Recent content by Derrick W

Correct. Other than these 2 failures, every other issue we've had is something we were aware of because we're pretty good about pre flight and post flight inspections. We had no indication that something was failing or about to fail on these 2.

Thank you for the summary, Bud. Consistent with the limited info I could view in the Tlog and the pilot's report from the incident. I wish there was a more apparent indicator, like excessive vibration or heat from one of the motors.

I could easily put together a list of criticisms (and compliments) of Drone Deploy, but I really don't see a way to blame them for this specific issue. I have a very strong feeling that these were physical/mechanical issues that happened during a time in the flight where a lot of rapid torque...

Good Morning, I use Phantom 4 Pros for work, along with 7 coworkers, and we've had or currently have about 15 total. Most of the P4p that have been taken out of service are due to stress cracks, but we've had 2 fall out of the sky in the last 3 months that happened at almost the exact same...

Griter, did you use surveyed control points during processing? I've been flying full-time for an engineering/surveying firm for about 3 years now and the issues you're having aren't related to your takeoff/landing location.