69 flights w/o incident until...

[Stunnajd112]

It was like any other day flying with clear skies, limited wind when I take off to a 4 ft hover for 10 seconds to insure a stable hover. At this point I’ll send it up to 350ft. for another 10 seconds and off we go. (Creature of habit)

Roughly 5 seconds after full forward throttle heading out the Mavic goes into a death spin. The only thing abnormal was I received an error limiting flight alt/dist 30/50 the day before. Everything else was good to go.

Just need to ship it out for refresh. Here’s a clip of the freak accident. Dropbox - video-output.mov

 

[Atlas]

Wow. Any idea what happen?

 

[Big Fil]

Looks like either you lost a prop or one of the motors died.

 

[lisadoc]

Improperly seated battery?

 

[Jacknet007]

Improperly seated battery?

Loss of battery would have stopped the video too so it could not have been that. Loss of prop makes more sense.

 

[Stunnajd112]

That was my best guess. Prop failure. Battery was still seated in place and Mavic was still powered on when I retrieved it.

 

[whiskeylover]

You know what they say -- at 69 you have to turn around.

 

[BerndM]

Looking at your video in slow motion definitely makes it look like you lost a left side motor or prop or esc since the MP rolled instantly to the left.

 

[sar104]

If you check the DAT file from the aircraft then the motor speed, pitch, roll and yaw records will tell you unambiguously if it was prop loss or motor failure.

 

[Brojon]

Looks like either you lost a prop or one of the motors died.

It would be enlightening if OP would state whether props were still on when recovered since photo shows props off.

 

[Stunnajd112]

Missing one prop when I got it back.

 

[Hollow Dog]

Missing one prop when I got it back.

Just curious, do you generally remove the props after you fly and replacing them before you fly?

 

[Drones Ace]

It was like any other day flying with clear skies, limited wind when I take off to a 4 ft hover for 10 seconds to insure a stable hover. At this point I’ll send it up to 350ft. for another 10 seconds and off we go. (Creature of habit)

Roughly 5 seconds after full forward throttle heading out the Mavic goes into a death spin. The only thing abnormal was I received an error limiting flight alt/dist 30/50 the day before. Everything else was good to go.

Just need to ship it out for refresh. Here’s a clip of the freak accident. Dropbox - video-output.mov

aw man, dji care?

 

[Drones Ace]

oh oops, didn't read the last part

do you mind me sharing your video on my blog?

 

[MDJAK]

Just curious, do you generally remove the props after you fly and replacing them before you fly?

Is that something we should be doing for safety sake? As a noob I’m asking so I can learn. Ty

 

[lisadoc]

Is that something we should be doing for safety sake? As a noob I’m asking so I can learn. Ty

I wouldn't suggest it. Safety dictates that you would leave your props in place once securely attached, as there's far more of a possibility of not remounting them correctly (human error) than them failing once properly mounted. The stress placed on the secure tabs while taking them on and off is also likely not helpful (though not extremely bad I would acknowledge).

Safety dictates that you inspect your props before each flight but not remove them. If you wish wish to remove them every so many days (every 30+ days maybe), then that would be fine. Safety does also dictate that you remove them while the aircraft is on and inside while conducting other tasks or while connected to your computer. Other than those times, I never remove mine.

 

[Stunnajd112]

oh oops, didn't read the last part

do you mind me sharing your video on my blog?

Sorry, been a little bummed about the whole deal and went off grid. Sure you can use the video. Thanks for asking. Only two things, please don't post until my warranty exchange and don't reference my Mavic Pilots forum name. I'll message you when it's finalized.

 

[socalrugger]

It was like any other day flying with clear skies, limited wind when I take off to a 4 ft hover for 10 seconds to insure a stable hover. At this point I’ll send it up to 350ft. for another 10 seconds and off we go. (Creature of habit)

Roughly 5 seconds after full forward throttle heading out the Mavic goes into a death spin. The only thing abnormal was I received an error limiting flight alt/dist 30/50 the day before. Everything else was good to go.

Just need to ship it out for refresh. Here’s a clip of the freak accident. Dropbox - video-output.mov

Beautiful countryside though— what state is that?

 

[Drones Ace]

Sorry, been a little bummed about the whole deal and went off grid. Sure you can use the video. Thanks for asking. Only two things, please don't post until my warranty exchange and don't reference my Mavic Pilots forum name. I'll message you when it's finalized.

no worries, thanks

i will post once everything is ok on your end

 

[Stunnajd112]

Beautiful countryside though— what state is that?

Washington