Did I Have a Fly Away or Did the Drone Return to Home?

[yellowtennies]

Prior to take off, got a confirmation that a Home Point was established. Flight was uneventful, approx 1/2 mile from home base. Altitude, less than 300ft. Video was recording. Location: take off from a frozen lake in west central MN. Suddenly loss camera image. Immediately hit the RTH button and swiped to confirm. Got 'going home' message. Waited for drone return but heard and saw nothing. Reviewed the map for flight tracking. It showed the flight track returning to home point. The red arrow shaped icon was less than 20 ft from the home point. The landing zone is a stark white barren, frozen lake. The drone is not to be found. Hard place to hide a dark grey object.
Does the red icon on the map confirm that the drone did in fact return to home point? Any thoughts or ideas might help me recover it. Thanks in advance.

 

[Cyberpower678]

Can you upload the flight log? The red arrow should be the drones last transmitted location.


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[msinger]

Please upload your TXT flight log here and post a link back here.

 

[yellowtennies]

Can you upload the flight log? The red arrow should be the drones last transmitted location.


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Thanks for your rapid response. Let me see what I have to do to upload the flight log. I have not even seen it myself. Will it be located in my DJI Go app on my iPhone?

 

[msinger]

Will it be located in my DJI Go app on my iPhone?

You can retrieve the log via iTunes. Please see my link above for instructions.

 

[Cyberpower678]

Thanks for your rapid response. Let me see what I have to do to upload the flight log. I have not even seen it myself. Will it be located in my DJI Go app on my iPhone?

Alternatively you can set up an account on HealthyDrones.com and download their app. It makes uploading quite simple. The first time setup is a bit tedious, but it's simple afterwards.


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[yellowtennies]

Thanks for your rapid response. Let me see what I have to do to upload the flight log. I have not even seen it myself. Will it be located in my DJI Go app on my iPhone?

Please upload your TXT flight log here and post a link back here.

I was able to download both the flight logs and the video cache to my laptop. Thanks very much.
The flight records were saved/downloaded as Text Files and when I opened them from my laptop they were gibberish. Not readable.

The video files was recording the drones RTH 'going home' trip. Video stopped recording before it reached the home point, but it convinces me is was very near the home point. I will go to the spot were the video cut out and see if it is there. Given the red arrow icon representing the drone is right were the drone took of from, my guess it made a successful return flight. I just for the life of me can't figure out why I couldn't find the drone. I didn't hear it approach but there were many snowmobiles passing relatively close to the home point and it could have made the drones approach not hearable.
Any thoughts on why the flight records are gibberish and, more importantly where the drone could possible have gone?

 

[Cyberpower678]

I was able to download both the flight logs and the video cache to my laptop. Thanks very much.
The flight records were saved/downloaded as Text Files and when I opened them from my laptop they were gibberish. Not readable.

The video files was recording the drones RTH 'going home' trip. Video stopped recording before it reached the home point, but it convinces me is was very near the home point. I will go to the spot were the video cut out and see if it is there. Given the red arrow icon representing the drone is right were the drone took of from, my guess it made a successful return flight. I just for the life of me can't figure out why I couldn't find the drone. I didn't hear it approach but there were many snowmobiles passing relatively close to the home point and it could have made the drones approach not hearable.
Any thoughts on why the flight records are gibberish and, more importantly where the drone could possible have gone?

They tend to be that way. Best to upload them anyway. Try to upload to Healthy Drones as I mentioned above. It might be easier.


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[msinger]

Any thoughts on why the flight records are gibberish and, more importantly where the drone could possible have gone?

The flight log is encrypted. You can view it online if you follow the instructions in the link I posted above.

 

[yellowtennies]

They tend to be that way. Best to upload them anyway. Try to upload to Healthy Drones as I mentioned above. It might be easier.


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Thanks I will try it. I'm away from the computer until later tonight. Will let you know how it turns out. Do you recommend the HD feature on health drones? If so I'll download it before I start using the website. Your help is much appreciated.

They tend to be that way. Best to upload them anyway. Try to upload to Healthy Drones as I mentioned above. It might be easier.


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Thanks CyberPower, I was able to upload the flight logs to Healthy Drones. The flight track on the satellite map showed my Mavic returning to the home point, as it was designed to do.

They tend to be that way. Best to upload them anyway. Try to upload to Healthy Drones as I mentioned above. It might be easier. Based on this information it landed within 10 ft of me. I sure it did..., I just didn't see or hear it. Where it is..., a true mystery. That said the drone did what it was supposed to do. Now have the flight data convinces me of that. Can't ask anymore of its wonderful technology.

Just gonna order another one.

If not for your help I would not have gotten the flight data superimposed on the map. Many thanks again,
John


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[Cyberpower678]

Thanks I will try it. I'm away from the computer until later tonight. Will let you know how it turns out. Do you recommend the HD feature on health drones? If so I'll download it before I start using the website. Your help is much appreciated.


Thanks CyberPower, I was able to upload the flight logs to Healthy Drones. The flight track on the satellite map showed my Mavic returning to the home point, as it was designed to do.

Can you provide the link on to the flight data so we can see it too?

 

[yellowtennies]

Can you provide the link on to the flight data so we can see it too?

You bet. CyberPower. Would very much appreciate your and anyone else's assessment. Can I copy the web link to my flight log on Healthy Drones and paste it here? Is that how I do it?

 

[Cyberpower678]

You bet. CyberPower. Would very much appreciate your and anyone else's assessment. Can I copy the web link to my flight log on Healthy Drones and paste it here? Is that how I do it?

Yep. It will make the flight available for us to see.

 

[msinger]

Please also upload your TXT flight log to my log viewer above. Healthy Drones is not going to provide much useful data.

 

[Cyberpower678]

Please also upload your TXT flight log to my log viewer above. Healthy Drones is not going to provide much useful data.

I've never used your log viewer before, is it nice?

 

[msinger]

It's nice for troubleshooting flight logs

 

[Cyberpower678]

It's nice for troubleshooting flight logs

Does it provide a graphical layout, or is it just a table of text?

 

[msinger]

You can find an example here. You'll also see a Google map above the log.

 

[Cyberpower678]

You can find an example here. You'll also see a Google map above the log.

Lot's of text indeed. . Do you know of anyway to play back the flight on a tool the way DJI GO allows you to play back a flight from your flight logs?

 

[msinger]

No.