First Crash with Phantom Standard... Lessons Learned

[Eighth]

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This is my first post to YouTube.

I tried a new area for my 4th flight. The others were uneventful. This was really exciting! I had a runaway.

Compass Calibration : I got a warning from the app telling me to exit the P GPS mode to calibrate the compass.
I couldn't exit the GPS mode. I shut everything down and restarted away from my vehicle. I was able to calibrate the compass. I am certain I had a Green Safe to Fly in P GPS mode.

Automated Take Off: I used automated take off. Instead of starting and hovering at 4 ft. The drone went up to 15' then started drifting and flying erratically. See the video.

RTH: The drone started moving at greater speed at an elevation of 4'. I tried using RTH on the controller and the
app - no Home Return point was shown.

Forced landing..crash: Since it was headed toward a busy street and a marsh on the other side of the street,
I landed the drone as it was moving horizontally. When it touched down it flipped on its top. The rotors were not running. I did not turn the battery off or shut the motors down. I carefully grabbed a leg of the drone and righted it. The motors came on at full power. Thats when I shut it down. No damage to me or the drone. I was lucky it landed on a very soft lawn. Props were not damaged.

Flight Record: The flight record said that the GPS Signal was Weak. Because the signal was weak, there is no route shown.

Next Time I will: Make Sure that I have the green for P GPS.

Pay Attention to compass calibration warnings.

Make Sure that there is a Return Home location recorded before I take off.

Hope this is of some help to new pilots. The area I tried was an old Navy base. Who knows whats
inches below the ground...

Walked away from this landing...

 

[msinger]

If you post your log, we can take a look and let you know what happened.

 

[Eighth]

How do I post from Ipad app?

 

[msinger]

See the instructions below the gray box here to get the log. Post the TXT file here instead of uploading it to Healthy Drones.

 

[Eighth]

Thanks for the info. Here is the TXT file. Lete me know what you think happened. Thanks!

 

[msinger]

Your logs show that you were in ATTI mode the entire flight. That would explain the unexpected drifting. You did pick up a GPS signal near the end of your flight, but you remained in ATTI mode after that (I'm assuming your S1 switch was not in the top position).

 

[Eighth]

Thanks for checking it out. I just looked at my remote - its in the ATTI switch position. I was getting a warning that the compass could not be
calibrated while in P GPS. I must have switched to ATTI to clear and did not switch back. Another lesson learned..thanks again.