**RIP** Alien 5" v1.9
By GameSofter on Aug 02, 2019
Current Version: https://rotorbuilds.com/build/19305
Old Version: https://rotorbuilds.com/build/19282
In attempting to clean up the mid throttle oscillations and insane video noise I rebuilt the entire quad but still using the old parts. I cleaned all the motors, removed all the crappy soldering of the previous owner, put a cap on the main lead, and updated the firmware on the fc, esc, and osd. The way firmware updates work for old stuff makes me super grateful for the work developers put into making it mostly painless with modern hardware and software. Oh, and I put some sick stickers on there.
And you know what! It made a difference! Not massive like I had hoped though.
All of that work and the quad flew slightly better for about 2 weeks until I got an r9 failsafe and landed upside down on asphalt. I cracked the top and bottom plate and flattened a battery. :(
Luckily I had an idea of the parts I wanted for the next iteration. I just had to wait for the replacement parts from Australia...
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I also had an R9 failsafe out of nowhere a few days ago and landed upside-down on the concrete! Lost my last remaining Session. Thinking about maybe putting redunant receivers on my quads.
Did you happen to be running fport?
Yep
I have had a couple issues with F port and KISS. Maybe use normal s.port and sbus.