With only 10 flights under my belt, I stupidly set the home point under a hemlock tree. During take off I even had to maneuver around the overhead branch which was about 40' high (should've been my first clue).
After a short flight I hit RTH, while it was descending I realized what was about to happen...I frantically tried to cancel RTH but my right palm accidentally touched the media icon on the RC which takes 1-2 seconds for it to load. By the time I got back to the control screen it was too late. It hit the branch and got wedged in good. I got the replace props warning. *CRINGE*
Recovery took about 1 hour. First I put an old foam mattress directly beneath. I used a 28ft extension ladder to get as close as I could. Then I used a fiskars extendable pole pruner to grab it to try and gently lower it but I cut a front arm almost clean off. I had no choice but to cut the branches so it fell about 40' and bounced off the mattress and onto the ground.
I didn't have care refresh but my saving grace was DJI repair was fast and only cost me $159 for 2 broken arms and propellers, amazingly the camera and gimbal survived the fall.
Moral of the story is basically don't set the home point under a tree like I did. From now on I'm more inclined to just land manually when conditions allow.
Thanks for reading!
After a short flight I hit RTH, while it was descending I realized what was about to happen...I frantically tried to cancel RTH but my right palm accidentally touched the media icon on the RC which takes 1-2 seconds for it to load. By the time I got back to the control screen it was too late. It hit the branch and got wedged in good. I got the replace props warning. *CRINGE*
Recovery took about 1 hour. First I put an old foam mattress directly beneath. I used a 28ft extension ladder to get as close as I could. Then I used a fiskars extendable pole pruner to grab it to try and gently lower it but I cut a front arm almost clean off. I had no choice but to cut the branches so it fell about 40' and bounced off the mattress and onto the ground.
I didn't have care refresh but my saving grace was DJI repair was fast and only cost me $159 for 2 broken arms and propellers, amazingly the camera and gimbal survived the fall.
Moral of the story is basically don't set the home point under a tree like I did. From now on I'm more inclined to just land manually when conditions allow.
Thanks for reading!
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