Well, after almost 4 years and 3 quads I finally managed to crash one, bummer! Was in sport mode flashing across the sky (well, almost) and started into a tight turn over some trees, same spot and altitude as always, about 20 feet above the tree tops. Didn't realize I was turning into a stiff wind and the Mavic pitched into the wind and dropped 15' or so in the blink of an eye (mine at least) and clipped a tree limb, and down she went in a death spiral into the tall grass about 2000' away. Couple of good things here, first off the Marco Polo Tracker works AWESOMELY!!, found the bird in 15 minutes, most of which was taken up in driving to the general location, the MP walked me right up to the Mavic, other good thing is the grass was nice and tall so cushioned the controlled landing (crash). So now I get to test DJI care refresh in all its glory, Not much damage but the camera/gimbal did separate from the body, other than that it looks fine and only shows the gimbal motor overload warning when powered up. She has been packed up and shipped to DJI repair in Carson, CA, at least its close to me. Will decide to use the care refresh or not once I get the bill. Definitely pilot error, I should have remembered the altitude drop in sport mode.
