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Recent content by Ewan Haggarty

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    Inspire 1 landing gear stuck worm drive motor spinning

    Forgot to say - no microswitches or position - sensing found in the strip. I think the stalling of the motor is sensed at the end of drive to cut the power.
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    Inspire 1 landing gear stuck worm drive motor spinning

    Sounds just like the issue I had. I stripped down my I1 to replace the screw-jack frame, then stripped the old frame to find why it had stuck with the motor spinning. The frame holding the screw is a U-shape, with a ball-bearing in the middle of the bottom of the U. The U is capped with a bar...
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    Storing Batteries

    Long-term storage works best if the battery is charged between 50-60%. You can get to this if you charge the battery from just used and empty until 2 solid green LEDs are on, and a third has just started flashing. Keep the batteries somewhere where they are at room temperature too - letting them...
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    Foldable Carbon Fiber Props for Inspire 1

    I've been flying these too - there is just enough 'stiction' in the blade hubs to pull the prop straight and check on a balancer - all 4 were exactly balanced, which was a huge surprise as I have had to balance all other props I have used. Prior to fitting these I was using adaptors that allowed...
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    Successful Battery Cell Replacement Mod - Inspire 1 Pro

    With considerable help from my friend Steve Lawrence, a 'dead' TB47 is given a successful heart-and-lung transplant using components from HobbyKing and aero3d.co.uk. Details in the short video.
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    Inspire 1 Raw fell from the sky -- what the hell happened?

    I've offered an opinion based on fact. I know suggesting the cause might be Pilot operational error could be taken poorly as personal criticism, this suggestion was not posted with that intention. People do make mistakes and there is a tendency to look for a 'thing' to blame for the consequences...
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    Inspire 1 Raw fell from the sky -- what the hell happened?

    The Battery telemetry goes through the small 4-pin connections next to the larger power spades. I think it likely that there was spurious Battery TM due to it not being clicked in, so the contacts were intermittent or poor. That would also account for the strange multi-cell errors recorded. It...
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    Inspire 1 Raw fell from the sky -- what the hell happened?

    Part of the analysis of faults is to find the simplest explanation that fits all the known facts - it's called 'Occam's Razor'. Please try this yourself - place the I1 battery in the bird, but do not press down until it clicks into place, you will find that the battery sits proud of the...
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    Inspire 1 Raw fell from the sky -- what the hell happened?

    Hi just thought, but perhaps the battery was not pushed fully in? It is just possible to start the Inspire without the battery fully clicked in. In that state, it can disconnect, or with the high current going through the reduced contact area, they fuse and the bird goes dead in the air.
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    Inspire 1 RC not updating - Instructions on how to reset RC

    Hi Ray - thanks for the suggestion. I'll check if I have USB Debugging off. I think configured it that way on advice it was a cause of video stuttering on Android devices. I'll let you know how I get on. Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk
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    Inspire 1 RC not updating - Instructions on how to reset RC

    Ray, I'm in exactly the same boat - I have exactly the same problem after the attempt to update to 1.5.70. I'd appreciate someone posting a solution. I don't think downgrading to 1.3 is possible - but I will try it as a 'nothing to lose'.
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    The Forum Ruined Me & My DJI Inspire 1

    The I1 is easy to fly both well and badly. It's quite cringewothy reading some posts where the main beef is 'it let me do it' or 'it did something I didn't understand'. Flying something like an I1 takes a bit of brain-on responsibility and if that is not part of the fun then it's not for you. I...
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    Second Hand Purchase - Process for transferring ownership

    Hi Richard, in exactly the same boat as you - I sent the serials of the Inspire 1 and ancillaries to DJI, asking if I could be registered as the craft owner and have the name of the 'bird' changed. No response so far. Oddly, I was able to go to their Product Registration page and it was quite...