Bow Plane Interlock behaviour

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  • FindingNemo
    Lieutenant, Junior Grade
    • May 2022
    • 47

    Bow Plane Interlock behaviour

    Hi.
    While testing the BPI module I have observed unusual behaviour. In the planes extended mode (solid red light), moving the planes results in the light flashing green, loss of servo control, and the ESC's restarting.
    This occurred both before and after calibration of the BPI. No other actions were happening (e.g. motors stopped) so current drain should be low. Battery was charged. The setup includes two ESC's, BEC (set to 5.5V), remote switch, 2IS and BLM. Radio is a 36MHz 10 channel Futaba.
    The attached link should show a video where this occurs twice.
    Bypassing the BPI eliminated the issue.
    Any advice?
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cbS...ew?usp=sharing
    Last edited by FindingNemo; 10-16-2022, 03:45 AM.
  • RCSubGuy
    Welcome to my underwater realm!
    • Aug 2009
    • 1768

    #2
    Apologies for the delay. I've been out of the country for the last week.

    Honestly, I don't have a ton of personal experience with the BPI. I highly recommend reaching out to Kevin McLeod. His info is on the instruction sheet for the BPI at the bottom. He'll be able to walk you through troubleshooting better than I could.

    Bob

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    • FindingNemo
      Lieutenant, Junior Grade
      • May 2022
      • 47

      #3
      Thanks Bob. I'm going to do a bit more systematic fault finding to confirm if this is the BPI or another element, and then if the BPI will see about contacting Kevin.

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