Recent content by The_Chadd

Hey all. Quote back from DJI. AUD$300. Pretty happy with that. Thanks for all your input.

Thanks. Let's hope so. Agreed... and I have hammered that fact home to the owners.. never a better time for an "I told you so!!!" ;-)

Thanks for the reply @Goof I don't think it was the RTH AutoLand. It took off in the opposite direction to the Home Point.I Although, it did seem to maintain the correct (nearly) RTH alt of 20m (clearly not set properly by operator for the surrounding obstacles). Nevertheless, it was still...

Incase it helps.... Airdata UAV - Flight Data Analysis for Drones

Hi All, Just having a look at the flight logs. What does the green and yellow flight path mean? The bottom left white dot is where it set the home point. The bottom right white dot is warning "Cache space full" The top red dot is battery warning "sufficient battery to return to home. RTH...

Hi all, So I finally got my hands on the drone. It's definitely worse than first expected. Gimbal snapped, wires stripped, top and bottom case smashed on one arm. Seen the footage and it seems to have uncontrollably flown directly backwards out of users control then hitting a tree 20ish mtrs...

Good advice, thanks. Although, i wont get a chance to get my hands on it as I found out this morning that they have sent it off to DJI Australia for investigation/quotes. I'll update with more info for those interested after I get the details. Thanks

Ha... Yeah, I'm pretty sure it came off a hell of a lot better...!! :) edit: fixed quote

Agreed. I don't know the exact conditions of the crash, and as I said, haven't got my hands on the unit so can give more info unfortunately. I imagine the gimbal and camera issues would become very evident fairly quickly should there be any?

Hey folks, I'm hoping that those more i the know that me might be able to weigh in. A friend crashed her P4 over the weekend and when shown to a 'repair agent' they hissed and pretty much told her 'looks like a write off'. I've not seen the P4 in the flesh yet but have seen some photos and it...