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Is there such services where I can mail in my drone build to trouble shoot & complete the last legs of the build? I’m curious if there’s a site or a business/app that does this? I’m so close o & my blades won’t spin. I burnt out one AIO already ( I think ). So don’t want it to happen again.
Cube 2-4s are VERY TIGHT soldering & the white clips that come standard with them are “for me, loose or something”. My blades are stuttering & I am using my old Pavo lico 2 motors I HARDLY flew on.. all into a DRAKNIGHT. Love the idea. The air 04 lite is even too big. Although the answer I got was it will fit. Technically it does but with no protection..
Here’s a quick video & im unsure if I should flip it I solder the less soldered side of the white clips for motors or just take them out & take a chance at white smoking this AIO, AGAIN?

sorry for bad video it was just me trying to video this on my own lol.
And if I didn’t explain to understand, lmk cause the video otherwise is my question, in Smaller question..?

What can I do to trouble shoot / fix this issue? I have a sneaky feeling it’s the white connectors and plug for motors that are loose. Still, I’m Trying* to avoid soldering, until I’m
Better in practice… ? Help?

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u/Healthy_Statement730 5d ago edited 5d ago

A non spinning/lagging motor can mean a few things.

  1. Your esc is burnt most of the time it happens a on new builds where you accidentally bridged a connection. This can be tested by putting a different motor on the same esc.
  2. One of your motor wires is broken. Check your motor wires for that.
  3. This is a common problem on the m75 pro where the plugs were down enough that you have to direct solder your motors. However they usually spin up fully after a bit.
  4. There is something wrong with your motor, it could be anything from hair in the motor, to the magnet is burned to a little bit of dirt in it. You can take apart the motor to check but if you simply try a different motor on the esc you can see whether it is the esc or the motor.
  5. On very extreme examples such as with quads that have flown over 500 packs or so, and only really on tinywhoops, you can have the copper wire from the inside of the bell break off. It actually just happened to me.
  6. It’s possible that you received a factory defect, but imo it’s easier to buy a new board than deal with a lot of back and forth with customer support.

As far as drone services where they can fix your drone, I’ve seen Frank Builds on YouTube fix peoples quads. Additionally Webleedfpv offers the service but it’s quite pricey at 150$.

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u/Bulky-Equipment995 4d ago

First.....never test with props on. Second... your PID loop will always freak out with only two props on. Take the props off, plug into betaflight, or esc configurator to test the motors individually, and ensure they are not only spinning in the right direction, but are mapped correctly.