Lost/Crashed Mavic Pro 2

[melcumlc]

Good morning guys,

Yesterday I was flying in my neighborhood and I believe my drop hit some power line around 500m away from me. (Didn’t know the power lines were there)

I searched the last coordinates but the drone is nowhere to be found. Maybe it hit the lines, lost connection and flew away?
Help pls!

 

[sar104]

That will require at least the txt log - otherwise all we can see are the same coordinates that you are looking at.

 

[melcumlc]

Hi!
Thank you!
How do you retrieve the txt logs ?

 

[sar104]

Hi!
Thank you!
How do you retrieve the txt logs ?

Follow the link in my signature line.

 

[melcumlc]

These are the ones from yesterday! Thank you so much for your help!

 

[sar104]

These are the ones from yesterday! Thank you so much for your help!

Well both logs stop abruptly with the aircraft moving at 20 m/s at a height of 39 m AGL. Looking at the flight track in Google Earth shows that happened exactly on line with the high-voltage power lines, and at the same height as the lines. The sudden end suggests that the aircraft scored a direct hit and immediately lost power. It could have bounced quite a few meters in falling to the ground, but I would expect it most likely to have landed in the trees.

 

[melcumlc]

Thank you so much for your help and insight. I’ll go look again today around that area - yesterday I look for about 2 hrs in the same area noted by you, that why I was thinking that it keep on going.

 

[sar104]

Thank you so much for your help and insight. I’ll go look again today around that area - yesterday I look for about 2 hrs in the same area noted by you, that why I was thinking that it keep on going.

No - it didn't keep going any further than its momentum might have carried it. And it more likely bounced backwards given that the impact killed it immediately.

 

[melcumlc]

I’ll look for it today and update you thank you

 

[melcumlc]

Hi dude! I’m looking for it as I’m typing this email and nothing , this weird how it’s nowhere to be found. I tried the sound alert but it’s not working.

 

[sar104]

Hi dude! I’m looking for it as I’m typing this email and nothing , this weird how it’s nowhere to be found. I tried the sound alert but it’s not working.

Would you see it if it were stuck in one of those trees? The sound alert is not going to work - it has no power now.

 

[melcumlc]

I looked all over, that little forest is not as dense now as in the google earth pics anyways .. I searched 50m forward 50m back .. outside of both fences .... ****

 

[sar104]

I looked all over, that little forest is not as dense now as in the google earth pics anyways .. I searched 50m forward 50m back .. outside of both fences .... ****

It has to be there somewhere. Could it have bounced over onto the railway tracks?

 

[melcumlc]

I walked the rail tracks also. A long way too, i don’t thing I would of bounced back 50-100m or keep going 50 or 100m. I’ll go check again later when it cools down. But I agree it must be somewhere around that area I guess

 

[itsneedtokno]

Could someone have beaten you to it?


I sadly live near an area where people would steal the Hull just on the hopes it would be worth something.

 

[Thomas B]

I appreciate that it won’t help this situation... but it is this kind of possibility that led me to get my Firehouse 4 ARC XLs.... not only do they keep flashing after a crash and without aircraft battery, but they emit a 98dB alarm beep after there are still for 2 minutes or so.
Might help find a future drone. BTW the mounts from our own @Aerial-Pixel are the fav of mine.

 

[melcumlc]

I’m not sure if someone would of taken it. I went to look for it 15 mins after it went missing and the rail road area/tracks where it shows that it went down/lost signal is fenced by a 10 foot fence on both sides.
I tried the sound alarm yesterday as well and it didn’t work the battery was not dead yesterday for sure.
I’m thinking it hit the lines and it kept going a little ....

 

[sar104]

I’m not sure if someone would of taken it. I went to look for it 15 mins after it went missing and the rail road area/tracks where it shows that it went down/lost signal is fenced by a 10 foot fence on both sides.
I tried the sound alarm yesterday as well and it didn’t work the battery was not dead yesterday for sure.
I’m thinking it hit the lines and it kept going a little ....

The battery may not have been dead but it will have been dislodged in the impact - that's why it stopped transmitting. And it won't have kept going for the same reason - if it did then it would have continued to transmit telemetry.

 

[Shon]

These drones can be crazy hard to see. It could be sitting in a tree right in front of you and you still couldn’t see it, even knowing where to look.
Good luck op!

 

[melcumlc]

I’ve been looking for it for 2 days now. Nothing around the area where the drone went down ;(( I’ll keep on looking this weekend. This sucks!
I’ve looked in the trees and all, the only place I didn’t look throughly is the other side of the track - maybe after the impact it took a hard right. I’ll be checking it today or tomorrow. I should have wrapped the **** thing bright yellow.