Greatful for resources such as this !! I have years of RC exp. but this is my first 'real' drone. First the breakdown....
Vision 2 - Bought used, stock as far as I know, except gimbal. Phantom bought from trusted source/adult owned.
Rotorpixel Upgraded Gimbal
<><><> CRASH VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/6cM-eyn3Lg0
I completed all user manual pre flight checks for my first flight, cal. compass, etc. had 9 GPS sat. synched. before take off.
***** I don't know if this matters but I want to include: The mod gimbal is too long. Prev owner was able to launch from hand and catch to land, but I needed to be on the ground. To do this w/o hitting gimbal, I painted orange (2) very light pine wood incense burners from Walmart and zip tied to the landing rails to give it extra 1/4 raise so cam wouldn't hit ground......Did this mess aerodynamics up ? Too much weight ? Wind resistance ?
As you can see in the video below. It took off ok as far as I know (first flight). I sent out from me not more that 50' high and figured that was far enough. I simply performed a 180 to point home and as the 180 completed, the drone lost all lift, dropped to the Earth and flipped on impact. I performed a shut down as I ran toward it, several 100 feet away, however when I arrived onscene, the motors were all in 4" deep course grass and trying to spin still. I re shut down, picked up and noticed all (4) props damaged.
Changed all 4 props and changed battery.
Attempted to re launch drone only now to find that it has NO lift. When I try to take off it flips left to right, tumbles to its side, and tips over, not ever getting more than 1 foot off ground even at full throttle.
*** Please bear in mind that I am a noob, this is my first "real" drone and would really like ANY insight as to what you think could have taken place here. I am grounded till resolved ;( bc I have NO lift.
Thank you in advance !
Vision 2 - Bought used, stock as far as I know, except gimbal. Phantom bought from trusted source/adult owned.
Rotorpixel Upgraded Gimbal
<><><> CRASH VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/6cM-eyn3Lg0
I completed all user manual pre flight checks for my first flight, cal. compass, etc. had 9 GPS sat. synched. before take off.
***** I don't know if this matters but I want to include: The mod gimbal is too long. Prev owner was able to launch from hand and catch to land, but I needed to be on the ground. To do this w/o hitting gimbal, I painted orange (2) very light pine wood incense burners from Walmart and zip tied to the landing rails to give it extra 1/4 raise so cam wouldn't hit ground......Did this mess aerodynamics up ? Too much weight ? Wind resistance ?
As you can see in the video below. It took off ok as far as I know (first flight). I sent out from me not more that 50' high and figured that was far enough. I simply performed a 180 to point home and as the 180 completed, the drone lost all lift, dropped to the Earth and flipped on impact. I performed a shut down as I ran toward it, several 100 feet away, however when I arrived onscene, the motors were all in 4" deep course grass and trying to spin still. I re shut down, picked up and noticed all (4) props damaged.
Changed all 4 props and changed battery.
Attempted to re launch drone only now to find that it has NO lift. When I try to take off it flips left to right, tumbles to its side, and tips over, not ever getting more than 1 foot off ground even at full throttle.
*** Please bear in mind that I am a noob, this is my first "real" drone and would really like ANY insight as to what you think could have taken place here. I am grounded till resolved ;( bc I have NO lift.
Thank you in advance !