Close call (coast flight)

[sparky1111]

Well well well!!
I'm gonna share my encounter the weekend where I flew with very light wind approx 10mph max.
I flew above the sand along the sea front of the east coast at an altitude of about 50ft in sport mode, I reached about 12000 ft when I turned back. On the way back on 2 occasions I seen the P4 almost flip over and come up with maximum gimbal roll exceeded on both occasions.
My **** was not good!
I lowered the altitude to about 30ft and limped back safely.
My hope is it was just an unexpected gust of wind that caught it and not an impending fault.
Anyone else had this happen?

 

[John Locke]

Do you mean you were flying your craft via FPV and the camera view flipped for a moment? Or, you had VLOS and you clearly saw the craft almost flip?

Camera gimbal flips can be caused by wind, combined with high speed flight into that wind. Camera imbalance can contribute to this, such as a heavier than normal neutral density filter, or one that has lips or edges that can catch the wind easier than the rounded edge filters from DJI.

 

[sparky1111]

Flying with fpv and it appeared to be almost on its side. I'm scared to fly now.