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by torqu3e
Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:35 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Crazyflie spins uncontrollably
Replies: 17
Views: 22299

Re: Crazyflie spins uncontrollably

@atomicdog, what beer do you drink mate! That was it, inverted all the motors, swapped the props and away it goes flying :D Thanks for your help. Which side is front on the CF? Basically want to orient myself as to where the controller needs to be moved to make the CF move in desired direction, or i...
by torqu3e
Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:39 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Crazyflie spins uncontrollably
Replies: 17
Views: 22299

Re: Crazyflie spins uncontrollably

@tobias : Got it off of ebay, think its not the real deal, or something's wrong with it? or I set it up wrong? Are the rotations for the motors correct and would one need to resolder the wires or there is scope for change in the firmware before recompiling to the bin? I'd just like to get it flying,...
by torqu3e
Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:18 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Crazyflie spins uncontrollably
Replies: 17
Views: 22299

Re: Crazyflie spins uncontrollably

Thanks for responding tobias and apologize for posting in the wrong forum, if one of the mods could move it to the correct one that would be nice. Here is a pic indicating the rotation direction of each motor, can you tell me if that looks right or wrong to you. http://www.torqu3e.net/crazyflie.jpg ...
by torqu3e
Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:08 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Crazyflie spins uncontrollably
Replies: 17
Views: 22299

Crazyflie spins uncontrollably

Got mine this afternoon. :D Went through the build, the props spin, oooh yeah!!! It ain't flying, it ain't flying, not enough thrust to take off, stoopid me had soldered all the motors with the same polarity, so went about reversing M2 and M4, still wouldn't take off, wait motors seem to be pushing ...