My Mavic Screwed up and crashed today - with video

[Downunder]

Well that was exciting

I nearly lost Mr Mavic this afternoon

I only realised when I reviewed the footage how close I was to having the first controller up for sale on eBay

Here's the video of the crash and the recovery.

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[Mahoosiv]

May I ask - was this in RTH mode and what was that height set at?
I'm not critiquing - just asking.

 

[Kilrah]

08m 09s 3.4 m 906 m Warning Weak Signal. Avoid being blocked or adjust the antenna direction.

Were you really only 3m high, nearly 1km away (not really 200m as stated in the video description...), with a forest inbetween??
It's a miracle you still had a connection by then.

Always make sure of your RTH height - especially if you're trying things that shouldn't even be possible!

When you get a signal warning at the edge of loss of LOS the best thing to do isn't really to go hide behind a thicker bit of forest...

 

[Anthony]

I Really don't think the Mavic Screwed up here ...... I think you need to change the title .....

I would say the Mavic did a fantastic job of recovering from a low level flight that was way to low ...

 

[Wacker2611]

It's beyond belief how you can blame the quad for that monumental **** up!


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[Otyebis]

Weak signal at 3,000 foot distance and 11 foot altitude behind trees. Return to home initiated with a RTH altitude of 30M. Collision with tree branch higher than 30M and too small to detect with forward sensors.

Looks like a standard PEWPHC error. (Problem Exists With Person Holding Controller) ;-)

 

[MavicMinh]

You screwed up,not the drone sire

 

[Random155]

I don't see anywhere, where he blamed this on the drone... am I missing something?

 

[Random155]

Disregard... it's in the title

 

[CAPTAINDRONE]

I don't see anywhere, where he blamed this on the drone... am I missing something?

Video & Thread Title: "MY MAVIC PRO JUST SCREWED UP AND CRASHED"

 

[Mattman]

So...you crashed it into a tree and you only realized it hit a tree after the flight during your review of the footage? Were you asleep or something?

 

[Kilrah]

No, if you had actually looked you'd have seen he had no link the whole time since before it even went close to the forest.

 

[rabidhyena]

That's amazing how it recovered. a phantom would have been on the floor after that right?

 

[mattmjm]

How. Why. What?? So many questions. Please do the community a favor and ground your craft and thoroughly educate yourself before flying again!

 

[Anthony Viscomi]

That's amazing how it recovered. a phantom would have been on the floor after that right?

I was thinking the same thing when I watched the video. My P4 would have been toast.

 

[damaltor]

Amazed it didn't clip a couple more trees after the initial crash, some still looked to be pretty close.
Appears the gimbal got a little banged up too.

 

[erkme73]

Stop what you're doing right now. Get In your car. Go to your closest convenience store and buy a lottery ticket.

 

[grizzard]

Narcissists are notorious for placing blame on other people and not on themselves. Even when they clearly and definitely did something wrong. This is a self-inflicted wound. A better title might be; "How I screwed up and almost lost the love of my life."

 

[J3ffrey]

I can't believe this thing can recover from flying into trees... none of my drones have ever been able to recover after an event like that.

 

[erkme73]

I can't believe this thing can recover from flying into trees... none of my drones have ever been able to recover after an event like that.

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