lol, thank you all for the suggestions. I didn't have a laptop with me, but I need to learn about mission planner & motor testing. I I tried the fire department, but couldn't get anyone on the phone without calling 911, and I didn't feel right doing that. I also learned that when the battery is about to die, it beeps really really loud. Loud enough that I was afraid it was going to keep all the neighbors up! Thankfully that stopped.
I eventually hired a guy to climb the tree enough to get close enough with a 20ft pvc pole to get it down. Man that thing was stuck on the branch, it had to be pushed upwards to come free -- no amount of shaking the branches worked. On it's way down, it bounced off a few branches and then hit soft ground. I think it might be ok, I didn't have time to test it out, but I did ---
- Take a good look at it, looks like two of the propellers are chipped, will need to replace them. The gopro and gimbal look good.
- The plastic piece on the top, in front of the battery, is a bit off. I have to try to reseat that. I think it snapped back into place nicely.
- Test to see if it powered on, which it did. I didn't connect the remote to it or anything. I think it ran through the standard startup sequence.
Aside from replacing the propellers, how do I know how good or not the solo is? Obviously I could go [to a wide wide open space] and try to fly it, but is there any good self-testing I can do at home/indoors?
