Complacency cost me

[jimapp]

New to the hobby as of yesterday I have about 20 plus flights; no misshaps! Although yesterday was bright and sunny there was a rather strong breeze but decided what the heck. Using AutoPilot as always I had already created a circular flight plan initially for about 20 metres up but after putting the Mav up to its initial 3 metres or so lowered all my waypoints to 8 metres. Now you should know the flight plan should create no issues and usually I would allow for a little deviation either by height or space around. 2 mistakes for me; first lowering the height, second did not check to verify all my settings- I had the the speed too high!(makes it harder to react in a timely fashion!
Because of the breeze the Mavic was having a tough time at first then seemed to follow the path perfectly albeit too fast! Then I realized the horror! It was heading in a circular fashion but too close to trees! I hit pause but not soon enough. Just like a cat my poor Mav was stuck up a tree. Lucky for me only my pride and four props were damaged as far as I can tell. Will run all tests but optimistic

 

[Bunny Too]

New to the hobby as of yesterday I have about 20 plus flights; no misshaps! Although yesterday was bright and sunny there was a rather strong breeze but decided what the heck. Using AutoPilot as always I had already created a circular flight plan initially for about 20 metres up but after putting the Mav up to its initial 3 metres or so lowered all my waypoints to 8 metres. Now you should know the flight plan should create no issues and usually I would allow for a little deviation either by height or space around. 2 mistakes for me; first lowering the height, second did not check to verify all my settings- I had the the speed too high!(makes it harder to react in a timely fashion!
Because of the breeze the Mavic was having a tough time at first then seemed to follow the path perfectly albeit too fast! Then I realized the horror! It was heading in a circular fashion but too close to trees! I hit pause but not soon enough. Just like a cat my poor Mav was stuck up a tree. Lucky for me only my pride and four props were damaged as far as I can tell. Will run all tests but optimistic

Howdy jimapp, that is pretty much the same scenario as my second crash; glad all ended up ok.

 

[jerryflah]

New to the hobby as of yesterday I have about 20 plus flights; no misshaps! Although yesterday was bright and sunny there was a rather strong breeze but decided what the heck. Using AutoPilot as always I had already created a circular flight plan initially for about 20 metres up but after putting the Mav up to its initial 3 metres or so lowered all my waypoints to 8 metres. Now you should know the flight plan should create no issues and usually I would allow for a little deviation either by height or space around. 2 mistakes for me; first lowering the height, second did not check to verify all my settings- I had the the speed too high!(makes it harder to react in a timely fashion!
Because of the breeze the Mavic was having a tough time at first then seemed to follow the path perfectly albeit too fast! Then I realized the horror! It was heading in a circular fashion but too close to trees! I hit pause but not soon enough. Just like a cat my poor Mav was stuck up a tree. Lucky for me only my pride and four props were damaged as far as I can tell. Will run all tests but optimistic

been there good luck

 

[jimapp]

Yes all kinds of thoughts were racing through my mind; is the gimble ok?...and right below from where it was hanging was a "rock garden! Looked liked it could fall anytime but my buddy got a ladder and was able to retrieve without incident.

 

[nangali]

Everyone falls off the bike at some point. Happened to me; had to get a replacement.

 

[MrBreez]

There are only pilots who have crashed or Liars! It happens to the best of us.

 

[hychewright]

Glad everything turned out good for you!

 

[mkp2020]

Thanks for sharing your misfortune. Good luck!!

 

[galaxyfe]

It's just good that this drone is small and low in mass. Crashed mine into a tree messing around in sport mode, broke one propeller.

 

[Boog0822]

There are only pilots who have crashed or Liars! It happens to the best of us.

Crashed the P3S into the wall flying indoors, not smart. Mavic, flawless so far!

 

[dwallersv]

You're not even a legitimate idiot, such as myself , having made 20 successful flights before you did this. I treed my P4 on my first flight, cost me $200 to get it down.

Thankfully, I'm much, much more experienced now, so I'm pretty confident I won't be treeing the Mavic any time soon.