Preventing props from coming off during flight
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 3:47 am
I recently bought a gamepad and am now able to use the Crazyflie's altitude-keeping functionality which is great. However, almost every flight ends up with a prop coming off during flight, which is hugely frustrating, especially since I'm not doing any aggressive maneuvers, and am simply flying around the room sedately. I've looked at the blog post regarding poor prop quality (https://www.bitcraze.io/2020/03/propell ... ity-issue/), which has affected one of my props so far, but looking at the props that come off during flight, I can't see anything wrong with them.
When putting the errant prop back on the Crazyflie, I make sure to press down fairly hard, and also press down on the other 3 props before flights to ensure that they're also attached to their respective motor shafts well. However, this doesn't seem to help, and I'm at a bit of a loss at what to do next. I don't really want to glue them in place, in case I do actually get a broken prop and can't remove it from its motor shaft. As such, I wanted to know how common this issue is, and what others have done to prevent this from happening. Is there a way to attached the props more securely, while still being able to remove them if they actually need to be replaced? Any help would be appreciated.
When putting the errant prop back on the Crazyflie, I make sure to press down fairly hard, and also press down on the other 3 props before flights to ensure that they're also attached to their respective motor shafts well. However, this doesn't seem to help, and I'm at a bit of a loss at what to do next. I don't really want to glue them in place, in case I do actually get a broken prop and can't remove it from its motor shaft. As such, I wanted to know how common this issue is, and what others have done to prevent this from happening. Is there a way to attached the props more securely, while still being able to remove them if they actually need to be replaced? Any help would be appreciated.