Avata2 Crash - Couldn't abort RTH. Couldn't switch "Find My Drone"

[Erk1024]

I want to say up front, that this was user error on my part.

I was flying down the Miami River and I flew too far and lost line of sight. At this point I lost signal. Now I think it tried to fly back and re-establish, and I got video back. It was in Failsafe RTH mode and flying RIGHT AT A BUILDING. I pressed every button I could think of to cancel RTH, and I couldn't, so it crashed.

I connected the Goggles3 to my phone and tried to use Find My Drone, but it was telling me the location of my NEO instead of the Avata2, which was weird because my Goggles with obviously paired with the Avata2. I couldn't find a way to switch to finding the Avata2 instead.

So yeah, I messed up and flew out of line of sight. But I ran into these weird issues trying to resolve it.

I think the future, if there are obstacles above the RTH height, then I just have to set it to Hover in case of loss of signal, and if I DO lose signal, then run around and try to regain LOS/Signal. Without obstacle avoidance, RTH in that scenario is a likely crash.

This gives me new appreciation for the obstacle avoidance capabilities of the camera drones. I have a Mavic3, and it would have been fine finding it's way back to me.

In the end, building security called and told me they had my drone. I apologized for the mishap.

 

[RodPad]

WOW, thanks for sharing, whether it was your mistake or not!

Are you going to share the flight log?

BTW, your not looking for it, that is the worst. Been there
Border collie found her after three days. OMG, that was so.
Second BC is my profile picture.

P2V+ still missing since July 2015.

Rod ..

 

[Erk1024]

Are you going to share the flight log?

How do I get the flight log out of the Goggles3?

 

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[mavic3usa]

When flying FPV, I have officially switched to loss of signal = Hover for this very reason; can't trust RTH. Unless I'm in the wide open where 350 feet RTH can safely return OR I'm flying normally instead of in and under obstacles....the way I see it if I lose signal, it's only going to take a short walk to regain that signal. And, if it never re-connect, then it can come home with the battery depletes if I haven't reached it first.

Still, this doesn't always work. I once lost signal and before it could return home, it just landed; not sure why but it only happened once. FPV gets tricky when you dealing with both goggles and remote and you panic and hit buttons that you're not sure how much you are connected and if you actually triggered something.

Luckily I'm at the point where FPV or Avata1 loss is not going to be tragic....so screw it.

For my other drones, I still don't trust smart RTH fully.

 

[leonasj]

I want to say up front, that this was user error on my part.

I was flying down the Miami River and I flew too far and lost line of sight. At this point I lost signal. Now I think it tried to fly back and re-establish, and I got video back. It was in Failsafe RTH mode and flying RIGHT AT A BUILDING. I pressed every button I could think of to cancel RTH, and I couldn't, so it crashed.

I connected the Goggles3 to my phone and tried to use Find My Drone, but it was telling me the location of my NEO instead of the Avata2, which was weird because my Goggles with obviously paired with the Avata2. I couldn't find a way to switch to finding the Avata2 instead.

So yeah, I messed up and flew out of line of sight. But I ran into these weird issues trying to resolve it.

I think the future, if there are obstacles above the RTH height, then I just have to set it to Hover in case of loss of signal, and if I DO lose signal, then run around and try to regain LOS/Signal. Without obstacle avoidance, RTH in that scenario is a likely crash.

This gives me new appreciation for the obstacle avoidance capabilities of the camera drones. I have a Mavic3, and it would have been fine finding it's way back to me.

In the end, building security called and told me they had my drone. I apologized for the mishap.

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good job

 

[eEridani]

A reason my RTH altitude is set to higher than any obstacles in the area. But oddly, even with altitude capped, when RTH encountered obstacles in past oh-crap flights, Bypass kicked in and the drone climbed over whatever was in the way; tested with mountains and fences. But my fear is invisible trees, so RTH is set to 400' or whatever clearance I have.

 

[DISC]

Big thumbs up for the building security guys - must be worth a bottle of their fav juice!

 

[samysys]

Hi bro,

Sorry for you loss and thanks for sharing..

Pls see if you can share log here. Some expert users here may be able to help.

There is also a short video kept in the goggle recording the last 30 sec of the flight. That may be helpful too.

 

[samysys]

A reason my RTH altitude is set to higher than any obstacles in the area. But oddly, even with altitude capped, when RTH encountered obstacles in past oh-crap flights, Bypass kicked in and the drone climbed over whatever was in the way; tested with mountains and fences. But my fear is invisible trees, so RTH is set to 400' or whatever clearance I have.

Hi,

By large, I agree but there had been incidents that with excessive Rth height, the wind was too strong in that level and battery was used up to counter wind.

So, before flight, assess the terrain and determined the height of obstacles in the area as well as the position of the take off point. Add 10-20 m of buffet height. Then the most appropriate Rth Level can be determined.

 

[Erk1024]

A reason my RTH altitude is set to higher than any obstacles in the area

Unfortunately the buildings in the area were taller than the legal flying height.

 

[Erk1024]

This weekend I'll post the controller logs. Just a little to slammed during the work week.

 

[Erk1024]

Okay, so yeah here was the crash. You can see it just fly straight into the building trying to RTH. I didn't get signal back until it was seconds from the building. If you guys want to look at the log, what format do you want it in? I checked for video from the goggles, and I'm not seeing video from when I lost signal.