RicP
Standard Member
Hi there, i'm pretty new to all this, i've only got 4hrs fly time so far. and for the first few weeks had no issues, worked really well, could fly well and seemed easy. However recently i've had issues where it's stopped going forward or backwards, or left or right, this has happened several times after flying just fine for 5 mins or so, and when it's got stuck going forward and i can't control it, the ONLY thing i can do when that happens if the left and right work is to fly round in fast circles trying to keep it from hitting buildings, then lowers it's altitude, and perform a controlled crash into a hedge ideally. it's quite scary when it gets stuck going forward as i don't know where it's going to end up. also on a few occasions the left and right stopped as well as forward backwards so when i fly it gets stuck, all i can do is try bring it down in a straight line, and i've hit a few buildings doing so. thankfully not damaging the Mini SE. i'm worried as if this was to happen when i'm far from home or when i'm over water then that's it, i can lose my drone forever, and at some point it's going to break the drone if i keep crashing into objects.
The other worrying thing, is when it's stuck flying forward the Return home switch doesn't work either, as the RTH effectively performs an up and forward left right motions, so these motions don't work, and the drone won't stop and return to home, there's not much i can do other than try crash it.
sometimes when i turn it on as well it won't stop beeping and i think that's related, i googled it a bit and people say sometimes the RC sticks gets stuck, mine aren't stuck, but they suggested power off the control, rotate the sticks in circles a few times and try again. i've done this, this does seem to stop the beeping issue, and it seems to help sometimes with the control, but also i seem to have to do this every time i use it. others say i need to re-calibrate the RC sticks. so i followed the instructions to do this and i noticed the issue, not all of the sticks commands were working, in fact in this example video i show, i can't even get the altitude to work, just rotate L and R, and the right stick for the movement doesn't work at all.
After i took this video i turned it off and re-loaded the RC Calibrate and it was doing different stuff, left stick worked perfectly, right stick worked only on left, then when i let go, it seemed to be stuck on left even although the stick was fine and central. Finally i re-booted the controller again, and went to the RC Calibrate and it worked 100% that time and i completed the calibration. but if i go back into it, the next time it won't work fully again.
I'd love to know if anyone else here's experienced similar issues or know of a fix, firmware seems up to date, do you think there is a problem with the actual controller here, it's never been dropped and is only a few weeks from new and i have looked after it very well.
Here's a video of me trying to calibrate the RC...
The other worrying thing, is when it's stuck flying forward the Return home switch doesn't work either, as the RTH effectively performs an up and forward left right motions, so these motions don't work, and the drone won't stop and return to home, there's not much i can do other than try crash it.
sometimes when i turn it on as well it won't stop beeping and i think that's related, i googled it a bit and people say sometimes the RC sticks gets stuck, mine aren't stuck, but they suggested power off the control, rotate the sticks in circles a few times and try again. i've done this, this does seem to stop the beeping issue, and it seems to help sometimes with the control, but also i seem to have to do this every time i use it. others say i need to re-calibrate the RC sticks. so i followed the instructions to do this and i noticed the issue, not all of the sticks commands were working, in fact in this example video i show, i can't even get the altitude to work, just rotate L and R, and the right stick for the movement doesn't work at all.
After i took this video i turned it off and re-loaded the RC Calibrate and it was doing different stuff, left stick worked perfectly, right stick worked only on left, then when i let go, it seemed to be stuck on left even although the stick was fine and central. Finally i re-booted the controller again, and went to the RC Calibrate and it worked 100% that time and i completed the calibration. but if i go back into it, the next time it won't work fully again.
I'd love to know if anyone else here's experienced similar issues or know of a fix, firmware seems up to date, do you think there is a problem with the actual controller here, it's never been dropped and is only a few weeks from new and i have looked after it very well.
Here's a video of me trying to calibrate the RC...
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