I flew my bird under an overhang in GPS mode. Before I did it, I thought I should switch to hand flying. (ProTip: Listen to that voice in the future.) Anyway, I slowly flew towards a doorway and was going to back it back out, but as soon as I got near the door things happened really quick.
I'm not sure what actually happened, but it seems that it decided to land. I think I tried to help and held the altitude control down because it started going to go to the left and I was trying to force it to land. The drone inverted and slid through the doorway on the ground and jamed against the door and sanded the rotors nicely using the cement.
I grabbed the drone and moved it out from under the overhang, righted it, and held still for a few moments before the motors shut down.
Questions:
Had I not held the stick down, would it just have landed?
How can I know if/when it switched to manual?
Was the inversion the result of my control inputs?
What should I have done (besides hand fly?)
Would the mRo GPS have prevented that?
Any other comments or advice?
I'm not sure what actually happened, but it seems that it decided to land. I think I tried to help and held the altitude control down because it started going to go to the left and I was trying to force it to land. The drone inverted and slid through the doorway on the ground and jamed against the door and sanded the rotors nicely using the cement.
I grabbed the drone and moved it out from under the overhang, righted it, and held still for a few moments before the motors shut down.
Questions:
Had I not held the stick down, would it just have landed?
How can I know if/when it switched to manual?
Was the inversion the result of my control inputs?
What should I have done (besides hand fly?)
Would the mRo GPS have prevented that?
Any other comments or advice?