Thank you for your story, it was thrilling to read, although I'm sure that's not what you aimed for by writing it.
You made a couple of mistakes or took at least some disputable desicions there, but the main lesson to learn for everyone is the following:
Choose a good starting point where you...
OK. Looks bad. According to the log I did fly without GPS. Still strange. There was no wind. I can't tell what happened...
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Just to make it clear: I had a proper GPS signal. That's what makes it crazy. It moved away while shouting at me: "maximum altitude reached" – while it flew only 4 meters above ground level. All I was able to do was turning it around itself with the left stick, but very badly. So I have two...
Thank you for your comments. I don't think the pause button would have helped. I released all the buttons and hoped it would stand still, but it was totally desoriented and moved forward. But maybe you are right. I was even thinking about stopping the propellers and let him fall down in the...
Pure luck I didn't lose my Mavic Air some days ago.
I wanted to examine the roof top of my parents house, that's why I started mym flight in their garden. When I started the drone, there was no GPS available. That's normally no problem, since it normally connects to GPS after some seconds in...