EVO Broke...less then a week.

Kirkster · Jul 4, 2018

Took my evo out today on its third flight. Motors run for a few seconds then shut off. Unbelievable...calling Autel tomorrow.

Kirkster · Jul 5, 2018

Kirkster said:
Took my evo out today on its third flight. Motors run for a few seconds then shut off. Unbelievable...calling Autel tomorrow.

This one is all on me. My error. If you toe in the controller sticks for more then a few seconds the motors will shut off. They behave differently on the EVO than my Mavic Pro. I learned something today..

SRJ_North East_CT · Jul 5, 2018

DOH!!!

Wayne Maine · Jul 5, 2018

They are so quiet on start up if you had a hearing issue you would have to look at the props to know its running.

Wayne Maine · Jul 5, 2018

My controller is breaking. One of the antennas has a pivot pin missing. It also has two of the three remaining coming out. Autel support has gone into slow motion. I cut up a tooth pick to use as a pin.

OldBlueHeron · Jul 5, 2018

Quick to post the hate. Glad you figured it out.

skimcoat · Jul 6, 2018

OldBlueHeron said:
Quick to post the hate. Glad you figured it out.

99% its usually operator error

Kirkster · Jul 6, 2018

Wayne Maine said:
They are so quiet on start up if you had a hearing issue you would have to look at the props to know its running.

Kirkster · Jul 6, 2018

Aside from operator error, I'm waiting to hear how this thing will hold up over time. I was charging my controller yesterday and some strange noise were coming out of it. I'm a little skittish from owning a couple of yuneec drones. My H is in the shop again for its 5th repair under warranty.

Yamaguy · Jul 6, 2018

My controller broke also the shutter button.autel was quick to return my email and give me a rma # for repair

Apollo11capcom · Jan 14, 2019

New Evo owner here, just got it tonight and haven't flown yet, but i was wondering about this very thing... is it possible to disable the toe in motor kill during flight? I'm scared to death of having this thing fall out of the sky as I frantically try to restart the motors.

Btw, sorry for resurrecting an old thread like this.

Apollo11capcom · Jan 14, 2019

Disregard... I found another thread about this.

UnRanged · Jan 15, 2019

Kirkster said:
This one is all on me. My error. If you toe in the controller sticks for more then a few seconds the motors will shut off. They behave differently on the EVO than my Mavic Pro. I learned something today..

I had the film on the lens for three days before I noticed. And I thought the pics looked good..

jcmarceau · Jan 15, 2019

UnRanged said:
I had the film on the lens for three days before I noticed. And I thought the pics looked good..

You mean the film on the uv lens(uv filter) that is screwed to the camera

Bulldoggboyz · Jan 15, 2019

Wayne Maine said:
My controller is breaking. One of the antennas has a pivot pin missing. It also has two of the three remaining coming out. Autel support has gone into slow motion. I cut up a tooth pick to use as a pin.

This is a known issue from early on...There are a few vid's on YouTube showing a fix

Bulldoggboyz · Jan 15, 2019

Apollo11capcom said:
Disregard... I found another thread about this.

What did you find out exactly? I'm curious.

Bulldoggboyz · Jan 15, 2019

Kirkster said:
Aside from operator error, I'm waiting to hear how this thing will hold up over time. I was charging my controller yesterday and some strange noise were coming out of it. I'm a little skittish from owning a couple of yuneec drones. My H is in the shop again for its 5th repair under warranty.

You sure it's not the fan in the controller making noise?

Apollo11capcom · Jan 15, 2019

Bulldoggboyz said:
What did you find out exactly? I'm curious.

There's a thread on this forum somewhere discussing it, I didn't bookmark it and my search button is flaking out on me. Try searching the key words "toe in accidental kill during flight" or something like that, I found it right by this thread in the results.

UnRanged · Jan 16, 2019

jcmarceau said:
You mean the film on the uv lens(uv filter) that is screwed to the camera

Noticed when I went to clean it because the pics started looking like the lens was smudged. Nope... Just the sticker.

UnRanged · Jan 16, 2019

Bulldoggboyz said:
What did you find out exactly? I'm curious.

Another thread discussing the toe in toe out emergency stop feature, and how unlikely it is to accidentally engage it in flight. Very Unlikely, as it takes about 2-3 seconds to actuate... Which is a LONG time