endotherm
First Officer
Flight distance : 503241 ft
Australia
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You've probably only read one post from one user that has had problems with CF props with the latest firmware. The best thing to learn from this is not make a conclusion based on such a small sample size. For every one user with a problem, there are literally thousands/tens of thousands/hundreds of thousands of users that have no problem whatsoever. You will form a view that there is no shortage of problems, based on reading one problem after another. Keep in mind the majority of people who post on the forums are coming here for help with a problem, then never come back. People don't often come here to post that everything is working perfectly.
By the way, the latest firmware has been improved to include a routine to check if the props are loose or missing. Some people think that means there is a problem with the firmware. The only reason you are being told about it is because there is now a check for it. The same scenario could have been occurring for years on previous firmwares, but you were blissfully unaware of a problem. That doesn't mean the aircraft was safe or the previous firmware wasn't broken (not really broken, because the check wasn't in there to break). It's a bit like saying your car is safe because it hasn't shown a brake-fail warning in the past, but since the dealer installed a warning light on the dash they created a problem. No, they are alerting you to a condition you didn't know about before. There are way too many people on this forum and others that think 1+1=3 -- this piece of evidence plus this one equals this (wrong) conclusion. It's best not to buy into the "there's something wrong with the current firmware" hysteria too early, until calmer heads have looked at the problem or there is a flood of similar complaints to corroborate it, e.g. using the latest GO app on Android with a P3 Standard and pressing the HOME button and having it create a new home point 1.6km NW of its position. There is usually a rational explanation for most problems, and even though it might look like your aircraft is flying away on its own, it might just be pilot error and you are flying in conditions that are too windy at an altitude that you have no idea of the conditions. When it is explained calmly and logically, it suddenly makes perfect sense.
So, my one piece of advice is not to leap to conclusions. If you have a problem you can't solve, come into the forums and explain it and ask for help. There are plenty of people happy to help you with it. |
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