just crashed my FC40 while flying around the neighborhood after a moment of confusion...
The Phantom was just out of FPV range and behind a row of trees so I shot it up high where I could see it, then intended to flick it into Home Lock mode but instead of dropping S2 all the way down, I hit S1 all the way down and into Manual mode. The Phantom dropped like a rock shortly thereafter and didn't recover even tho I put her back into GPS mode within about 2-3 seconds.
Thank goodness it didn't crash into a person, house, car, etc... I drove to the edge of the thick woods and could hear the motors and see the LEDs a ways back. It had fallen all they way to the ground, which is good, I guess. The FC40 camera and anti-vibration mounts were scattered on the ground, as was my battery voltage indicator. A dirty bird with a slightly broken prop guard, a few bent props, and one prop with chunks ripped out of it was all that seems to be wrong.
I've checked all motors, compass, and taken her for a short flight and all seems well.
It's not my first crash, but definitely my most serious and I think I'll reprogram S1 for Fail Safe vs. Manual mode now to avoid this mistake again...
I am impressed with the amount of abuse the Phantom can take and still keep on working.
(no rants please about her being out of my line of sight - if you say you've never been there, I have a hard time believing it...)
The Phantom was just out of FPV range and behind a row of trees so I shot it up high where I could see it, then intended to flick it into Home Lock mode but instead of dropping S2 all the way down, I hit S1 all the way down and into Manual mode. The Phantom dropped like a rock shortly thereafter and didn't recover even tho I put her back into GPS mode within about 2-3 seconds.
Thank goodness it didn't crash into a person, house, car, etc... I drove to the edge of the thick woods and could hear the motors and see the LEDs a ways back. It had fallen all they way to the ground, which is good, I guess. The FC40 camera and anti-vibration mounts were scattered on the ground, as was my battery voltage indicator. A dirty bird with a slightly broken prop guard, a few bent props, and one prop with chunks ripped out of it was all that seems to be wrong.
I've checked all motors, compass, and taken her for a short flight and all seems well.
It's not my first crash, but definitely my most serious and I think I'll reprogram S1 for Fail Safe vs. Manual mode now to avoid this mistake again...
I am impressed with the amount of abuse the Phantom can take and still keep on working.
(no rants please about her being out of my line of sight - if you say you've never been there, I have a hard time believing it...)
