MFE Believer - Auto TakeOff failure. My fault!

Published 2021-05-10
Summary video to show how not to utilize Arduplane Auto TakeOff. I have narrated the video to illustrate what happened and why it happened.
Again, Auto TakeOff has never given me any issues, except when I don't utilize it properly. I launch all my aircraft with Auto TakeOff mode and it works great.

Aircraft:
MFE Believer
Matek F765 Wing Flight Controller
Motors 2814 / 700Kv
11x7 Propeller
MG90S Metal Gear Servos
Hobbywing XRotor 40a ESC
Arduplane 4.0.9
Matek SAM-MQ* GPS
FuriousFPV 2.4GHz VTx
TBS Crossfire Nano Rx
Runcam Hybrid
FuriousFPV RHCP antenna
DIY 21700 20000mAh 4S4P LI-ION

Transmitter:
Radiomaster TS16
TBS Crossfire Full

FPV:
Fatshark HD3
FuriousFPV 2.4GHz Module
FuriousFPV RHCP Omni Antenna
FuriousFPV Patch Antenna

All Comments (5)
  • @condor4679123
    Did exactly the same thing this weekend on a maiden flight delta wing. As it left my hand I knew it was not going to make it. Just not enough airspeed and TKOFF_THR_SLEW was too long
  • @WX4CB
    one thing i noticed, as you threw it, the tail started twisting which wouldn't help with roll.. you might wanna do what I do with my mini talon and put a small 2mm carbon rod between the two tails... stiffens it up nicely
  • Could you please do a review of the zeta sky observer it is a big fpv plane from Aliexpress I want to get one but there is almost no information on it besides a quick build from hobby King that hardly shows any detail about the building process and the parts included I am sure many other people that also want to buy it would appreciate the video :)
  • @NoAgendaFPV
    Had the same problem with our Believer. More likely is that you had too steep of an throw angle. We found that an almost parallel to the ground throw gets her in the air best. I also do the fake throw to get the motors spinning and we even did the last flight with it at around 90% throttle for Auto Take Off just to try to get a cleaner takeoff...she took off alright, almost pulled right out of my hands haha Although the first launch attempt was even worse. My buddy (who actually owns the plane) was going to throw it, but actually dropped his front hand and the heavy battery made it just nose dive straight in. She still has that nose damage, just glued back together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxScvyKnyYs After the glue cooled we did a true hands off auto launch (iNav 2.1.0 then) and you can see that I almost had it stall to the ground from only a slight upward angled throw. It's just a lot of weight to get moving. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yokxGfIXCwk