Mad Mavic
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
My Mavic Pro, I think, had a bad crash few days ago. Hopefully not that bad. Thankfully no damage to people, animals or property of others.
While returning to the home point I noticed on the GO 4 app that the battery status went from 20% to N/A. It was a new battery too, only 7 flights recorded on it. About 5 seconds later the GO 4 app crashed. I restarted the app but I was not able to re-connect to the drone. On the RC it indicated the battery dropped to 16%. About another 10 seconds later "LANDING" appeared on the RC. I searched at the coordinates that "find my drone" recorded but I was not able to find my Mavic Pro. I have returned to site a few times and looked in other areas close to the coordinates but unfortunately still no drone.
At the end of the flight log the mavic stopped and pivoted. The distance and height did not change. That is where it landed was not recorded because the GO 4 app crashed. So I really need some help discovering where this puppy might have landed.
So all I have the information on the RC called the "BlackBox". But the files are encrypted I can't read them. So question is: I've managed to download all the BlackBox files from the RC using DJI Assitant 2.
But how can I view and analyze that data from RC? The following link contains the files Mavic_RC.zip and Mavic_FL.zip. The RC file contains the BlackBox information and FL contains all the flight logs I was able to grab from the DJI folder on my phone. Please help. I know it's out there and some place close to last known GPS coordinates.
Mavic - Google Drive
Hoping you located your drone by now but if not, the Mavic Pro is difficult to detect in a tree. I just recovered one about a week back that sat 90 feet up a tree for three days in the rain. I too lost signal and only after driving to the last known position did it reconnect and provide an "updated" last known position.
I was able to get a visual from the lED's and made a mental note of its position. Upon returning a few days later when the rain stopped, the drone was nowhere to be found. In fact, I was convinced it had fallen out of the tree, and someone perhaps found it.
In stubborn desperation however, I persisted. After a lot of staring up in the "known" tree, I finally spotted it using a pair of binoculars. Even with the binoculars, it still looked like a clump of leaves. It took some intense staring to pick out the props and motors.
one anomaly was the fact that the actual position, in relation to last known position, was about 100 yards away on a RTH vector. I still don't quite understand the signal loss in my situation. I've always recovered signal via full up elevator at first onset of video deterioration. For some reason, on this flight I lost video and control both, thus kicking in the RTH. Unfortunately my RTH altitude was a foot or so below the tree tops.
In summary, don't rule out it being in the trees as pointed out by Meta4. Also looking along a straight line along the RTH vector from last known position. I retrieved mine using a slingshot and fishing weight. After about 20 shots, I finally snagged the thin limb and with a few tugs, it came crashing down. (Note to self: take at least two people with a blanket to cushion fall). After a couple minutes with a blow dryer and some simple parts ordered on ebay, it flies like new LOL
hope you find it