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Hi,
I´ve been waiting for a solid firmware for a while, and now the 1.6.8 seem solid enough so I thought I give it a go.
(Note, I live in Sweden so winter and darkness rules the land for a good portion of the year... so waiting is part of life...)
Have read most of the "falling out of the sky"-incidents on this forum for the past months so there were a little tension doing this.
Today I updated my bird/SC3/FF6 also including 3 battery updates. (Told you I've been waiting...)
First the SC3, then the bird with battery #1 attached, no problems at all.
Switched to Battery #2, but the bird did not start up...WTF... 4 green leds when pushing the button, janked the battery abit and then it started up.
Disconnected the battery again...no clue...
Upon closer inspection on the batteryconnector both on the bird and the battery, there were signs of fine dust around those tiny holes.
(Yeah, I know there are dustcaps that comes with the battery, but they all seem to have their own agenda playing hide-an-seek, usually outdoors...)
Used some compressed air to gently clean the bird and the batterys out.
Battery #3 gave me no problems updating.
You know, if you dont have a battery attached to the bird att all time, the batteryconnector on the bird is unprotected.
I'm adding: "Protect and inspect batteryconnectors, always check battery snaps firmly into place" to my preflight checklist.
So, without jumping any form of conclusions, sudden powerdrops/falling out of the sky could "maybe/eventually" be caused by a "dirty" batteryconnector on the bird or battery.
By the way, the bird feels more solid and responsive now, no jittering or so.
Fly safe everyone !!!
I´ve been waiting for a solid firmware for a while, and now the 1.6.8 seem solid enough so I thought I give it a go.
(Note, I live in Sweden so winter and darkness rules the land for a good portion of the year... so waiting is part of life...)
Have read most of the "falling out of the sky"-incidents on this forum for the past months so there were a little tension doing this.
Today I updated my bird/SC3/FF6 also including 3 battery updates. (Told you I've been waiting...)
First the SC3, then the bird with battery #1 attached, no problems at all.
Switched to Battery #2, but the bird did not start up...WTF... 4 green leds when pushing the button, janked the battery abit and then it started up.
Disconnected the battery again...no clue...
Upon closer inspection on the batteryconnector both on the bird and the battery, there were signs of fine dust around those tiny holes.
(Yeah, I know there are dustcaps that comes with the battery, but they all seem to have their own agenda playing hide-an-seek, usually outdoors...)
Used some compressed air to gently clean the bird and the batterys out.
Battery #3 gave me no problems updating.
You know, if you dont have a battery attached to the bird att all time, the batteryconnector on the bird is unprotected.
I'm adding: "Protect and inspect batteryconnectors, always check battery snaps firmly into place" to my preflight checklist.
So, without jumping any form of conclusions, sudden powerdrops/falling out of the sky could "maybe/eventually" be caused by a "dirty" batteryconnector on the bird or battery.
By the way, the bird feels more solid and responsive now, no jittering or so.
Fly safe everyone !!!