Almost had a crash with a bone headed move

[ccase39]

When I am in ground station I always climb to 150 feet or so to start off just to be on the safe side. I dont like to watch it gradually gain altitude to the next waypoint. I was bringing it up to set a flight plan and guess I got distracted. I started plotting my course and got the altitude where I wanted it and hit GO. I looked up and realized I was only about 30 or so feet up and watched in horror as my bird flew straight toward some power lines. I didnt even have time to react and flip the S1 switch. I missed it by about a foot. Word to the wise, always double check lol. As soon as you get comforatable its easy to make a dumb mistake that can be costly.

 

[Forts]

I had this exact issue yesterday, except I clipped a tree as the bird was climbing to the first waypoint. I watched in horror as it tumbled from the sky and out of sight behind a house. After trudging along thru the snow I found it in a yard half buried in the snow. Thankfully the only damage was some broken props... Looks like the fluff that it came down in did me a big favor. I made sure everything was dry inside, slapped on some new props and was back in the air. Got lucky with that one!!

 

[Badger55]

Just loop it around the line like I did in my bonehead move :shock:

http://youtu.be/yvhYEMOC9JA

 

[Suwaneeguy]

that's why I set waypoint 1 close to home. then at launch, it heads there and then rises to altitude.

 

[jcknows0]

I am sure the weather is impacting everyone's judgement although it did save me during my first fall with a soft 50 crash gimbal side up. A lot of drying off and some canned air flew just find all day Friday and Saturday.

 

[750r]

Just loop it around the line like I did in my bonehead move :shock:

http://youtu.be/yvhYEMOC9JA

And they say you can't do flips in GPS :lol:
That worked out good .

 

[msinger]

that's why I set waypoint 1 close to home. then at launch, it heads there and then rises to altitude.

Or, you can do what the OP did -- and, climb to the desired altitude before starting the mission.

 

[ccase39]

that's why I set waypoint 1 close to home. then at launch, it heads there and then rises to altitude.

Or, you can do what the OP did -- and, climb to the desired altitude before starting the mission.

Yea that is what I always do. Ill bring it up to about 150 or whatever altitude is safe based on my surroundings and start there. This one time I just wasn't paying attention and didn't realize I hadn't brought it up as high as I normally do.