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    RodPad reacted to Capt KO's post in the thread What Happened / Crash Analysis with Like Like.
    Looks like the takeoff location was a setup for failure, vehicles, pumps, concrete, overhead awning...Yikes. Add in a pilot in a hurry and you've got the makings of an instructional video "recipe for disaster" "how to lose/crash your drone in...
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    RodPad reacted to slup's post in the thread What Happened / Crash Analysis with Like Like.
    Just a side note about a possible yaw error due to a power on in magnetic interference that deflects the compass during the IMU initialization... The consequence of a yaw error (mainly a flyaway) will only happen if the drone have a proper GPS...
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    RodPad reacted to msinger's post in the thread What Happened / Crash Analysis with Like Like.
    You can see where that started to occur here in Flight Reader: Agreed. Once the drone was in the air, the crash was likely unavoidable given the confined flying area. The pilot's confusing story was probably due to the magnetic interference...
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    RodPad reacted to MikeinMO's post in the thread What Happened / Crash Analysis with Like Like.
    Thank you. Would you contribute the crash to a combination of pilot error and interference issues? It would appear to me that this crash was 100% avoidable. The pilot took off with no home point, no GPS fix, and at a location (concrete, metal...
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    RodPad reacted to Meta4's post in the thread What Happened / Crash Analysis with Like Like.
    That sounds like it could have been a reinforced concrete surface? ... which could be the source of the magnetic interference. The first indications of the collision are in the pitch, roll and yaw data from 11.9 seconds. But the compass starts...
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