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Hi,
I have a Mavic Air for almost 16 months. Last week I have experienced an abnormal behavior for the first time.
I was flying at about 130 feet high with little to no wind condition, good satellite and remote control signals. I was in the field side of the city with no wifi noise. I was taking some pictures and then decided to return home pressing the RTH button in the remote. The RTH altitude was set to 164 feet so I was expecting that the aircraft would climb to the desired altitude and return straight home. That was not what happened.
Right after pressing RTH the aircraft started to drift sideways and the camera view indicated that it was tilting aggressively. Than I've lost direct line of sight when a Mountain became between me and the A/C. For around 20 seconds I've lost control and video feedback.
After the blackout the video was live again while it was returning home. Another strange thing is that despite the log replay indicates that it returned home facing straight forward, it actually returned sideways.
After landing I've inspected the entire device and there was no signals of bird strike nor mechanical failure. Unfortunately It was not recording during the event.
I kindly ask for help to try to understand what may have happened.
I have a Mavic Air for almost 16 months. Last week I have experienced an abnormal behavior for the first time.
I was flying at about 130 feet high with little to no wind condition, good satellite and remote control signals. I was in the field side of the city with no wifi noise. I was taking some pictures and then decided to return home pressing the RTH button in the remote. The RTH altitude was set to 164 feet so I was expecting that the aircraft would climb to the desired altitude and return straight home. That was not what happened.
Right after pressing RTH the aircraft started to drift sideways and the camera view indicated that it was tilting aggressively. Than I've lost direct line of sight when a Mountain became between me and the A/C. For around 20 seconds I've lost control and video feedback.
After the blackout the video was live again while it was returning home. Another strange thing is that despite the log replay indicates that it returned home facing straight forward, it actually returned sideways.
After landing I've inspected the entire device and there was no signals of bird strike nor mechanical failure. Unfortunately It was not recording during the event.
I kindly ask for help to try to understand what may have happened.
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