Lost my Mavic 2 Pro only a few days after purchasing! "flyaway" Never returned home

[asage]

I purchased my Mavic Pro 2 on Amazon and received it on March 2nd, 2020! I flew it around my house about 3 different occasions just to make sure I was still confident of myself since I previously owned the original Mavic pro but had sold it. I purchased some extra batteries and a case as well as the DJI Care for my drone. I wanted to go somewhere in LA to get great shots and looked up places I could fly and registered my drone with the FAA. After about an hour's drive, I arrive to LA and find a nice park where I can take off from and land when the drone returns home. I started it and it asked to be calibrated so I made sure I did so. Everything seemed good and I was ready for take-off. I flew it around for a couple of minutes messing with the photos and then landed at 90% battery. I then began another flight at 90% battery and was getting awesome video of the city, but I continued to get all types of interference and seemed to have no control of the drone. The battery was at about 30% and the drone was about 1500 feet away and I hit the return home button several times. It seemed it was having trouble doing so. Then out of nowhere, my screen goes grey as if the camera is close to an object, but I still cannot move the drone or the gimbal. I had zero control as stated before. My heart sank! I told my friend to wait at the home location in case it does return as I set off looking for it. I spent over 5 hours looking for this drone and couldn't locate it. I spoke with apartment managers and businesses to see if it was on their roof or something and still nothing. I tried contacting DJI but they're closed over the weekend! You'd think a company like DJI, they would have 24/7 customer support, but far from it. I finally give up and go home. I contact DJI via Facebook messenger to inform them and they began a case for me. They asked for me to sync my flight data. I finally was able to convert the TXT files via airdata.com and i am still very confused. All its showing the whole time is warnings and errors that I did not receive and that the return home function was initiated several times but it just couldn't see saying ambient light too weak, and the last warning is battery critically low, auto-landing. I hope they don't try and pin this on me. What do you guys think? ill upload my TXT file. Do you think they will replace it? Even with the DJi Care "insurance", I bought too?


Here is what the TXT file says on airdata.com

	Flight time	Altitude​	Home Dist	Type	Notification
A	00m 10s	0.0 ft	0 ft	Mode	Mode changed to Motors_Started
B	00m 10s	0.0 ft	0 ft	Warning	Your aircraft has entered a Warning Zone (Airport). Please fly with caution.
C	00m 11s	0.0 ft	0 ft	Tip	Setting new Return-To-Home altitude to 50m (164 ft). Data Recorder File Index is 18. Setting new Maximum Flight Altitude to 350m (1148 ft)
	00m 11s	0.0 ft	0 ft		90% Battery
D	00m 11s	0.0 ft	0 ft	Mode	Mode changed to AutoTakeoff
E	00m 13s	0.0 ft	1 ft	Tip	Home Point Recorded. RTH Altitude: 50m.
F	00m 13s	0.7 ft	1 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
G	00m 14s	3.0 ft	0 ft	Mode	Mode changed to P-GPS
H	00m 14s	3.0 ft	0 ft	Tip	Obstacle Avoided. Revise Flight Route
I	00m 32s	7.2 ft	1 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
J	00m 58s	18.0 ft	11 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
K	02m 01s	55.8 ft	21 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forwardobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
	02m 53s	132.9 ft	82 ft		80% Battery
L	03m 42s	239.2 ft	174 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
M	03m 43s	252.9 ft	217 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
N	04m 18s	367.1 ft	1,610 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
O	04m 21s	367.4 ft	1,666 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
P	04m 25s	366.1 ft	1,764 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
Q	04m 28s	366.5 ft	1,785 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
R	04m 29s	366.8 ft	1,784 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
S	05m 42s	399.6 ft	1,763 ft	Tip	Flight altitude exceeds 120 m. May violate local policies and regulations. Ensure you have obtained proper airspace authorization
	05m 46s	381.2 ft	1,774 ft		70% Battery
T	06m 02s	404.9 ft	1,826 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
U	06m 04s	405.2 ft	1,806 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
V	06m 48s	340.5 ft	1,797 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
W	06m 56s	336.6 ft	1,797 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
X	07m 18s	306.8 ft	1,797 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Backwardobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
Y	07m 23s	261.5 ft	1,800 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
Z	07m 26s	252.9 ft	1,811 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
a	07m 35s	259.5 ft	1,807 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
b	07m 46s	289.4 ft	1,819 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
c	07m 59s	334.3 ft	1,819 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
d	08m 00s	322.8 ft	1,821 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
e	08m 50s	200.1 ft	1,896 ft	Data Loss	Downlink data connection lost for 30.5 seconds
f	08m 50s	200.1 ft	1,896 ft	Mode	Mode changed to Go_Home
	08m 50s	202.1 ft	1,896 ft		60% Battery
g	08m 51s	207.3 ft	1,894 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
h	09m 01s	246.7 ft	1,865 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
i	09m 02s	246.4 ft	1,865 ft	Mode	Mode changed to P-GPS
j	09m 18s	216.5 ft	1,682 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
k	09m 32s	358.3 ft	1,621 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
l	09m 54s	408.5 ft	1,972 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
m	09m 55s	408.8 ft	1,972 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
n	10m 02s	409.4 ft	1,969 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
o	10m 39s	444.9 ft	1,972 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
p	10m 41s	474.4 ft	1,990 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Backward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
q	10m 44s	505.9 ft	1,969 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
r	11m 06s	505.9 ft	1,967 ft	Warning	Not Allowed to change Aircraft Mode. If needed, enable it in Main Controller Settings.
s	11m 14s	505.6 ft	1,967 ft	Data Loss	Downlink data connection lost for 7 seconds
t	11m 14s	505.6 ft	1,967 ft	Mode	Mode changed to Go_Home
u	11m 14s	505.2 ft	1,967 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
v	11m 14s	505.2 ft	1,967 ft	Warning	Not Allowed to change Aircraft Mode. If needed, enable it in Main Controller Settings.
w	11m 18s	508.2 ft	1,970 ft	Mode	Mode changed to P-GPS
	11m 36s	511.1 ft	1,965 ft		50% Battery
	14m 22s	808.4 ft	1,836 ft		40% Battery
x	14m 43s	763.8 ft	1,912 ft	Warning	Not Allowed to change Aircraft Mode. If needed, enable it in Main Controller Settings. (repeated 2 times)
y	14m 49s	714.2 ft	1,907 ft	Warning	Not Allowed to change Aircraft Mode. If needed, enable it in Main Controller Settings. (repeated 3 times)
z	15m 10s	809.7 ft	1,894 ft	Data Loss	Downlink data connection lost for 17.5 seconds
A	15m 10s	809.7 ft	1,894 ft	Mode	Mode changed to Go_Home
B	15m 17s	811.0 ft	1,842 ft	Mode	Mode changed to P-GPS
C	15m 21s	810.7 ft	1,836 ft	Warning	Adjust antenna and avoid signal block.
D	16m 41s	829.4 ft	2,000 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
E	16m 43s	843.5 ft	2,007 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
F	16m 46s	854.6 ft	2,034 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Forward/Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
G	16m 47s	854.3 ft	2,034 ft	Tip	Ambient Light too Weak, Vision Positioningobstacle sensing is unavailable.，please ensure safety during the flight
	17m 03s	912.1 ft	2,051 ft		30% Battery
H	17m 04s	911.4 ft	2,057 ft	Warning	Strong Interference to Remote Controller. Signal interruption maybe more likely. Fly with caution.
	17m 45s	1001.3 ft	2,197 ft		28% Battery at maximum distance
I	18m 07s	1005.6 ft	2,135 ft	Data Loss	Downlink data connection lost for 21.2 seconds
J	18m 07s	1005.6 ft	2,135 ft	Mode	Mode changed to Go_Home
K	18m 14s	1005.2 ft	1,876 ft	Mode	Mode changed to P-GPS
L	19m 04s	1141.1 ft	1,841 ft	Warning	Max Flight Altitude Reached. Adjust in Main Controller Settings if necessary
M	19m 22s	1143.0 ft	1,660 ft	Warning	Max Flight Altitude Reached. Adjust in Main Controller Settings if necessary
	19m 45s	1148.0 ft	1,676 ft		20% Battery
N	20m 40s	1133.8 ft	1,677 ft	Mode	Mode changed to AutoLanding
O	20m 40s	1133.8 ft	1,677 ft	Tip	Critically Low Power. Aircraft Landing
P	21m 43s	542.0 ft	1,707 ft	Warning	Strong Interference to Remote Controller. Signal interruption maybe more likely. Fly with caution.
Q	22m 17s	221.1 ft	1,710 ft	Data Loss	Downlink data connection lost for 33.2 seconds
	22m 17s	217.2 ft	1,710 ft		10% Battery

Explanation Downlink data connection lost ( Data Loss ) means that the remote got partial or no flight data from the aircraft for more than 1 second, which means the data downlink had issues. It is possible that during this time there is a sense of full control of the aircraft via the remote as well as clear video, however typically the video gets choppy and the remote controls may have some delay. This is typically an indication that the aircraft was flying in a high interference area or that distance was a negative factor. In these conditions the aircraft is at higher risk of initiating the Return-To-Home function.

 

[asage]

Heres a screenshot of the map and exactly what the drone did.

 

[sar104]

I'm not sure about this one. I generally avoid passing comment on lost aircraft cases, but this flight was simply criminal. You flew at up to 1150 ft AGL above the city - obviously with no regard to what was below the aircraft or in any position to take evasive action from other traffic. It lost connection three times because the signal was blocked by buildings, and each time retraced it's flight path to regain signal. But you just kept going, and eventually it went into smart battery RTH, which you then canceled and continued to climb, until it hit the smart battery autoland level and began to descend. Not surprisingly it lost signal again behind a building, and then entered the autoland procedure.



This was reckless, negligent, illegal and incompetent piloting. Exactly where it ended up is clear from the flight log, but I'm not going to help you recover it. As it happens recovery is unlikely.

 

[asage]

I'm not sure about this one. I generally avoid passing comment on lost aircraft cases, but this flight was simply criminal. You flew at up to 1150 ft AGL above the city - obviously with no regard to what was below the aircraft or in any position to take evasive action from other traffic. It lost connection three times because the signal was blocked by buildings, and each time retraced it's flight path to regain signal. But you just kept going, and eventually it went into smart battery RTH, which you then canceled and continued to climb, until it hit the smart battery autoland level and began to descend. Not surprisingly it lost signal again behind a building, and then entered the autoland procedure.

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This was reckless, negligent, illegal and incompetent piloting. Exactly where it ended up is clear from the flight log, but I'm not going to help you recover it. As it happens recovery is unlikely.

When viewing the replay of the joysticks it’s clear that I did not move it in that fashion as it moved itself and anytime I tried it would seem to do the opposite. I’m not even sure how to do what you’re claiming. All I know is return home. I would never cancel it. I tried returning home several times. It may seem criminal but I’m not the criminal. You’re telling me that this was all on my own doing any no interference? For the first 40% of the flight, yes.. but after that everything gets bad.. recovery now after a couple days? Not likely at all..

 

[asage]

I'm not sure about this one. I generally avoid passing comment on lost aircraft cases, but this flight was simply criminal. You flew at up to 1150 ft AGL above the city - obviously with no regard to what was below the aircraft or in any position to take evasive action from other traffic. It lost connection three times because the signal was blocked by buildings, and each time retraced it's flight path to regain signal. But you just kept going, and eventually it went into smart battery RTH, which you then canceled and continued to climb, until it hit the smart battery autoland level and began to descend. Not surprisingly it lost signal again behind a building, and then entered the autoland procedure.

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This was reckless, negligent, illegal and incompetent piloting. Exactly where it ended up is clear from the flight log, but I'm not going to help you recover it. As it happens recovery is unlikely.

As soon as it lost connection and began doing its own thing I hit return home, if it was doing that I would have left it as such especially with the battery getting so low. I wouldn’t want to keep going.

 

[sar104]

When viewing the replay of the joysticks it’s clear that I did not move it in that fashion as it moved itself and anytime I tried it would seem to do the opposite. I’m not even sure how to do what you’re claiming. All I know is return home. I would never cancel it. I tried returning home several times. It may seem criminal but I’m not the criminal. You’re telling me that this was all on my own doing any no interference? For the first 40% of the flight, yes.. but after that everything gets bad.. recovery now after a couple days? Not likely at all..

Here are all your throttle commands, which correspond exactly with the aircraft climb:



And here is the same look at your elevator commands, which correlate with pitch:



And here is rudder / yaw:



The aircraft behaved exactly as you commanded, other than when it was retracing track to regain signal and when it autolanded at the end.

 

[new2mavic]

Your drone has auto landed on or next to the tree outside this hotel :

I would never cancel it. I tried returning home several times.

pressing the RTH button on the RC while the drone is going home will cancel the RTH task so it's likely that you have cancelled it.

this was all on my own doing any no interference? For the first 40% of the flight, yes.. but after that everything gets bad..

There may be some interference but the major cause of signal interruption is the drone going behind the building next to you for multiple times. This is not a military drone which can be controlled from the other side of the globe. You have to keep it in line of sight in order to control it.

 

[asage]

Here are all your throttle commands, which correspond exactly with the aircraft climb:

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And here is the same look at your elevator commands, which correlate with pitch:

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And here is rudder / yaw:

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The aircraft behaved exactly as you commanded, other than when it was retracing track to regain signal and when it autolanded at the end.

then explain how the video of the txt data shows my drone flying backwards? All the crazy directions, trajectories and misdirection. Heading further away, pausing still with no moment multiple times. Why would anyone intentionally do this? If I hit return home multiple times, why go further away? It was doing its own thing. Every action had a reverse reaction as if the compass was off or something.. the drone was trying to return home but couldn’t.. did I try to help it or do what I could to help? Absolutely. And retracing track to regain signal would indicate that signal was eventually regained, but still head the opposite direction? I’m seeking help into this issue as I’m devastated and feel like you’re being rude about it. Saying you would help me recover it but won’t and so fourth.Where it took off from was an open field, a park with a large building at the end. I flew towards it and did reach a higher elevation of that building but in clear sight. Also I don’t know how to interpret any of that data. I’ll try and post a link of the video from airdata. Sorry for not separating paragraphs and sounding childish. I’m just a noob who wanted to enjoy his drone and was ( Mod Removed )The drone should return home regardless of signal loss. It can’t be anticipated.

 

[new2mavic]

then explain how the video of the txt data shows my drone flying backwards? All the crazy directions, trajectories and misdirection....

I have checked the second half of the flight on the player of PhantomHelp but I could not see any of the mentioned problems.

 

[OurAngryBadger]

Well not that flying over 400ft at all is legal, I was a bit worried when it said in the log that he got an airport warning on top of it all. But I checked the location and it seems to be pretty well into class G airspace. Why did it warn him?

Those low ambient light warnings. Was he flying at night too? Or some kind of problem with the vision sensors?

 

[asage]

Your drone has auto landed on or next to the tree outside this hotel :

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pressing the RTH button on the RC while the drone is going home will cancel the RTH task so it's likely that you have cancelled it.



There may be some interference but the major cause of signal interruption is the drone going behind the building next to you for multiple times. This is not a military drone which can be controlled from the other side of the globe. You have to keep it in line of sight in order to control it.

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Wow you’re right then!! Because I continued hitting return home when losing connection and the battery running low, however it just wouldn’t. So maybe I canceled it and restarted it a bunch. Thank you for helping me locate it! I was just about to post a comment asking if it’s possible it’s in that tree right there. Because it shows the last elevation it had was around 200 feet. I’m an hour away from that area tho and after all that time looking already I felt like it was either on a rooftop or stolen. It’s been essentially 3 days since this happened and every second that passes is a lower percentage chance I’ll find it. But if you think it’s in that tree, I’ll drive there now. On the dji go app i just saw an option for the drone to flash and make noise! So I’d be more likely to find it

 

[sar104]

then explain how the video of the txt data shows my drone flying backwards? All the crazy directions, trajectories and misdirection. Heading further away, pausing still with no moment multiple times.

The aircraft responded to your stick inputs. Look at the graphs above. It flew backwards when you applied reverse elevator. It was stationary when you had no stick inputs applied. Here it is in terms of velocity forwards together with elevator. Negative values are backwards:

Why would anyone intentionally do this?

Only you can answer that question.

If I hit return home multiple times, why go further away? It was doing its own thing.

A combination of happenstance and you not understanding how this works. No RC RTH commands were registered in the log, which means that if you pressed the button it was during the periods of disconnect when the aircraft was behind a building - except for when you cancelled the smart battery RTH.

Every action had a reverse reaction as if the compass was off or something.. the drone was trying to return home but couldn’t.. did I try to help it or do what I could to help? Absolutely. And retracing track to regain signal would indicate that signal was eventually regained, but still head the opposite direction?

That may be your impression, but the data clearly show that's not what happened - the aircraft responded correctly to all your inputs.

I’m seeking help into this issue as I’m devastated and feel like you’re being rude about it. Saying you would help me recover it but won’t and so fourth.

I'm not going to help you find it because I'm appalled at your irresponsible piloting. Perhaps you would like to explain why you thought flying at 1150 ft AGL over a highly populated area was either legal or reasonable? Do you even know the legal limit for altitude? At this point you should be more worried about whether anyone decides to forward this flight log to your local FSDO than being offended by a frank assessment of what you did. Publicly posting that log was extremely unwise.

Where it took off from was an open field, a park with a large building at the end. I flew towards it and did reach a higher elevation of that building but in clear sight. Also I don’t know how to interpret any of that data. I’ll try and post a link of the video from airdata. Sorry for not separating paragraphs and sounding childish. I’m just a noob who wanted to enjoy his drone and was screwed. The drone should return home regardless of signal loss. It can’t be anticipated.

Where you took off from is irrelevant. You flew dangerously and illegally. And the aircraft tried to return home and would have returned home if you hadn't continued to mess with controls that you clearly don't understand. At least it did the next best thing - it landed somewhat under control rather than falling from a great height - which would have been the outcome had you continued that flight without FC intervention.

 

[OurAngryBadger]

Wow you’re right then!! Because I continued hitting return home when losing connection and the battery running low, however it just wouldn’t. So maybe I canceled it and restarted it a bunch. Thank you for helping me locate it! I was just about to post a comment asking if it’s possible it’s in that tree right there. Because it shows the last elevation it had was around 200 feet. I’m an hour away from that area tho and after all that time looking already I felt like it was either on a rooftop or stolen. It’s been essentially 3 days since this happened and every second that passes is a lower percentage chance I’ll find it. But if you think it’s in that tree, I’ll drive there now. On the dji go app i just saw an option for the drone to flash and make noise! So I’d be more likely to find it

I don't think it can flash and make noise if the battery is dead but I might be wrong

 

[new2mavic]

.... I continued hitting return home when losing connection and the battery running low, however it just wouldn’t.....

The drone will autoland when the battery is below some threshold. It will not do RTH anymore. Autoland cannot be cancelled but the drone will still respond to stick inputs. What you should have done is to stop the descent by pushing the throttle fully up and manually fly the drone back to the home point.

 

[sar104]

Well not that flying over 400ft at all is legal, I was a bit worried when it said in the log that he got an airport warning on top of it all. But I checked the location and it seems to be pretty well into class G airspace. Why did it warn him?

Those low ambient light warnings. Was he flying at night too? Or some kind of problem with the vision sensors?

He was flying under a 2500 ft Class B shelf, so uncontrolled. I don't see any airspace warnings - these were the app warnings during the flight - including one warning that the flight was likely illegal due to the height. The other warnings are due to the VPS and OA systems being unable to work at night:

13.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
14.9,OBSTACLE AVOIDED. REVISE FLIGHT ROUTE
32.2,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
58.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
121.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARDOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
222.5,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
223.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
258.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
261.9,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
265.1,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
268.4,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
269.5,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
342.5,FLIGHT ALTITUDE EXCEEDS 120 M. MAY VIOLATE LOCAL POLICIES AND REGULATIONS. ENSURE YOU HAVE OBTAINED PROPER AIRSPACE AUTHORIZATION
362.7,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
364.9,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
408.1,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
416.8,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
438.8,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, BACKWARDOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
443.1,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
446.3,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
455.9,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
466.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
479.2,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
480.3,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
531.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
541.5,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
558.7,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
572.8,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
594.5,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
595.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
602.2,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
639.2,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
641.4,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
644.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
674.4,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
1001.9,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
1003.0,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
1006.3,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
1007.3,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
1240.8,CRITICALLY LOW POWER. AIRCRAFT LANDING

 

[asage]

Heres a screenshot of the map and exactly what the drone did.

Yeah I saw that too. Does that look normal at all?

 

[OurAngryBadger]

He was flying under a 2500 ft Class B shelf, so uncontrolled. I don't see any airspace warnings - these were the app warnings during the flight - including one warning that the flight was likely illegal due to the height. The other warnings are due to the VPS and OA systems being unable to work at night:

13.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
14.9,OBSTACLE AVOIDED. REVISE FLIGHT ROUTE
32.2,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
58.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
121.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARDOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
222.5,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
223.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
258.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
261.9,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
265.1,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
268.4,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
269.5,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
342.5,FLIGHT ALTITUDE EXCEEDS 120 M. MAY VIOLATE LOCAL POLICIES AND REGULATIONS. ENSURE YOU HAVE OBTAINED PROPER AIRSPACE AUTHORIZATION
362.7,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
364.9,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
408.1,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
416.8,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
438.8,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, BACKWARDOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
443.1,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
446.3,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
455.9,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
466.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
479.2,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
480.3,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
531.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
541.5,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
558.7,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
572.8,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
594.5,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
595.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
602.2,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
639.2,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
641.4,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/BACKWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
644.6,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
674.4,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
1001.9,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
1003.0,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
1006.3,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, FORWARD/VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
1007.3,AMBIENT LIGHT TOO WEAK, VISION POSITIONINGOBSTACLE SENSING IS UNAVAILABLE.ϼPLEASE ENSURE SAFETY DURING THE FLIGHT
1240.8,CRITICALLY LOW POWER. AIRCRAFT LANDING

This is what it says before he took off.

Your aircraft has entered a Warning Zone (Airport). Please fly with caution.

Maybe I'm reading it wrong?

 

[sar104]

This is what it says before he took off.



Maybe I'm reading it wrong?

Oh right - that's just a DJI Geo warning zone for some kind of heliport - not anything of regulatory significance.

 

[asage]

I have checked the second half of the flight on the player of PhantomHelp but I could not see any of the mentioned problems.

View it on airdata.com and watch the video. It’s where I got the information in my original post from that’s copied and pasted. So either the drone was flying backwards (which the warning kept saying rear camera not functioning or what ever) or the drone thought it was facing the opposite direction meaning its gps was off. Same thing happened to Don Joyce and posted an excellent video on YouTube explaining what happened using the same website.

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[OurAngryBadger]

Oh right - that's just a DJI Geo warning zone for some kind of heliport - not anything of regulatory significance.

View attachment 96254

OK thanks, that solves the mystery. On airmap it only shows small red circles for those heliports, far from where he was flying. Didn't occur to me to check the DJI geofencing map as well.

Do the log say he was flying at night time? I'm still wondering why so many low light warnings or if it's a faulty vision sensor.