F450 Quad FPV - Glitch-tastic

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Published on October 1, 2012 12:57:44 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiEnTnl0N5Q

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At an FPV meet, I suffered some serious glitching from my quad. I'had the odd little dip to the left before, but they were quite isolated and so I'd put them down to perhaps some wind, or prop wash (perhaps some of them are) - but todays flying seems to suggest it's something on the quad.

This is mainly stock DJI setup, with 30A Opto ETCs, 2212 Motors, with a Naza FC with the GPS. Stock DJI props swapped out for 10x5 Graupners. I'm flying on a 2200 3s lipo. My Radio is a Turnigy 9X running the er9x firmware, and using FrSky 2-way module and rx.

It feels like this is a problem in one of the ESC's or motors on the left of the quad, that cuts out for a split second and then runs again. I