Been watching some of the drone fail (crash) vids on YouTube. Some make me cringe, some laugh, some go WTF were they thinking....lol. Find few common reasons:
1) Too fast (sport mode) and pilot panics or is not paying attention and doesn't realize obstacle avoidance is not on. LOL.
2) Flying backward into trees, etc
3) Misjudging distance to objects
4) Trying maneuvers that the pilot simply doesn't have the skill for (yet).
5) Wind
6) Stupidity
7) Drone failure
8) Birds
9) Wires.
Many of the crashes, especially into trees are totally avoidable by just paying attention and not trying to get fancy. Backup crashes are just because you don't look before you leap. The handful where it was actually lost of connection or other drone failure is understandable. Hell, saw one where a bird took it out. Just could not understand how someone goes 50 yards and just runs straight into a tree. I crashed twice. First was a real newbie (first real flight) mistake of not looking up before I took off. The other was trying to be fancy and fly around the house at 3 feet and overcompensated. That was the mini 2 on Cini, it was a lot more responsive than I anticipated. But still, some of the things I'm seeing are like WTF?
So, what's your worst crash?
1) Too fast (sport mode) and pilot panics or is not paying attention and doesn't realize obstacle avoidance is not on. LOL.
2) Flying backward into trees, etc
3) Misjudging distance to objects
4) Trying maneuvers that the pilot simply doesn't have the skill for (yet).
5) Wind
6) Stupidity
7) Drone failure
8) Birds
9) Wires.
Many of the crashes, especially into trees are totally avoidable by just paying attention and not trying to get fancy. Backup crashes are just because you don't look before you leap. The handful where it was actually lost of connection or other drone failure is understandable. Hell, saw one where a bird took it out. Just could not understand how someone goes 50 yards and just runs straight into a tree. I crashed twice. First was a real newbie (first real flight) mistake of not looking up before I took off. The other was trying to be fancy and fly around the house at 3 feet and overcompensated. That was the mini 2 on Cini, it was a lot more responsive than I anticipated. But still, some of the things I'm seeing are like WTF?
So, what's your worst crash?