Okay so I will try to keep this brief the best I can...
I am a new solo owner, and on my second flight my solo crashed. Sound like a pilot issue I know, but hear me out.
So I took my 3dr out to fly. It was in a fairly open area and my gps connected no problem. There were a few buildings nearby, but they were 1-story no big deal.
So I took off, 70 ft altitude I have a disconnect. I assume it was the GPS as I could still fly the drone. So I landed it and reset everything just to be safe. So I start it again, connect no problem to GPS. I take off and rise to roughly 80ft? I push the drone away a distance of 119 feet roughly. Now I know it said its max distance was 2500 ft, so I figured I could take it a bit further. I fly the drone out, roughly 300ft? I lose visual connection (it freezes on an image). My controller randomly says landing. I assumed it would RTH, but my controller didn't say so, so to be safe I hit the RTH button. I of course freak out, but end up waiting 10 minutes for it to return. It doesn't.
So I go on a search for it. I find the exact location it lost connection (using the frozen image) it is near a small building. So I figured it landed on the building? Long story short, it didn't and while searching I got a connection. My controller now says my drone is 1200ft away! It disconnected at about 300ft, and I walked to the disconnect location. So this means after disconnecting it continued to fly.
Long story short again-after vigorous searching I discover my drone three blocks down from where I initially took off. It is upside down on the sidewalk and all the propellers are melted.
I filed a support ticket of course.
Somehow the drone was flipped upside down and the propellers were destroyed. I am currently in contact with support who is reviewing the logs. Two of the propellers (while shredded) were basically intact. So I take my back up propellers put them on and do a quick modest launch just to test the motors because I heard they burn out easily. It takes off fine surprisingly stable. I let it sit in the air for a moment then land it.
My question...
I am currently in contact with support who is reviewing the logs. I plan to get replacement blades before flying again. If the logs prove that the error was not mine could I request motor replacements as well? I am just worried because I heard about their burnout issues and seeing the propellers in their sorry state I knew mine had gone through hell.
Thanks,
This guy
I am a new solo owner, and on my second flight my solo crashed. Sound like a pilot issue I know, but hear me out.
So I took my 3dr out to fly. It was in a fairly open area and my gps connected no problem. There were a few buildings nearby, but they were 1-story no big deal.
So I took off, 70 ft altitude I have a disconnect. I assume it was the GPS as I could still fly the drone. So I landed it and reset everything just to be safe. So I start it again, connect no problem to GPS. I take off and rise to roughly 80ft? I push the drone away a distance of 119 feet roughly. Now I know it said its max distance was 2500 ft, so I figured I could take it a bit further. I fly the drone out, roughly 300ft? I lose visual connection (it freezes on an image). My controller randomly says landing. I assumed it would RTH, but my controller didn't say so, so to be safe I hit the RTH button. I of course freak out, but end up waiting 10 minutes for it to return. It doesn't.
So I go on a search for it. I find the exact location it lost connection (using the frozen image) it is near a small building. So I figured it landed on the building? Long story short, it didn't and while searching I got a connection. My controller now says my drone is 1200ft away! It disconnected at about 300ft, and I walked to the disconnect location. So this means after disconnecting it continued to fly.
Long story short again-after vigorous searching I discover my drone three blocks down from where I initially took off. It is upside down on the sidewalk and all the propellers are melted.
I filed a support ticket of course.
Somehow the drone was flipped upside down and the propellers were destroyed. I am currently in contact with support who is reviewing the logs. Two of the propellers (while shredded) were basically intact. So I take my back up propellers put them on and do a quick modest launch just to test the motors because I heard they burn out easily. It takes off fine surprisingly stable. I let it sit in the air for a moment then land it.
My question...
I am currently in contact with support who is reviewing the logs. I plan to get replacement blades before flying again. If the logs prove that the error was not mine could I request motor replacements as well? I am just worried because I heard about their burnout issues and seeing the propellers in their sorry state I knew mine had gone through hell.
Thanks,
This guy
