Hello,
I am new to this community but I hope to get some help with my problem.
So here is my issue, I'll try to make it as short as possible: I have a DJI Phantom 2 (I know it's an old model but I love it) and I have never ever had any crashes or problems with it, before this weekend. I started flying the drone and got some solid shots in with the attached GoPro, while I was flying I noticed that the battery level of the drone was getting lower and lower, nonetheless I was not worried because the drone always gives a battery warning when it becomes critical (red Blinking? correct me if I am wrong on this). Unfortunately, that never happened, so the drone went into Auto- Land Mode but crashed into a tree on its way home. I checked the drone realized that a prop was broken, fixed that and thought everything was fine, wrong... This weekend I got out the drone did the start up procedure like specified in this thread (20 point start up procedure for Phantom 2 (non vision)) and took off. Immediately the drone started to wobble and drift, it wasn't able to correct its positions and any movement with the controller made it even worse. So I had to shut off the motors since landing was impossible while doing that I broke 3 propellers. As soon as I got home I connected the Phantom to my computer to make sure the software was up to date (I knew it was updated since I always keep it up to date), I also did an advanced calibration, made sure that everything else was in order and replaced the props. I then took off the gimbal to not damage it on further flight tests. I again did the start up procedure, took off and everything seemed to be fine. Until two minutes into the flight at low altitude, the same behavior (wobbly and uncontrollable) occurred again. The same thing happened after the next two flights, luckily none of the props got broken.
Does anybody know what is going on with the drone/ what could be broken? Could a motor or the compass be faulty after the crash? I have contacted DJI but haven't gotten a reply. Any help is greatly appreciated
I am new to this community but I hope to get some help with my problem.
So here is my issue, I'll try to make it as short as possible: I have a DJI Phantom 2 (I know it's an old model but I love it) and I have never ever had any crashes or problems with it, before this weekend. I started flying the drone and got some solid shots in with the attached GoPro, while I was flying I noticed that the battery level of the drone was getting lower and lower, nonetheless I was not worried because the drone always gives a battery warning when it becomes critical (red Blinking? correct me if I am wrong on this). Unfortunately, that never happened, so the drone went into Auto- Land Mode but crashed into a tree on its way home. I checked the drone realized that a prop was broken, fixed that and thought everything was fine, wrong... This weekend I got out the drone did the start up procedure like specified in this thread (20 point start up procedure for Phantom 2 (non vision)) and took off. Immediately the drone started to wobble and drift, it wasn't able to correct its positions and any movement with the controller made it even worse. So I had to shut off the motors since landing was impossible while doing that I broke 3 propellers. As soon as I got home I connected the Phantom to my computer to make sure the software was up to date (I knew it was updated since I always keep it up to date), I also did an advanced calibration, made sure that everything else was in order and replaced the props. I then took off the gimbal to not damage it on further flight tests. I again did the start up procedure, took off and everything seemed to be fine. Until two minutes into the flight at low altitude, the same behavior (wobbly and uncontrollable) occurred again. The same thing happened after the next two flights, luckily none of the props got broken.
Does anybody know what is going on with the drone/ what could be broken? Could a motor or the compass be faulty after the crash? I have contacted DJI but haven't gotten a reply. Any help is greatly appreciated