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I suppose it was inevitable.
Went out in my garden today and lost concentration for one second. The Phantom was over my neighbour's garden and he has HUGE leylandii trees - maybe sixty feet plus. I thought I was higher than them, but evidently I misjudged it.
I heard the Phantom "buzz" against one of them, and then lost contact. I hurried around and asked him if I could mount a search, and he helped me out also.
Couldn't see it anywhere in the trees (there were two candidate trees for the impact).
I searched all around the garden also, and in the surrounding fields.
What I was wondering is, assuming the battery pack didn't pop out on impact, should the Phantom lights still be flashing? The tree canopy is really, really dense, but I would have thought I should be able to see the flashing lights. The battery was at about 80% when I lost it.
Also - it would be super-helpful if the Phantom beeped every few minutes if it suffers an emergency stop. That would make it easier to locate.
The frustrating thing is that if I actually knew where it was I suspect it had a very "soft" landing. It might not be too damaged.
So now it's my turn to go through the 5 Stages of Grief.
I'm past Denial...pretty much into Bargaining now.
Went out in my garden today and lost concentration for one second. The Phantom was over my neighbour's garden and he has HUGE leylandii trees - maybe sixty feet plus. I thought I was higher than them, but evidently I misjudged it.
I heard the Phantom "buzz" against one of them, and then lost contact. I hurried around and asked him if I could mount a search, and he helped me out also.
Couldn't see it anywhere in the trees (there were two candidate trees for the impact).
I searched all around the garden also, and in the surrounding fields.
What I was wondering is, assuming the battery pack didn't pop out on impact, should the Phantom lights still be flashing? The tree canopy is really, really dense, but I would have thought I should be able to see the flashing lights. The battery was at about 80% when I lost it.
Also - it would be super-helpful if the Phantom beeped every few minutes if it suffers an emergency stop. That would make it easier to locate.
The frustrating thing is that if I actually knew where it was I suspect it had a very "soft" landing. It might not be too damaged.
So now it's my turn to go through the 5 Stages of Grief.
I'm past Denial...pretty much into Bargaining now.