APM 2.0 v2.91b RTL Test and subsequent ground auger
218 views · Published 10 November 2013 · 3:30 · Indexed 22 October 2026
Channel: Bill Patterson · 2013 · Science & Technology
Routine flight and RTL test, where the APM promptly flew "home" and auger'd itself into the ground. Despite it hitting grass, it still destroyed: the frame, the video TX, the FPV cam, the 808 cam, the telemetry tx, props, the gimbal (was empty), and so on. Awesome. It accelerated 100% full throttle, maximum pitch directly into the dirt. Unless some "reason" rears it's ugly head, I'm done with flying the APM. I'll never trust it again.
