Is it possible that it might be a mechanical issue? After 207 flights maybe the motor bearings are worn and one of them was intermittently binding up causing the bird to spin. Then it progressed to the point of a crash?
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I haven't specifically looked, but there likely is info in the flight logs in the P3. An ESC error would be pretty worthless in the app. It would only be telling you to be prepared to measure pucker factor as the bird is falling.With a quadcopter...unfortunately it only takes one ESC or motor to fail and the thing is a ROCK....to my knowledge there is no ESC or motor data I the flight logs or app warnings
given that the P3 is capable of flying several miles, one way, you would need to be at least four or five miles or more out of town in order to avoid the chance of flying over a neighborhood (think fly away)...You just expressed the perfect reason for "not" flying over neighborhoods.................
"Thankfully it slammed into the neighbors yard... and not their kids or house....."
I've been a vocal opponent of flying in "the neighborhood" since day one here. I don't get it. At all.
And sorry about your bird.
Exactly.given that the P3 is capable of flying several miles, one way, you would need to be at least four or five miles or more out of town in order to avoid the chance of flying over a neighborhood............
****! Wish I lived in your world! Ditch a P3, then go buy an Inspire!!I had a loss the other day. Lost RC signal and didn't have my eye on the bird but on the screen.....never saw again!
No RTH, did the usual pre flight checks but did not check the fail safe, so not sure. I thought it was on RTH on loss of signal....no cache...
Anyhow immediate and final....
Luckily (well sorta) I was over the ocean.....
Me speculating it was battery...but who knows?
So I am moving on to an Inspire but gotta sell my RC and stuff....just added the HDMI board as well....
Ok move on.....
Same here
I haven't specifically looked, but there likely is info in the flight logs in the P3. An ESC error would be pretty worthless in the app. It would only be telling you to be prepared to measure pucker factor as the bird is falling.
That data would only be in the logs IN the P3.. and if there was an issue, you would be picking up the pieces! Its like a light bulb.. when its quits its all over!If there is such info, I am surprised it is not part of the available data we have seen thus far...on healthy drones as an example, but there certainly no doubt that ESC and motor issues could be reported with the right monitoring system, the data could then be used to predict failure and in that respect far from useless.
That data would only be in the logs IN the P3.. and if there was an issue, you would be picking up the pieces! Its like a light bulb.. when its quits its all over!