DJI Air 3 suddenly started to drift with the wind and did not obey the controls

[jarimy]

Hello,
I was filming on February 23rd and the DJI Air 3 suddenly started to drift with the wind and not obey the controls. No joystick movements produced any results when I tried to take a panoramic photo at about 11 minutes. I was about to lose the entire device, but luckily it obeyed the RTH button and returned to the starting point.
I sent the flight log file to the phantomhelp page. Could someone help analyze what could have caused this problem? Now I'm hesitant to fly because I'm feeling uncertain about the condition of the drone
Log url:

DJI Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com

Thanks in advance!
The drone was purchased in April of last year.

Best regards, Jari

 

[samysys]

hi,

it seems that the day was a bit windy (wind from south).

When flying"out" (from around 7 min 30 sec to 9 min) you was using sport mode and the drone was at a speed of 10-14 meter per second. (~26-29mph)

After re-connection with the RC and when you head back the drone (from 9min 40 sec to around 11 min), the drone was at a faster speed of 18 meter per second (40mph).

Wind is the most likely cause to account for this. The pitch angle also indicate the same.

If this is accurate, then other phenomenon can be easily explained:
The drone tried hard to stabilize itself thus the gimbal tilted to its limit thus unable to take the pano photo.

I must say that you are luck that day. Should you fly towards north first, you may not have enough battery to fly back as the drone has to counter wind on the way back. You may wish to mind the wind direction next time. Usually, it is more windy up the sky than on the ground.

The drone should be fine but others may have further observations.

 

[jarimy]

Hello,
I was filming on February 23rd and the DJI Air 3 suddenly started to drift with the wind and not obey the controls. No joystick movements produced any results when I tried to take a panoramic photo at about 11 minutes. I was about to lose the entire device, but luckily it obeyed the RTH button and returned to the starting point.
I sent the flight log file to the phantomhelp page. Could someone help analyze what could have caused this problem? Now I'm hesitant to fly because I'm feeling uncertain about the condition of the drone
Log url:

DJI Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com

Thanks in advance!
The drone was purchased in April of last year.

Best regards, Jari

Hey, thanks for your reply! I suspected wind too, but when the drone didn't react to the controls at all, I suspected something more serious.

 

[samysys]

Hey, thanks for your reply! I suspected wind too, but when the drone didn't react to the controls at all, I suspected something more serious.

I have not flied with a Air 3 before, but may be after taking pano, the drone will stop responding a bit to process the photos.

May be you can try to do this again in a clam day where you can see the movement of the drone and ascertain if this was normal or not.