So our ESC caught on fire and ARK board got damaged. Not really sure what happened. If it was the screw being tightened too much or what. I do know that we plugged in a battery we bought from Fridays competition that we have not been able to charge and it just caught fire. Maybe it was the battery. It has been saying connection break since we got it so can that cause this?
The ARK board still powers on but the second camera port got damaged in the haste to unplug the battery. So BOTH camera ports are toast.
We are not really sure what do do now because the entire competition is designed around the Dexi. Without it, you cant really compete.
The ESC that came with the Dexi was a V2.1T and we have a backup one that we tried replacing it with and it is a V1.6. We rewired and when we try to connect to Q ground control, I cannot arm the drone and activate the actuators. When I try to arm it, I get a check system health error.
@kendrakay2000 really sorry to hear this happened. We posted an update in a thread here:
We also posted in Discord, sent an email, and then at the event during the pre-competition drone inspection we requested all of the “Rolos” to be removed.
That being said, let me take a shot at your QGC issue. Have you gone through the sensor calibration? I’m questioning if your ARK board is okay, but doing a full calibration will give us more info.
How can we do ESC calibration ON Dexi with ARK? When we try to do the calibration, we are told to disconnect the battery but disconnecting the battery turns off the ARK and we lose connectivity.
W completed all of that but there was no response to the motors.
We are installing a pixhawk on the dexi. Multiple ports are fried on the ARK and we spend all day making diagnoses. We are just going to burn the midnight oil and get it in the air somehow.
