Eta ate my P4

dronesky · Nov 12, 2020

Glad you got it back you lucky dog

WV. Rootman · Nov 12, 2020

Shammo likes the rain. lol Great story. It started to get a little boring here lately. You know how to keep the party going. LOL

WV. Rootman · Nov 12, 2020

Andy9 said:
The wet suit protects only from rain not from wind LOL.
I would take off in such conditions only if I intend to say by by to my drone.
I think it switched to ATTI because it hadn't been able to maintain the position so decided not to relay on GPS data any more.
But anyway it's not matter any more. Are you going to get a new one?

I have an experiment for you. Start your Phantom in GPS mode and let it get a fix. You have your wife drive while holding your Phantom on you lap still running. After 5 km, get out of the car and see if your Phantom returns home. What would happen? Don't try it. It was just a thought. I also thought it would lose GPS while in the car.

Meta4 · Nov 13, 2020

Andy9 said:
Well, I don't see other reason. He said that it jumped to ATTI.
If the drones' (IMU or whatever) couldn't eliminate inconsistencies e.g. big differences in stick inputs and real drone movement, it will discard GPS data and switch to ATTI.
If you have better explanation I would like to hear it. I'm not an expert in electronics, it is just logical reasoning.

Serious compass data conflicts are a completely different thing.
If the drone is having trouble with a strong wind, it would make no sense for DJI to program it to give up and switch to Atti Mode.
And we've seen plenty of data from blowaway incidents and the drone never gives up and switches to Atti Mode.

Boston Rob · Nov 13, 2020

Capt KO: Just remember - you can't put a price on a good time! Video will interesting to watch - 60 mph at low altitude had to have a ton of near misses along the way.

Andy9 · Nov 13, 2020

Yes, we would like to see the video!

WV. Rootman · Nov 15, 2020

Capt KO said:
Just had to try the wetsuit in a hurricane. Hope someone finds it and calls the ph# but my guess is it autolanded about 3 miles in the Gulf o Mexico. It switched to atti and before I could react, lost contact behind trees. Chased by truck but never reconnected. Did not put the MarcoPolo on before flight. Waaaaa

Pilot Error max. Lol 1st big mistake. Time to break out the P4P that was saved for this reason.

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I checked the weather here where I'm at. They said 60 mph gusts and power outages today. Guess what I thought about doing? After lunch today, I opened up the heavy doors to Friday's restaurant and the wind caught hold of it. It jerked it out of my hands and slammed it open so hard, it broke the door and it wouldn't shut. Ain't no way I'm sacrificing my drone. What were you thinking? Lol