My first crash

Cosber · Sep 12, 2015

They say crashes are inevitable. I was up for 30 seconds, put it on Orbit and it was only about 20 ft away from me. I assumed that would be the radius of the orbit. Guess not! Solo meet tree-tree this is Solo.

Del · Sep 12, 2015

Cosber said:
They say crashes are inevitable. I was up for 30 seconds, put it on Orbit and it was only about 20 ft away from me. I assumed that would be the radius of the orbit. Guess not! Solo meet tree-tree this is Solo.
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What altitude did you set your orbit at before starting it?

alexfarrington · Sep 12, 2015

Cosber said:
They say crashes are inevitable. I was up for 30 seconds, put it on Orbit and it was only about 20 ft away from me. I assumed that would be the radius of the orbit. Guess not! Solo meet tree-tree this is Solo.
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Did you have the time to press Fly or Pause before you got into trouble?

Cosber · Sep 12, 2015

alexfarrington said:
Did you have the time to press Fly or Pause before you got into trouble?

I tried to hit pause but my thumb couldn't find it until it was too late. I'm just glad that it was pilot error.

Cosber · Sep 12, 2015

Del said:
What altitude did you set your orbit at before starting it?

I didn't set it. I thought it was like the other Smart shots. Wherever you start it, that's where it does the orbit. It was only up about 20 ft and no more than that away from center. I figured it would do a tight orbit around me. 20 ft up isn't very high, unless it's up a tree!

Ian [P13] · Sep 12, 2015

I hate trees, I used some as the opening shot for the video I posted, I was thinking at the time, this would be a cooler shot if I move up and over the trees, then I thought, better not, it'll turn to disaster as trees are like quad magnets!

1264_Solo · Sep 12, 2015

the solos greatest enemy........ plantlife!

dun dun dun.
Sorry to hear bud, hope it gets taken care of.
Any damage?

DodgeP · Sep 12, 2015

Isn't the default orbit radius something like 60ft. How wide is the tree? The orbit is like a 3 step setup.

Cosber · Sep 12, 2015

1264_Solo said:
the solos greatest enemy........ plantlife!

dun dun dun.
Sorry to hear bud, hope it gets taken care of.
Any damage?

Looks like just a chipped prop, and that probably happened when it hit the tree. When I was finally able to shake it loose, it hit pretty hard but a preliminary check looks fine. If there is any damage, it would be internal. Tomorrow I'll give it a proper shakedown.

Cosber · Sep 12, 2015

DodgeP said:
Isn't the default orbit radius something like 60ft. How wide is the tree? The orbit is like a 3 step setup.

Yes, I believe the default is 60 ft, which I wasn't paying attention to. I thought it would orbit based on the distance from center that it started at. which was only 20 ft.

Cosber · Sep 13, 2015

Well, wiped off the dirt and found a couple tiny splits along the top/bottom seam. Plugged in the battery and noticed a very small gap on the left side. Turned on the battery, the lights cycled then shut off. Same with another battery. Wonder how much this will cost to fix.

Owen Garrigan · Sep 13, 2015

Sounds like you had a bad motor pod... Check out the video about replacement. It shows solo turning on briefly and switching off with a bad motor.

Cosber · Sep 13, 2015

Sometimes I think I'm too stupid to handle anything but my tv remote. Even though I've turned on the battery at least a dozen times, this time, I didn't hold down the button long enough, just pressed it. Duh.
Testing it in the backyard, it flew fine as usual. Unfortunately, I got a "gimbal not connected" error and when I tore it apart, the cable connector on the board had broke off. Hopefully, that's the only problem with it. Sent in a ticket to 3DR. Hope to hear from them soon.