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Update... I had written the mavic off. I figured it was a loss and best move on. BUT... I just got a call... They were doing maintenance on the building roof and got my mavic down. So I ran to get it and crossed my fingers. As they gave it to me (me continuously thanking/apologizing), they...

Yeah, I only did a partial charge, never thinking about that outcome possibility. Add that to my list of dumb ideas here. Thanks for the input all.

6m27 is where I begin descending at around 99ft and 16% battery. It hit the ground at 6m35 and 4% battery. So maybe about 8 seconds total.

I'm sorry if I'm uploading the file in the wrong format. Thanks in advance for any help!!

I thought that also, but the more I thought about it - the mavic still should have been able to respond to my upward thrust despite the downward sensors.

Gotcha. I'll pull those tonight when I get home from work. Thanks!

So I landed my mavic on top of a structure that I could not access by foot (dumb idea #1). The prop was up against a rod, obstructing my ability to take off. My plan (dumb idea #2)... since I had no way to access my drone and I did not want to just leave it... I decided to buy a second mavic...