I was taking the MP for a second flight to film the snowfall this morning and had a crash at takeoff. I was hand launching it about 10 feet from our house (which I do all the time) and as I started the props and let go of the drone it took off quite fast to the side and crashed into the side of the house. It hit hard enough to make a couple holes in the vinyl siding and even made a small hole in the aluminum downspout. Folded both of the front arms back against the body and shredded 3 of the props.
It looked like everything else was good, but on a more thorough inspection it seems like it messed up the gimbal. Visually it looks fine, but on the phone it shows a gimbal overload error and there is no video feed. It also doesn't go through the "gimbal dance" on startup.
So my questions are:
#1 What would have caused it to fly into the side of the house on its own? It wasn't wind since there wasn't much wind and it definitely was not moving that fast. It wasn't accidentally moving the sticks because I only had my hand on the left stick and the other one was holding the drone. I can't imagine it was compass interference because I've taken off from this spot dozens of times with no issues, and I had actually flown from there about an hour earlier. The only thing I can think of is that it was in VISION mode (hadn't gotten GPS yet) but I take off in Vision mode all the time without any problems. Could the snow have been messing something up?
#2 What is going on with the gimbal? Is it the ribbon cable or possibly something else?
Thanks everyone!
It looked like everything else was good, but on a more thorough inspection it seems like it messed up the gimbal. Visually it looks fine, but on the phone it shows a gimbal overload error and there is no video feed. It also doesn't go through the "gimbal dance" on startup.
So my questions are:
#1 What would have caused it to fly into the side of the house on its own? It wasn't wind since there wasn't much wind and it definitely was not moving that fast. It wasn't accidentally moving the sticks because I only had my hand on the left stick and the other one was holding the drone. I can't imagine it was compass interference because I've taken off from this spot dozens of times with no issues, and I had actually flown from there about an hour earlier. The only thing I can think of is that it was in VISION mode (hadn't gotten GPS yet) but I take off in Vision mode all the time without any problems. Could the snow have been messing something up?
#2 What is going on with the gimbal? Is it the ribbon cable or possibly something else?
Thanks everyone!