Sent M2 up on my usual Litchi app to get footage of a vacant plot in the sparsely populated seaside village of Cape St Francis.
After getting the shots there was a minor transmission-loss-spike [for around a second] and the mavic would not allow for complete control again.
It behaved erratically and would allow only for reduced control and then when left uncontrolled [ie: fingers not toggling at control sticks]
it would insistantly begin a rapid climb and drift away from the home point.
A point here is that the flight log shows a near constant left stick up for altitude throughout the flight, however in reality the only time i gained
any altitude intentionally was briefly after take off. Thereafter at any opportunity it was left stick down to try get the craft near the ground again.
Things were happening fast especially the altitude problem and i switched to S-mode to get some strength and speed to fly it it home safely.
Ultimately this never happened.
The flight log will reveal all to those who can analyse such details but in short the drone was so unresponsive that even after pressing
the dreaded RTH emergency function it began a too slow RTH at approx 6kmh.
Being 2km + away from the home point i calcu-guessed it wasnt going to make that flight and headed for the car. My hope was to get as close
to the drone as possible in an attempt to gain better control through closer proximity.
However even once closer it was a panicky situation for me as every-time i let the controls go the drone just shot up and further away from me.
Eventually the battery drained and after battling continually to lower the craft, 0% batt arrived - it lost transmission completely at 63m - and either dropped or emergency landed.
DJI Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com
I have been searching the surrounding bushland since 22 Dec and am losing hope of a recovery. Even with the final lat/long co-ords in hand im uncertain as to how much drift the M2 may have undergone in those final seconds.
Any ideas or advice would be much appreciated in guiding my next step.
After getting the shots there was a minor transmission-loss-spike [for around a second] and the mavic would not allow for complete control again.
It behaved erratically and would allow only for reduced control and then when left uncontrolled [ie: fingers not toggling at control sticks]
it would insistantly begin a rapid climb and drift away from the home point.
A point here is that the flight log shows a near constant left stick up for altitude throughout the flight, however in reality the only time i gained
any altitude intentionally was briefly after take off. Thereafter at any opportunity it was left stick down to try get the craft near the ground again.
Things were happening fast especially the altitude problem and i switched to S-mode to get some strength and speed to fly it it home safely.
Ultimately this never happened.
The flight log will reveal all to those who can analyse such details but in short the drone was so unresponsive that even after pressing
the dreaded RTH emergency function it began a too slow RTH at approx 6kmh.
Being 2km + away from the home point i calcu-guessed it wasnt going to make that flight and headed for the car. My hope was to get as close
to the drone as possible in an attempt to gain better control through closer proximity.
However even once closer it was a panicky situation for me as every-time i let the controls go the drone just shot up and further away from me.
Eventually the battery drained and after battling continually to lower the craft, 0% batt arrived - it lost transmission completely at 63m - and either dropped or emergency landed.
DJI Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com
I have been searching the surrounding bushland since 22 Dec and am losing hope of a recovery. Even with the final lat/long co-ords in hand im uncertain as to how much drift the M2 may have undergone in those final seconds.
Any ideas or advice would be much appreciated in guiding my next step