Recent content by gerbe

I got my drone back. Pilot error for sure. It was 2 doors down in the back yard. I **** you not, my phone turned off with 55% battery. Early on. Maybe the 40-50 second mark. As indicated by previous posts. I was planning in scoping the hill to the left. After i lost the phone, I figured I...

So an update.

ian, Thanks for responding, The home point was set a few feet from my front porch. I checked my roof and my neighbors roof. G

Thanks Sar, There is a grass strip about a mile from my location. It is used only sometimes in the spring

I sent a lost drone post to my local FB community AND stated it was near an elementary school . I bet by morning someone will accuse me of aerial molesting their kid.

Maybe it RTH to that guy's red dot after I lost coms. It's not there FWIW

Is it possible its on the second guy's roof?

Good idea. Done. Is $200 appropriate?

The total power loss makes the most sense. I was in a rush to get it in the sky. Maybe i didn't put the battery in all the way. If a sledding teenager picked it up and took it home as a trophy, I have very little recourse. Correct?

You know, I was thinking that too. When the phone rebooted, I attempted to raise it up and steer it back home. I never heard it or saw it. If you cant find humor in things, what is the point of life.

I am a terrible pilot. I will say, that I am very appreciative of this group. Long time lurker Same data as the log. I'll bet a a kid picked it up. In which case it's gone. Thank you all so much. This group has been incredibly helpful from research before buying 2+ years ago to battery...

If a kid grabbed it, there is nothing he can do with it except look at my memory card, correct?

It didn't come home, so it must have turned into a flying rock. I started to loose signal as i was approaching that row of pines to the south. I was at least 30' above them. I would have instinctively yanked the stick back at signal loss, maybe dislodging the battery. Maybe it fell out of the...

There probably were teenaged kids in the area. Maybe one of them snagged it before I got there.

There is a bit of snow on the ground in the vicinity.(doesn't help with finding a white drone). I was actually scouting a sledding location before dragging the kids out of the house. Do you think it would have dropped like a rock, or tried to land based on the data?