Lost Mini 2 in Fira, Santorini (Greece)

[incr7dible]

Hi guys,

I just joined the MavicPilots community today. I came to know about this while I was searching for ways to recover my brand new Mini 2 that got lost. Yes guys I lost it within 10 days of its purchase, and sadly this was my first very own drone.

I was flying it on 28th April 2022 around Fira in Santorini, Greece. I was on the edge of the caldera area and took off the drone comfortably. Since it was a warning zone I clicked agree to fly as I had to fly close only, and it went on well. I didn't try to fly it much further but it just stopped responding as I wanted to bring it back from the strong winds. But the throttle was not working and the drone was over the cliff, still far from the sea though. I struggled to bring it back using RTH but it had stopped functioning and was randomly making the drone go side to side. It was disastrous to watch the battery die and the drone getting lost in the rocks.

I wish to request the community that if someone flies their drone near that area, please try to recover my Mini 2. You can keep the drone, but if possible, please send over the Micro SD card because my girlfriend and I shot our best travel moments from Iceland the previous week. It sucks to not have downloaded that footage in 4K. Please help

 

[Meta4]

but it just stopped responding as I wanted to bring it back from the strong winds. But the throttle was not working and the drone was over the cliff, still far from the sea though. I struggled to bring it back using RTH but it had stopped functioning and was randomly making the drone go side to side. It was disastrous to watch the battery die and the drone getting lost in the rocks.

Your drone won't have stopped responding and the controls will have been working properly and RTH won't have stopped functioning.
It sounds like you made some mistakes with the wind.
To get some explanation of what actually happened and learn some strategies to deal with those conditions, post your recorded flight data and someone will be able to analyse it.

Go to DJI Flight Log Viewer | Phantom Help
Follow the instructions there to upload your flight record from your phone or tablet.
That will give you a detailed report on the flight data.
Come back and post a link to the report it gives you.
Or, just post the .txt file.

if possible, please send over the Micro SD card because my girlfriend and I shot our best travel moments from Iceland the previous week. It sucks to not have downloaded that footage in 4K.

It's an expensive lesson, that shows why you don't want to send valued imagery out flying again and again.
Experienced flyers only let good work fly once.

 

[incr7dible]

Your drone won't have stopped responding and the controls will have been working properly and RTH won't have stopped functioning.
It sounds like you made some mistakes with the wind.
To get some explanation of what actually happened and learn some strategies to deal with those conditions, post your recorded flight data and someone will be able to analyse it.

Go to DJI Flight Log Viewer | Phantom Help
Follow the instructions there to upload your flight record from your phone or tablet.
That will give you a detailed report on the flight data.
Come back and post a link to the report it gives you.
Or, just post the .txt file.


It's an expensive lesson, that shows why you don't want to send valued imagery out flying again and again.
Experienced flyers only let good work fly once.

Hello. I sent the flight logs to DJI and even they admitted that something went wrong with the aircraft, and they concluded it was a non-user error.

However I do understand that I should've been more careful with the footage. Please if someone could help it would be great, otherwise I would have to settle with the 720p30 footage, while the drone RIP.

 

[c64-dev]

@Meta4 the OP mentioned something about taking off on a warning zone. Do you think this could have something to do with the Mini not responding eventually to the controls?

 

[Meta4]

@Meta4 the OP mentioned something about taking off on a warning zone. Do you think this could have something to do with the Mini not responding eventually to the controls?

Without seeing the data, I wouldn't like to guess.
His mention of wind makes me suspect that was a factor, but what he said about DJI's response is interesting.