I do not want to post where I live. i looked at the uploaded file and I do not see anything out of the ordinary other than a low number of satellites locked on during and right after take-off. Anything else to look for? thanks!
Scary experience tonight, Lesson learned?
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Yes ... plenty, but it's not so simple that it can be explained in a few words, or that you'd notice without flight data analysis experience.
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I had the exact same experience 2 years ago with my Inspire 2, but wasn’t as fortunate as you, drone slammed itself into the house and fell 7 feet into concrete. I’d flown from the same location lots of times with various drones, I live in the forest so I know there was no interference from anything. Drone took off, went up and hovered then flew off into the side off the house nearly hitting me in the head on the way. Drone was 5 moths old had 11 hours on it and DJI refused to fix it under warranty, and wouldn’t even look at the flight log. It was a fly away in progress and it happens to any model drone DJI makes.
Be carful it can happen with no warning at all.
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Check your joystick positions on the flight log, unless I missed my guess the lg with show what appears to be a joystick stuck on a certain percentage, it flew itself into that tree at a constant speed with no joystick input from you, if the log doesn’t show this then your malfunction was different then mine.
Your description sounds like a classic yaw error incident.
Interference won't ever cause your drone to fly off like that.
You can still have the flight data looked at to confirm the cause and possibly learn from the incident and how to prevent similar from happening again.
I am happy to post a beautiful image shot at night over the city lake.
I learned that bypass is unstable under certain circumstances. you can take that info or leave it, it's up to you. Also there was the issue of low light. But taking off from said balcony with brake off on C mode is very reliable. There are other users reporting strange behavior with the all directional sensory system of the MA3. This is a system in its infancy and prone to possible catastrophe in certain circumstances. I would just advise other users that if taking off from close quarters to consider turning brakes off until you are clear in the air.
You've guessed that was the issue.
I wouldn't want my doctor or mechanic to work that way.
It's always a better practice to identify the actual cause of the incident rather than making a guess with no evidence to support it.
But hey ... it's your drone at risk, not mine.
You can advise them all you want. Tell people how to fly their drones I am sure whey will listen to you. I have no issues turning off the sensors though and no other issues are showing up on the flight records I am not going to post it to prove that though.
I had someone mention they thought that "stone" or in this case "concrete" cause some issues flying.
Is it rock or stone in general that causes this interference?
I live in the hills of West Virginia on the side of a hill. Our house is sitting on stone, and flying in close proximity to it causes all kind of weird things to happen. I figure I'm surrounded by rock and stone....
It's easy to say that when you have no idea how to read flight data or what to even look for.
Post #11 was correct.
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just to be sure I will spend more time learning how to interpret imbedded flight data in case I missed some info.
Will give you one easy tip that without a doubt will reveal if you had a yaw error due to powering on your drone in close vicinity to something magnetic on that balcony you started your flight from ...
I imagine that you by now have tried to upload your flight log to Phantom Help Log Viewer ... if not, do so.
If you there look at the drone icon ... the red "arrow". If that icon there at take off, points in another direction than your drone actually was pointing ... you had a yaw error & that would have been the reason for your incident.
Below one of my own flights uploaded to PhantomHelp ... The red arrow is pointing in approx a south westerly direction, into the road bend seen there when it was ready for take off ... my drone did that in reality also, so all was OK as my drones IMU info about the pointing direction agreed with reality.
This check you can & should do before every take off ... check your drone icon's pointing direction on the map view in the Fly app instead ... if it agrees with reality all is good, if not ... power down your drone & move to another spot & repeat. And remember ... a yaw error is created when the drone is powered on (not at take off) when the compass is magnetically deflected.
Great post!
It makes you wonder if something could be done through whatever app you are using so Go4 or Fly that asked you to confirm that the direction your drone is facing matches the direction indicated on the map.
It sure would save a lot of incidents from occurring and save quite a few grey hairs from appearing on many a pilot lol.
Just a thought...
thank you for the helpful information. I am sure though the yaw could be off a few degrees and no one would be the wiser and that is because a visual observation of a screenshot would not be highly accurate. However, saying that, at least doing what you are suggesting I am not able to visually detect a discrepancy; and the red arrows are oriented in the expected direction
I also wanted to share a beautiful screenshot taken a couple nights ago. I am a happy recipient of a Mavic 3 wet-suit.
This would be a different thread. I like the wetsuit but I am not sure how it protects the inner electronics since it adheres over the plastic body and of course leaves open the vents. But I did try it out an a very damp evening:
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Could you be a little more specific? Are you talking about electricity or some other substance???
The photo in post #32. Ferromagnetic iron in the steel rebar.
A short explanation of compass function, calibration and errors.
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If you share a log, there's a big checklist of stuff that you can choose to share.
Your location doesn't have to be known.
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