

Swap the props roundEach prop sits on a motor that spins it the wrong way: that corner pushes down.

Skip the motor direction checkOne motor spins the wrong way, and nobody looked with the props off.

Skip the accelerometer calibrationThe flight controller doesn't know which way is level, so it won't arm.

Run the motors over their ratingToo many volts for these motors' KV: the ESCs lose sync at full throttle.

Flying this design

No design saved for this craft yet: it flies the default parts.

4S 5000 mAh · 2212 920KV (4S) · 10x4.5 two-blade

All-up weight

1,600 g

Thrust : weight

2.5 : 1

Hover throttle

63%

Hard-flying time

16.0 min

Leaderboard

Best lap per pilot on Mast inspection