Hi everyone,
Yesterday, I was making a hike to a beautiful cave in Vietnam. As I arrived, I was so thrilled about the beautiful nature and instantly grabbed my new Mavic Air, which I bought for my journey through Asia. I wanted to make an amazing shot by flying through the cave, which I now regret so much. As I was flying through the cave, the app reported “Max altitude approached. Wait for the GPS satellite signal recovery before ascend” (while only flying 3 meters above the ground) and “satellite positioning off. Fly with caution”. This had occured to me once before. So I wanted to fly the drone back to me so it would again be safe. Unfortunately, the drone started to move by itself, without me touching the controls. This resulted in crashing my drone to the wall of the cave, after which it fell into the water. As my heart was beating in my throat, I tried to swim as soon as possible towards my drone. Luckily, a Vietnamese local retrieved it out of the water before I could. As soon as he gave it to me (approx 2,5 minutes after crash), I switched off the battery and removed it. At the same time, my girlfriend had grapped the controller and later told me the camera was still functioning when I got the drone out. I tried to get as much water out of the drone as possible, blew in some openings as well, later I put it in a plastic bag, wrapped in a dry towel. As I got back to the homestay (approx 2 hours after crash), I immeadiately got a hairdryer and dried it (with good distance) for about 10 minutes on both sides. Then, I put it in a plastic bag filled with dry rice, of which they luckily have loads here in Vietnam! It’s still in this bag, outside, where it’s warm. I’m going to test it in about 2 or 3 days, but I am affraid it has been exposed in water for too long. Now I got 2 questions for the people reading my post.
1. Could this “maximum altitude reached” while flying just 3 metres above the ground be a production faillure? And could this help me to get a new drone if it is the case?
2. Do you have any recommendations on what I can do more with my drone which is currently surrounded by dry rice?
Hoping you guys can help!
Yesterday, I was making a hike to a beautiful cave in Vietnam. As I arrived, I was so thrilled about the beautiful nature and instantly grabbed my new Mavic Air, which I bought for my journey through Asia. I wanted to make an amazing shot by flying through the cave, which I now regret so much. As I was flying through the cave, the app reported “Max altitude approached. Wait for the GPS satellite signal recovery before ascend” (while only flying 3 meters above the ground) and “satellite positioning off. Fly with caution”. This had occured to me once before. So I wanted to fly the drone back to me so it would again be safe. Unfortunately, the drone started to move by itself, without me touching the controls. This resulted in crashing my drone to the wall of the cave, after which it fell into the water. As my heart was beating in my throat, I tried to swim as soon as possible towards my drone. Luckily, a Vietnamese local retrieved it out of the water before I could. As soon as he gave it to me (approx 2,5 minutes after crash), I switched off the battery and removed it. At the same time, my girlfriend had grapped the controller and later told me the camera was still functioning when I got the drone out. I tried to get as much water out of the drone as possible, blew in some openings as well, later I put it in a plastic bag, wrapped in a dry towel. As I got back to the homestay (approx 2 hours after crash), I immeadiately got a hairdryer and dried it (with good distance) for about 10 minutes on both sides. Then, I put it in a plastic bag filled with dry rice, of which they luckily have loads here in Vietnam! It’s still in this bag, outside, where it’s warm. I’m going to test it in about 2 or 3 days, but I am affraid it has been exposed in water for too long. Now I got 2 questions for the people reading my post.
1. Could this “maximum altitude reached” while flying just 3 metres above the ground be a production faillure? And could this help me to get a new drone if it is the case?
2. Do you have any recommendations on what I can do more with my drone which is currently surrounded by dry rice?
Hoping you guys can help!
