It’s a sad, sad day when you lose your drone. You leave the 99 to go after the one that’s lost and when you cannot find it you grieve.
In anticipation of spring I decided to fly tonight because it was so calm out. The sun was nice this evening and it was all good. The drone flew high and the drone flew low and flew graciously for miles. It could almost imagine the spring sun warming my face as I looked up into the sky!
Oh, but then tragedy struck. The dark clouds flew over and it began to rain on my drone parade (figuratively, of course) as I flew nearing a couple of rows of high tension power lines. The drone started going crazy!
Immediately, the drone started twisting (horizon distinctly tilted) to one side and came up in the DJI Go4 app that there was too much attitude. I’m sure it must have been writhing in pain, as it looked to me. It gave an error that there was too much wind. Funny, because it was completely calm even up higher as we have windmills that start turning at 6-7 mph. Then it gave an error the motor was beyond maximum speed. I told it to "Return to Home".
After that the screen said it was losing signal and everything went black (blank).
I’m sure it was crying out in pain as I wasn’t there to comfort it. I directly went to where the picture showed last on the screen. I got the coordinates and put them in my phone along with the DJI Go4 app and went right to it but it wasn't there. I scoured the cornfield where it said it had fallen, as much as possible I could, looked for the body lying cold and dead. I went back and forth, going up and down the rows in a large area but it was not to be found.
Visually I did not see it fall or fly as I had a some fields and trees in between. What I do know is it’s a sad day.
In anticipation of spring I decided to fly tonight because it was so calm out. The sun was nice this evening and it was all good. The drone flew high and the drone flew low and flew graciously for miles. It could almost imagine the spring sun warming my face as I looked up into the sky!
Oh, but then tragedy struck. The dark clouds flew over and it began to rain on my drone parade (figuratively, of course) as I flew nearing a couple of rows of high tension power lines. The drone started going crazy!
Immediately, the drone started twisting (horizon distinctly tilted) to one side and came up in the DJI Go4 app that there was too much attitude. I’m sure it must have been writhing in pain, as it looked to me. It gave an error that there was too much wind. Funny, because it was completely calm even up higher as we have windmills that start turning at 6-7 mph. Then it gave an error the motor was beyond maximum speed. I told it to "Return to Home".
After that the screen said it was losing signal and everything went black (blank).
I’m sure it was crying out in pain as I wasn’t there to comfort it. I directly went to where the picture showed last on the screen. I got the coordinates and put them in my phone along with the DJI Go4 app and went right to it but it wasn't there. I scoured the cornfield where it said it had fallen, as much as possible I could, looked for the body lying cold and dead. I went back and forth, going up and down the rows in a large area but it was not to be found.
Visually I did not see it fall or fly as I had a some fields and trees in between. What I do know is it’s a sad day.