Update,
I retrieved it...
It flew but it was tilted and the gimbal drifted. I didn’t trust it. I sent it in with the DJI Refresh. Paid the $119. Replacement should be here Wednesday. I assume the replacement is a refurbished unit. That’s ok as long as it was QCd.
How I got it back.
Here's the play by play...
I exported the data txt file, thanks to msinger, uploaded it to his site, downloaded a kmz file, imported it into Google Earth, pulled approx. measurements off of the street and other objects to locate the drone in the tree. Went to the site looked around; my wife found it.
Drove to Walmart. Bought what I used to call a wrist rocket (sling shot), two one oz. fishing weights and a spool of 150lb test fishing line. Shot the weights tied to the fishing line @ 45' up over the branch, weights fell down to the ground, then I shook the heck out of the branch, Mavic dropped.
Thanks for your input everyone!
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Yesterday I flew into a tree about 75’ tall that has a ton of leaves. Two other people and me with binoculars never could find it in the tree. I’ll go back in a bit and see if the wind blew it out.
I have DJI Care Refresh. Do I have to physically have the drone in order for DJI to replace it?
Does DJI just sell the drone without the controller etc? I don’t see that on their site.
Thanks for the help!
I retrieved it...
It flew but it was tilted and the gimbal drifted. I didn’t trust it. I sent it in with the DJI Refresh. Paid the $119. Replacement should be here Wednesday. I assume the replacement is a refurbished unit. That’s ok as long as it was QCd.
How I got it back.
Here's the play by play...
I exported the data txt file, thanks to msinger, uploaded it to his site, downloaded a kmz file, imported it into Google Earth, pulled approx. measurements off of the street and other objects to locate the drone in the tree. Went to the site looked around; my wife found it.
Drove to Walmart. Bought what I used to call a wrist rocket (sling shot), two one oz. fishing weights and a spool of 150lb test fishing line. Shot the weights tied to the fishing line @ 45' up over the branch, weights fell down to the ground, then I shook the heck out of the branch, Mavic dropped.
Thanks for your input everyone!
View attachment 75036[/QUOTE]
Yesterday I flew into a tree about 75’ tall that has a ton of leaves. Two other people and me with binoculars never could find it in the tree. I’ll go back in a bit and see if the wind blew it out.
I have DJI Care Refresh. Do I have to physically have the drone in order for DJI to replace it?
Does DJI just sell the drone without the controller etc? I don’t see that on their site.
Thanks for the help!
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