Recent content by mgholson

Hey, I want to thank everyone who has offered well wishes, advice and help. I searched again this morning for a couple hours, I really checked the flight path thoroughly, again no luck. I don't think I will continue looking, and I don't think the drone went down on the flight path. No...

@Meta4 Obviously my post is ample evidence that I'm not the most skilled and aware drone flyer around. I had no idea I had got up to 1000 feet, I was looking the sunrise and just doing a long lazy drifting turn, I was stunned when I saw that I was at 1000 feet, last time I checked it was...

@Nightwolf right, yes there was zero wind on the ground but obviously strong winds over the hills. I searched the field again this morning with a bright light from 5:30 to 6:30 when I had to go to work. No luck. Sadly it rained heavily all day and will rain heavily tonight and tomorrow. I am...

Wow, thanks, thats pretty much where I searched, Most of the green arrow was thick soybeans that would have really hidden the drone. Will try walking that line tommorow.

Yeah it was such a crazy day, there was no wind when I left my house, and when I got in the air around 7AM it was dead still.

Here's the flight log DJI Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com

After almost a year of flying my Phantom 3 Standard I was super confident. I had never crashed it or lost it. Sunday morning I drove to a nearby lake to take some video of the fall colors. It was dead still at the lake at 6:30 AM, no wind at all. I flew the drone up over the trees and our a...