Taken by the Wind... Bye Bye Mavic

[McMavic]

Derp.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1904385733139416

 

[dorubrad]

So sad..

There is almost 0 wind - notice the flag in the background, so the rEaction of the mavic is VERY strange from my point of view.

 

[GooniesNeverDie]

That's not wind. That's a prop that's not on all the way.

 

[Advexure]

Prop installed incorrectly or compass interference...I would imagine that deck is all metal underneath it's covering.

Guy shouldn't have moved or he could have probably take a hit and saved Mr. Mavic

 

[Lopez0015]

Look the boat is moving.. fast and turning, mavic wasn't going to just hover

 

[YngveN]

Look the boat is moving.. fast and turning, mavic wasn't going to just hover

You might have a point. So maybe if he had given full throttle up in sport mode and cleared the railing, he could have been ok.

 

[DomoDan]

I'd bet it was a combination of moving boat, screwed up compass from metal boat and incorrectly installed or stuck prop.

Either way, that was ugly. That sucks. Sorry man!

 

[mattleech]

Would this be covered by Care Refresh?

I lost mine a couple of months ago due to what I believed was high winds. I was pushing full throttle in my own direction for the entire time it drifted away. By the time I lost signal it was two miles away. DJI said flatly that a lost drone was not covered. Just wondering whether this would apply if the problem wasn't wind at all, and was a prop or other fault. Would I be able to find this out from the logs?

Oops! Sorry for hijacking the thread

 

[Stach]

Wow, shortest flight ever. You probably used auto-launch, but I never do that as I like to let it idle for a few seconds so I can look and listen to it, to make sure everything sounds ok, before takeoff. I agree, it's not wind, that bird was doomed from the very first split-second that it lifted away from the ground.

 

[Doyleh13]

She was lost because of sheer stupidity. I bet the guy didn't read one single word of the manual.

 

[DrVonSinistro]

Wanted so much to say its a clone but after watching it many time the sound is just too mavic not to be a mavic. Our Mavic's have a very unique sound.

 

[Robbyg]

Look the boat is moving.. fast and turning, mavic wasn't going to just hover

Brilliant observation!
I did not pick up the boat moving and all the ramifications that go with that. This is actually a very good video to demonstrate how a problem that may not seem obvious can cause a disaster.

If the boat had been going in another direction the Mavic could have plowed into people. A fast take off as pointed out was the solution.

Rob

 

[Michael Ainsworth]

Should have done a hand launch but then again it looks like no GPS or maybe compass lock.

 

[Lopez0015]

Hey of y'all look at the video and stoped at moment of lift , I see one of rear propeller is unfolded..

 

[Lopez0015]

Hey of y'all look at the video and stoped at moment of lift , I see one of rear propeller is unfolded..

00:01

 

[Michael Ainsworth]

The whole operation was sloppy, the only good thing was the video.
If it hadn't crashed then it was only a matter of time before he lost it somewhere else on the trip.
Still think no GPS lock and Compass errors.

 

[DomoDan]

Hey of y'all look at the video and stoped at moment of lift , I see one of rear propeller is unfolded..

Yeah, it looks like the propellers were stuck together and unable to open up or something...

 

[ldcam21]

That's not wind , user error [emoji85]

 

[bucefalo]

guys.. that's basically what happened to Mr when I had the "brilliant" idea to take off from a metal hutch... everything was normal I took off and few seconds later Mavic acted just like that.. I was lucky though cause I went all the way up and few seconds later when Mavic got crazy I did not hit anything cause I was in a empty area..
have a look:
this is what happened to me.. be CAREFUL

 

[Lapeer20m]

Hey of y'all look at the video and stoped at moment of lift , I see one of rear propeller is unfolded..

I think this may be the cause of the crash....