Vertical Take off in STEVAL FCU001

[mmdave1]

Hi All,

I am beginner to drones. We assembled one drone using STEVAL FCU. 002. board ,  recommended set. of motors and. propellers along with battery. 

We Chose different. frame.  than. one recommended . It is smaller in size. 

While flying , vertical take. off. could. not be achieved.

Can someone guide please ?

Motor connections , Clock wise. ,  anti clock wise in reference. to alignment. of. the boards are checked. already.

It is ST board. so. come equipped with all driver , frimware etc.

Thanks in advance.

Early and accurate response is. appreciated.

Regards,

[mmdave1]

Please find video. to. understand the behaviour of drone.

[Peter BENSCH]

Welcome @mmdave1, to the community!

You can't see much on your video (start of the motors at 0:2.366 > 0:2.399), but it looks like the propellers are not mounted correctly.

• What is their direction of rotation?
• Can you please show a photo from above where you can see the tilt of the propeller blades?

Regards
/Peter

[Andrew Neil]

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@mmdave1 wrote:

While flying , vertical take. off. could. not be achieved.

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This doesn't make sense: you have to take off before you can be flying!

Do you mean that you didn't achieve enough lift with the motors?

[KnarfB]

STEVAL-FCU001V2 is F4, not F0.

What firmware?

The stock firmware basically used to work. 

Form the video it looks like a wiring / coordinate system issue.

hth

KnarfB 

[mmdave1]

Hi Peter,

Thanks. for prompt. revert.

We have cross checked with ST documentation and it is in line.

Sharing one photo , Motors. and propellers are aligned. in that way.

Regards,

[mmdave1]

Hi Andrew,

That is the issue.

It does. not. take off. properly and does not achieve the lift. though motors and everry other. parts are as recommended. by ST , except frame.

[mmdave1]

@ KnarfB,

Standard ST firmware STSW-FCU001 . It has come. preloaded with STEVAL FCU00V1.

[Andrew Neil]

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@mmdave1 wrote:

everry other. parts are as recommended. by ST , except frame.

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As beginners, perhaps it would be better to start with the actual frame, motors, and propellers provided in the kit by ST?

STEVAL-DRONE02: https://www.st.com/en/evaluation-tools/steval-drone02.html

That way you know for sure that everything is correct & compatible

BTW: What's. with. all. the. full. stops. in. your. posts?

[Peter BENSCH]

The direction of rotation is correct, but which propeller with which tilt did you use where?