Solid red light during flight?!

[sl4ppy]

Was flying my 550sx yesterday.. About 2 minutes into the flight, the LED went solid red.. Apparently indicating initialization? This seems....bad?

This happened on at least 3 flights... Once when i went below my defined hard deck and the heli started spinning and tumbling out of control. Luckily I was able to flip into manual and save it before a crash... :o

Anyone have an idea what thats all about?

[georgi UK]

=] need to see the playback log.....

[sl4ppy]

Originally Posted by georgi UK

=] need to see the playback log.....

I only have vibration logs. Sucks that you can't have both; I never look/care about playback logs....

Perhaps any clues as to what it MIGHT be? I've never seen this before.

[Slyster]

Only time I've had that happen was from static on my Outrage 550. I had to ground the boom. I didn't have to do that with Vbar so I think the SK is more sensitive to it.

Not sure what a "550sx" is (Logo?) but does it have a belt?

[sl4ppy]

Originally Posted by Slyster

Only time I've had that happen was from static on my Outrage 550. I had to ground the boom. I didn't have to do that with Vbar so I think the SK is more sensitive to it.

Not sure what a "550sx" is (Logo?) but does it have a belt?

Yeah, Logo 550sx.. It is belt driven and there is an anti-static kit that I don't have installed.. I figured since the frame is plastic and the FBL sits on the plastic frame, it was more then well insulated..

[Slyster]

Insulated is not what you want.

[sl4ppy]

Originally Posted by Slyster

Insulated is not what you want.

Lol.. good point.. I meant insulated from generated static in the belt.

Isn't the FBL grounded already to the battery via the connections?

[Slyster]

you want the boom grounded to the motor mount. I just did it with a wire. try your static kit.

[jdfelosi]

Mine does that some times too. You can unplug it and plug it back in and sometimes it'll go green sometimes it wont. on the times it doesn't i ususally flip my cyclic and tail gain switches and it'll turn green, don't ask me why it does it, or what causes it I have no clue and gave up trying to trouble shoot it. At first I thought it was because i was using end points for gain and when it was on the (-) side it would always stay red, until i flipped to a (+) value and it would go green. So i checked the "lock gain" boxes in the setup and seen if that made a difference. Still kinda 50/50 on if it'll turn green or not after it initalizes. I have 2 of these units on 2 diff heli's and they all do the same thing. Still fly's fine either way. Even on the flight program heli's, I can't really tell a difference other than it eating a hole in the back of my head since I know it's the wrong color., lol

[omerco]

You have to ground the tail. You can connect it to the baterry as well. Mine is connected tail to SK and from there to main pack minus - SK to main pack is needed for the phase sensor.

[mkovalcson]

Originally Posted by sl4ppy

Yeah, Logo 550sx.. It is belt driven and there is an anti-static kit that I don't have installed.. I figured since the frame is plastic and the FBL sits on the plastic frame, it was more then well insulated..

I didn't have that issue, but I also have the grounding kit installed on my 550SX.

Hopefully I'll get some air time this weekend.