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I built one too, and the first time I powered on the motors I felt like I was staring at four unguarded blenders and thought: wow, people actually handle these
by SavantIdiot 5y ago
I built one too, and the first time I powered on the motors I felt like I was staring at four unguarded blenders and thought: wow, people actually handle these things while they are running.
Made me very nervous for a long time, especially the first few flights (or attempt at flight).
Now I twitch whenever I connect the battery and the FC makes them jerk a little. I know they aren't armed and failsafe is active and all, but you bet yer tuchus that I'm super careful connecting!
Glad you didn't shred anything.
- Ao7bei3s 5y agoNot sure if you want to hear this, but please don't entirely trust any arm/safe system. I've had to debug one when it failed. Original dev: "impossible... show me... huh?!". (It was some faulty hardware. Dont remember the details; it was a non obvious issue with one FC. Wasn't worth fixing the hardware, I discarded it.)
- SavantIdiot 5y agoPoint taken. I'm getting a tiny bit lazy connecting the batteries (too bad XC60 connectors require so much force). But I'm very cautions to make sure my fingers aren't in the line of the props (I actually used to wear welding gloves when connecting the battery). I just need an inline 60A switch or something even safer that doesn't keep my fingers in the line of fire that long. Thanks!