Hey there you lot. Question. . . . . . I know I messed up and I am no nooby having had 3 drones for 5 years now. But I was distracted and flew out with the wind, then lost contact when I couldnt get my mini back. The story ends well but bear with me.
I started just very low and local but needed a different perspective hence the distraction. The main issue was while I had boo booed I resigned myself to the inevitable forced landing somewhere in the vacinity so jumped in the car to get closer. I was getting a verbal warning of battery critical " Landing Landing Landing" etc but when I got to the last known siting my screen (samsung S6) lost all GPS and internet Connection. I then called on the "Find My Drone" button to start bleeping, sadly that turns out to be a duffer because to actually hear anything you pretty much have to be within arms reach anyway. Then, out of the blue, I picked up the camera view which showed it near a road, and soon when a cyclist rode by I was able to see the cyclist myself and track down the Mini. Safe and sound without a scratch. Amazingly it had landed on the very end of a wall next to a telegraph pole just inches from the main cable supporting the pole. Phew dont ask me how. I am attaching photo and Flight log in the hope that anyone may be able to understand how I lost contact and interweb thingy. Also maybe advise on what works for them.
I started just very low and local but needed a different perspective hence the distraction. The main issue was while I had boo booed I resigned myself to the inevitable forced landing somewhere in the vacinity so jumped in the car to get closer. I was getting a verbal warning of battery critical " Landing Landing Landing" etc but when I got to the last known siting my screen (samsung S6) lost all GPS and internet Connection. I then called on the "Find My Drone" button to start bleeping, sadly that turns out to be a duffer because to actually hear anything you pretty much have to be within arms reach anyway. Then, out of the blue, I picked up the camera view which showed it near a road, and soon when a cyclist rode by I was able to see the cyclist myself and track down the Mini. Safe and sound without a scratch. Amazingly it had landed on the very end of a wall next to a telegraph pole just inches from the main cable supporting the pole. Phew dont ask me how. I am attaching photo and Flight log in the hope that anyone may be able to understand how I lost contact and interweb thingy. Also maybe advise on what works for them.