Idiot award?

[Bunyip]

I nominate me, did th pre flight check, battery good, Compass good, take off and try to point camera down, alarm goes off, gimbal not working correctly.
Kick self, rapidly bring MP home, land and turn off, remove gimbal lock and start again, much better.
There, I've saved someone else the award this week.

 

[msinger]

If you attach something like this "remove before flight" keychain, you can be your own hero next time

 

[Rnl]

It has been done a lot, easy on yourself.

 

[pixl]

We've all done it. I do the same thing as @msinger above ^^^. Plus they're cool pieces of real aircraft kit.

 

[Ashley]

Love the spirit.

 

[Xtreme Drone Pilot]

It only deserves the Idiot Award if you do it more than one time. Usually, after happening once, not removing the lock is like forgetting to take off your shoes when you go to bed.

 

[pixl]

I've done it multiple times, qualifying me for true Idiot Status

 

[texhornsaj]

I did it on my very first flight lol. Won’t ever happen again. Thought I had broke it for sure

 

[locoman]

It only deserves the Idiot Award if you do it more than one time. Usually, after happening once, not removing the lock is like forgetting to take off your shoes when you go to bed.

I agree, everyone is allowed one mistake, but the second time, well then......

 

[FlyGuy8675309]

If you attach something like this "remove before flight" keychain, you can be your own hero next time

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AWESOME IDEA!

 

[Walt Rush]

Go forth my son and sin no more

 

[Mossiback]

You are in good company my friend. After watching so many beginner videos I knew I would not do that; of course I did. I taped some streamers to it so it is very obvious when it is mounted.

 

[lightbg]

I nominate me, did th pre flight check, battery good, Compass good, take off and try to point camera down, alarm goes off, gimbal not working correctly.
Kick self, rapidly bring MP home, land and turn off, remove gimbal lock and start again, much better.
There, I've saved someone else the award this week.

You're at the end of a very long line

Welcome to the club.

Jake

 

[mitchell.atheis]

On my phantom there was a much smaller gimbal lock and I didn't realise it was on for a the first week I took it on holiday to Iceland, ruining all the shots virtually [emoji23]

 

[Haloweenhamster]

the other trick is taking off, flying somewhere, hit record or shutter and realise that the SD card is still in the hdd or computer
Done that once, luckily I almost always have backup cards when I take drone or camera out

 

[Bunyip]

Tomorrow job, attach a streamer or two and try to stay at the end of the queue.

 

[Landmix]

It only deserves the Idiot Award if you do it more than one time. Usually, after happening once, not removing the lock is like forgetting to take off your shoes when you go to bed.

...... Or forgetting to take the disk lock off your road bike before giving the gas ;-))
Yeah - you only do it once !

 

[phantomi]

 

[vette19862000]

I nominate me, did th pre flight check, battery good, Compass good, take off and try to point camera down, alarm goes off, gimbal not working correctly.
Kick self, rapidly bring MP home, land and turn off, remove gimbal lock and start again, much better.
There, I've saved someone else the award this week.

We all have done it one time or another.

 

[Garuda]

I think we all have our moments, thats whats video editing is all about. Thank you for sharing!