This is my first Drone and my first post and I wanted to start by saying Thank You all for your wisdom and willingness to share it! This would be much more difficult without you!.
I bought an aftermarket Battery and I have the original battery. I have had two costly accidents in my short time both had interesting similarities.
ONE: I was bringing Ester in for a landing she had a 28% charge and was screaming low Battery! As I came over the Garage her motors started running at different speeds it seamed and she became unresponsive. She proceeded to bounce off said garage and thru tree hitting a cable wire and falling to the ground. Ripped off camera and tore apart gimbal an expensive $200 fix! I took a look at flight log and it had low battery warnings along with GPS warnings but several Speed Errors in a row before impact.
TWO: Was flying Ester on a day with some wind gusts within stated tolerance and again she became unresponsive and the wind took her and pushed her into a tree where she got caught at the top 40 to 50 feet off of ground. Had to call A tree guy to get her down with lift $150. Again not cheep! Minimal damage to Ester so I take a look at flight Log and find strong GPS but Interference warnings and again Speed Errors right before Crash. This time I notice Cell one of Battery is yellow off and on thru flight so look back at first crash and they are there to not right at crash time but thru out flight.
Similarities: Loss of control, Motors seam to run at different speeds, Same Aftermarket battery, Speed Errors, Yellow voltage numbers on Cell one, Atti Mode Switched to on her own right before.
I am more then willing to take responsibility for my new causing the accidents. We all learn from our mistakes and I am learning believe me. But the Speed Errors I don’t understand or loss or responsiveness so nothing done on controller had effect and the battery errors on Cell one plus the battery power seams different then stock battery.
Any advice or help sorting this all out and helping determine if it’s me or Battery or Ester has a problem. All of above! And in advance THANK YOU!
I bought an aftermarket Battery and I have the original battery. I have had two costly accidents in my short time both had interesting similarities.
ONE: I was bringing Ester in for a landing she had a 28% charge and was screaming low Battery! As I came over the Garage her motors started running at different speeds it seamed and she became unresponsive. She proceeded to bounce off said garage and thru tree hitting a cable wire and falling to the ground. Ripped off camera and tore apart gimbal an expensive $200 fix! I took a look at flight log and it had low battery warnings along with GPS warnings but several Speed Errors in a row before impact.
TWO: Was flying Ester on a day with some wind gusts within stated tolerance and again she became unresponsive and the wind took her and pushed her into a tree where she got caught at the top 40 to 50 feet off of ground. Had to call A tree guy to get her down with lift $150. Again not cheep! Minimal damage to Ester so I take a look at flight Log and find strong GPS but Interference warnings and again Speed Errors right before Crash. This time I notice Cell one of Battery is yellow off and on thru flight so look back at first crash and they are there to not right at crash time but thru out flight.
Similarities: Loss of control, Motors seam to run at different speeds, Same Aftermarket battery, Speed Errors, Yellow voltage numbers on Cell one, Atti Mode Switched to on her own right before.
I am more then willing to take responsibility for my new causing the accidents. We all learn from our mistakes and I am learning believe me. But the Speed Errors I don’t understand or loss or responsiveness so nothing done on controller had effect and the battery errors on Cell one plus the battery power seams different then stock battery.
Any advice or help sorting this all out and helping determine if it’s me or Battery or Ester has a problem. All of above! And in advance THANK YOU!
