So I showed just how green I was yesterday - in the midst of showing family and friends how stable and smooth the Mavic can fly, I took off in the living room of my wife's Uncle's house. Oh yeah everyone was impressed with how freakishly and creepily stable the MP can fly in tripod mode through the tight interior quarters of a house. THEN - my greenhorn pilot status showed brightly through my newbie self when I said "I'll return to to home" and then we can take it outside and kick it into Sport mode. Most all MP and even DJI Drone Pilots alike are now saying in there heads 1 of two things (maybe 3).
1) why would you do return to home indoors
2) I hope your auto return height is set to 6 ft
3) your wife's uncle better have 35 ft ceilings
So yeah - I had a very ignorant and reckless moment
The MP began a accent that began a interior ping pong scene starting with a rotor kissing the lamp cover of the ceiling fan, then off kilter towards the wall, violently slanting up and unstable to the ceiling and bouncing back to the couch where it then moved back to an uncontrolled sideways jaunt to the wall again, then back to the ceiling before resting on the floor.
I was horrified to say the least with racing thoughts of "I killed her" - "what have I done" - " why did I freeze and not grab it before it hit the ceiling" - "why didn't I CANCEL RETURN TO HOME" - "WHY DIDN'T I PRESS DOWN". So many thoughts, many with entirely better options than what happened.
I was certain the I killed my "Spectre Funship" (<-- my MP's device name)
Luckily... no damage whatsoever, at least that I can tell this far. Only some paint scuff in one or two of the propeller blades. From all the horror stories I read, I count myself entirely fortunate that I came out of such a mental lapse and reckless nightmare with no problems, damage or issues.
Went outside afterwards and flew in sport mode and then did a Hangar 360 shot of the neighborhood.
Everything checked out fine and all is well.
Needless to say, I am grateful for the experience because I'm way more attentive and responsible with my flight and control now - we learn from our mistakes and I was very lucky.
1) why would you do return to home indoors
2) I hope your auto return height is set to 6 ft
3) your wife's uncle better have 35 ft ceilings
So yeah - I had a very ignorant and reckless moment
The MP began a accent that began a interior ping pong scene starting with a rotor kissing the lamp cover of the ceiling fan, then off kilter towards the wall, violently slanting up and unstable to the ceiling and bouncing back to the couch where it then moved back to an uncontrolled sideways jaunt to the wall again, then back to the ceiling before resting on the floor.
I was horrified to say the least with racing thoughts of "I killed her" - "what have I done" - " why did I freeze and not grab it before it hit the ceiling" - "why didn't I CANCEL RETURN TO HOME" - "WHY DIDN'T I PRESS DOWN". So many thoughts, many with entirely better options than what happened.
I was certain the I killed my "Spectre Funship" (<-- my MP's device name)
Luckily... no damage whatsoever, at least that I can tell this far. Only some paint scuff in one or two of the propeller blades. From all the horror stories I read, I count myself entirely fortunate that I came out of such a mental lapse and reckless nightmare with no problems, damage or issues.
Went outside afterwards and flew in sport mode and then did a Hangar 360 shot of the neighborhood.
Everything checked out fine and all is well.
Needless to say, I am grateful for the experience because I'm way more attentive and responsible with my flight and control now - we learn from our mistakes and I was very lucky.
