Yesterday I flew my m3p to take some photos of a construction site. Both the drone battery and the RC were fully charged when I started. I doubt that I flew more than about 10 -15 min. Photos were very nice, all done with 5 shots HDR - and yes, there is a bit of vignette, which needs to be fixed in a software update by DJI, but was able to be removed in post processing.
Later a neighbor stopped over and was asking some questions about the drone, so I got it out and took off to show them how it works. I had taken off from the side of the street in front of my house which has a forest on one side and an open lot on the other. After flying around a bit and demonstrating how it works and what you can do, I hit the RTH button to demonstrate that feature. What I got was a message that the drone was landing, which was NOT where I wanted to land. I aborted that and brought it back - wanting to avoid the trees on the other side of the street. I brought it down manually and intended to land where I had taken off. The drone came down over the open lot and I could not then navigate it back to the street. So it landed in the grass.
I shut both the drone and the controller off and took them in the house.
Later I charged the battery in the drone - all went well.
Once the battery in the drone was charged, I hooked up the controller - which was flat out dead. It should not have been dead from the little bit of flying I did. But I cannot turn it on at all. I hooked it up to be charged and nothing happened - no lights came on, no indication that it was being charged. I seems to have turned into a brick.
Has this happened to others? If so, what do I need to wake it up?
Later a neighbor stopped over and was asking some questions about the drone, so I got it out and took off to show them how it works. I had taken off from the side of the street in front of my house which has a forest on one side and an open lot on the other. After flying around a bit and demonstrating how it works and what you can do, I hit the RTH button to demonstrate that feature. What I got was a message that the drone was landing, which was NOT where I wanted to land. I aborted that and brought it back - wanting to avoid the trees on the other side of the street. I brought it down manually and intended to land where I had taken off. The drone came down over the open lot and I could not then navigate it back to the street. So it landed in the grass.
I shut both the drone and the controller off and took them in the house.
Later I charged the battery in the drone - all went well.
Once the battery in the drone was charged, I hooked up the controller - which was flat out dead. It should not have been dead from the little bit of flying I did. But I cannot turn it on at all. I hooked it up to be charged and nothing happened - no lights came on, no indication that it was being charged. I seems to have turned into a brick.
Has this happened to others? If so, what do I need to wake it up?
…just shotgunning some ideas.
