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    Crash - Pilot error or drone issue?

    I'm still not sure what's going on with the whole GPS thing. I clearly messed up with the winds. It may not be a big difference, but the drone landed about 2,000 ft away from where it took off in reality and according to the DJI app. I'm still trying to figure out how the GPS log data differs so...
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    Crash - Pilot error or drone issue?

    I was able to locate the drone, just unable to retrieve it. It was something like 80 feet up in a tree that was not really thick enough to climb and in the middle group of trees to further restrict access. It did eventually fall down and I actually just received it today, but the gimbal mount is...
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    Crash - Pilot error or drone issue?

    Thanks for this information as well! I see now that I made a number of critical errors. I did not push the drone back home because I was unsure of the orientation of the drone (still my fault obviously). At the end, I was trying to get it to a reasonable height and then worry about flying it...
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    Crash - Pilot error or drone issue?

    Thank you for all the great information. It's obviously not what I was hoping for, but if it was my screw-up, then so be it! I clearly didn't have enough understanding of higher altitude winds as well as the best course of action to take when things start to go south. I'm still learning and...
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    Crash - Pilot error or drone issue?

    Hey guys, I had a fly-away crash last month and DJI is so far failing to take any responsibility at all. I am a new pilot, so maybe there's something I don't understand, but there are 2 major issues I haven't been able to reconcile nor have they been able to answer. Here is the scenario: I...