Just sharing the close call I had 5 days ago with my MA2.
Our area has a lot of wires slung across the street between lamp posts and about 15 ft in height. A prefect set up for a drone disaster if one is not careful. I learned that wires are evil when I previously crashed a cheap practice drone two years ago on such a wire and it fell to the ground, broke its arm and some lights.
On this occasion, I did an active track (trace) of my MTB ride and set the drone altitude to about 10 ft. The MA2 performed flawlessly, followed me through all the bends and turns and consistently zipped past below these evil wires. The obstacle avoidance also detected the lamp posts on the side as well as the leaves of trees that extended to the streets.
Unfortunately, near the tail end of my ride, I closed the active track function and I was flying the MA2 towards me when the drone ran smack into an evil wire. The obstacle avoidance sensor did not detect the wire. But it was really my fault for missing that wire and I should have flown the MA2 higher.
One of the props got caught in the wire and a motor unable to rotate message appeared on the Fly App (see picture). You could imagine the horror in my face at this time.
Luckily, I was able to disentangle the MA2 using the controls and when it was free, it did dip a little but then regained its bearings and hovered steadily. I then continued to do an active track for another 2km.
I inspected the drone after my ride and it has no scratches, nicks, or any other kind of damage.
A close call indeed. MA 2 is tough and made it through this incident unscathed
Our area has a lot of wires slung across the street between lamp posts and about 15 ft in height. A prefect set up for a drone disaster if one is not careful. I learned that wires are evil when I previously crashed a cheap practice drone two years ago on such a wire and it fell to the ground, broke its arm and some lights.
On this occasion, I did an active track (trace) of my MTB ride and set the drone altitude to about 10 ft. The MA2 performed flawlessly, followed me through all the bends and turns and consistently zipped past below these evil wires. The obstacle avoidance also detected the lamp posts on the side as well as the leaves of trees that extended to the streets.
Unfortunately, near the tail end of my ride, I closed the active track function and I was flying the MA2 towards me when the drone ran smack into an evil wire. The obstacle avoidance sensor did not detect the wire. But it was really my fault for missing that wire and I should have flown the MA2 higher.
One of the props got caught in the wire and a motor unable to rotate message appeared on the Fly App (see picture). You could imagine the horror in my face at this time.
Luckily, I was able to disentangle the MA2 using the controls and when it was free, it did dip a little but then regained its bearings and hovered steadily. I then continued to do an active track for another 2km.
I inspected the drone after my ride and it has no scratches, nicks, or any other kind of damage.
A close call indeed. MA 2 is tough and made it through this incident unscathed
