My plane went up for its second flight today. There were a few issues...
1. Oil leak. The o-ring a the top of the oil tank was pinched. Easy fix.
2. Low voltage and constant discharge on the ammeter during flight. During the flight, the skyview showed a steady 4A discharge and the voltage was down to 12V by the end of the 30 minute flight. This was NOT observed in the first flight. Eventually we discovered a wire from the generator coil that was not securely installed in the connector at the regulator, resulting in a bad/intermittent connection. So we fixed that and when we fired the engine up again we got a good strong charging current.
3. "AP Disonnect Broken" message. I know that the button worked before because I used it to configure the AP servos. I'm wondering: could this error be caused by a low system voltage related to issue #2? Has anyone else gotten this message, and if so, what was the fix in your situation?
Thanks
1. Oil leak. The o-ring a the top of the oil tank was pinched. Easy fix.
2. Low voltage and constant discharge on the ammeter during flight. During the flight, the skyview showed a steady 4A discharge and the voltage was down to 12V by the end of the 30 minute flight. This was NOT observed in the first flight. Eventually we discovered a wire from the generator coil that was not securely installed in the connector at the regulator, resulting in a bad/intermittent connection. So we fixed that and when we fired the engine up again we got a good strong charging current.
3. "AP Disonnect Broken" message. I know that the button worked before because I used it to configure the AP servos. I'm wondering: could this error be caused by a low system voltage related to issue #2? Has anyone else gotten this message, and if so, what was the fix in your situation?
Thanks
