Crashed again

[jwilson]

Last night I was flying at dusk. It came up with a message saying because of the dim light, obstacle avoidance wouldn't work. So somehow I got too close to a palm tree and hit it. I looked for it for thirty minutes, but couldn't find it, the terrain was extremely steep, and I kept falling down. I used find my drone and hear beeps, but didn't see any lights. When I was leaving I fell down and rolled 30 of 40 feet, my shoulder hit something and was extremely painful. Now I had to get back to the road with only one arm.
So today I got a bunch of guys to help me look for it. They found my bag, my remote control, but they couldn't find tge drone. I think it stuck in a tree. So we will need another drone to look for it.
I got my shoulder X-rayed, and their are no broken bones, but it hurts like he'll when I move it,

 

[Mrktn]

Last night I was flying at dusk. It came up with a message saying because of the dim light, obstacle avoidance wouldn't work. So somehow I got too close to a palm tree and hit it. I looked for it for thirty minutes, but couldn't find it, the terrain was extremely steep, and I kept falling down. I used find my drone and hear beeps, but didn't see any lights. When I was leaving I fell down and rolled 30 of 40 feet, my shoulder hit something and was extremely painful. Now I had to get back to the road with only one arm.
So today I got a bunch of guys to help me look for it. They found my bag, my remote control, but they couldn't find tge drone. I think it stuck in a tree. So we will need another drone to look for it.
I got my shoulder X-rayed, and their are no broken bones, but it hurts like he'll when I move it,

Sorry to hear about your drone and your injuries. Main thing is that you’ll recover.

Fingers crossed you’ll find the drone and it’s undamaged

 

[RodPad]

Dang, that must be steep.

You could hear the beeps?

Do you think you know close to where it is?

When they found your remote could they activate the beeps?

Anyways, you can upload your flight log, that is probably the best and easiest way to start your search.

BTW, searching with another drone is very risky.
Look for something in trees is also pretty hard.
Palm trees I would thing would be one of the easiest and less likely get stuck in? Odds it being on the ground.

If you have never uploaded a flight log ask for help if you need it.

Keep us up to date.

Rod ..

 

[G Saunders]

One of any drone can quickly become none, especially when flying beneath a tree line. If you want to keep flying, it takes more than one...

 

[jwilson]

Dang, that must be steep.

You could hear the beeps?

Do you think you know close to where it is?

When they found your remote could they activate the beeps?

Anyways, you can upload your flight log, that is probably the best and easiest way to start your search.

BTW, searching with another drone is very risky.
Look for something in trees is also pretty hard.
Palm trees I would thing would be one of the easiest and less likely get stuck in? Odds it being on the ground.

If you have never uploaded a flight log ask for help if you need it.

Keep us up to date.

Rod ..

So the fact that I could hear the beeps means I couldn't of been too far away. How do I upload the flight logs. Can I find out what it's last GPS coordinates were, since it was connected. Thanks in advance. DJI should help me since it is under warranty.
Here's a bigger picture of the area.

 

[jwilson]

Dang, that must be steep.

You could hear the beeps?

Do you think you know close to where it is?

When they found your remote could they activate the beeps?

Anyways, you can upload your flight log, that is probably the best and easiest way to start your search.

BTW, searching with another drone is very risky.
Look for something in trees is also pretty hard.
Palm trees I would thing would be one of the easiest and less likely get stuck in? Odds it being on the ground.

If you have never uploaded a flight log ask for help if you need it.

Keep us up to date.

Rod ..

By the time they found the rc the battery on the drone was dead. This was 18 hours later. I have two remote controls. But after I hurt my shoulder it was too late to look for it because it was pitch dark.

 

[jwilson]

The internet at this hotel is sometimes crappy.

 

[jwilson]

flight log

Is flight log same as flight records?

 

[jwilson]

So I found I could playback the whole flight. So I did a screen capture of it and here it is. The beginning is boring and the end shows the crash.

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[rwilliam99]

Here is a sticky post from this forum describing how to upload your flight log:

Mavic Flight Log Retrieval and Analysis Guide

Dec 25, 2019

With the introduction of the Mavic Mini there has been a noticeable uptick in the number of posts requesting help with lost or crashed aircraft. While there is plenty of help and advice available on this forum, and detailed guidance and options on several other websites, I thought that perhaps a single summary of the subject might be useful. If it does prove useful then I'll try to keep it updated, either in this post or followup posts, and perhaps other forum members will contribute additional thoughts on the subject to address errors and omissions.

If you are not interested in...

• sar104
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• Forum: Crash & Flyaway Assistance

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[jwilson]

Here is a sticky post from this forum describing how to upload your flight log:

Mavic Flight Log Retrieval and Analysis Guide

Dec 25, 2019

With the introduction of the Mavic Mini there has been a noticeable uptick in the number of posts requesting help with lost or crashed aircraft. While there is plenty of help and advice available on this forum, and detailed guidance and options on several other websites, I thought that perhaps a single summary of the subject might be useful. If it does prove useful then I'll try to keep it updated, either in this post or followup posts, and perhaps other forum members will contribute additional thoughts on the subject to address errors and omissions.

If you are not interested in...

• sar104
• Replies: 160
• Forum: Crash & Flyaway Assistance

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Ok. Thanks a lot. I will try. I don't have a PC here.

 

[jwilson]

I'm using android. I don't see a DJI directory on either the internal memory or the sd card. So you can't see these files unless your plugged into a PC?

 

[RodPad]

I'm using android. I don't see a DJI directory on either the internal memory or the sd card. So you can't see these files unless your plugged into a PC?

HUMMM.. You normally use a PC. In that sticky they tell you where they will be on a Android.

You need to use a browser, upload the file, I have always used the txt version.
You will get the results, to share the log copy / paste the url, and post that on this thread.

DJI Flight Log Viewer | Phantom Help

Upload and view flight logs from your DJI drones

www.phantomhelp.com

Sometimes members will attach the .txt post it here and somebody will do that part.

Rod ..

 

[RodPad]

This is still active.
From lost at sea :(

DJI Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com

Rod ..

 

[jwilson]

HUMMM.. You normally use a PC. In that sticky they tell you where they will be on a Android.

You need to use a browser, upload the file, I have always used the txt version.
You will get the results, to share the log copy / paste the url, and post that on this thread.

DJI Flight Log Viewer | Phantom Help

Upload and view flight logs from your DJI drones

www.phantomhelp.com

Sometimes members will attach the .txt post it here and somebody will do that part.

Rod ..

But that's asking me to connect my tablet to a PC again which I don't have.

 

[jwilson]

It seems everytime they update fly, they make it more difficult, if not impossible, to get your flight records without a PC.

 

[jwilson]

DJI finally got me coordinates. So I put them in Google Maps, and this is what I got. But they could be off 30 meters latitude and 0 to 30 meters longitude. We will look tomorrow morning.