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Went out looking again even though the app said it was in ocean. It was beautiful day and I have to admit it would have been like a treasure hunt if the app said it was over land.
Still can't figure what happened. There was a slight breeze blowing towards the East, the direction I was flying. All of a sudden there was a big gust which took bird out of site, all the while I was trying to turn around. It finally said "lost connection"
and I didn't see it again. I went into fail safe and the distance was still growing. The height was 119 feet. At this point I shut down the controller for a while and hoped for the best. When I lost it it still had about 80% of battery. This was my third flight as I have 4 batteries. We waited at the "home set" for about 20 minutes looking and listening.
In retrospect I should have flown against the wind so that gusts would have brought her closer to home than further away. Still not sure how it "landed" in water. This was no where near my flight path. In jest I'm thinking that it was flying back home to Florida were I last flew it. It that even possible. BTW I did do the compass calibration and the GPS seemed to be working. The green lights were blinking in series of three.
Sorry for the long post I just wanted to remind everyone that these birds work on mechanical motors and software and you never know when one will screw up.
Next question, how do I to about buying just a bird. I already have about $500 worth of extras. Luckily no mods were on the bird. That would have been too much to bear.
Still can't figure what happened. There was a slight breeze blowing towards the East, the direction I was flying. All of a sudden there was a big gust which took bird out of site, all the while I was trying to turn around. It finally said "lost connection"
and I didn't see it again. I went into fail safe and the distance was still growing. The height was 119 feet. At this point I shut down the controller for a while and hoped for the best. When I lost it it still had about 80% of battery. This was my third flight as I have 4 batteries. We waited at the "home set" for about 20 minutes looking and listening.
In retrospect I should have flown against the wind so that gusts would have brought her closer to home than further away. Still not sure how it "landed" in water. This was no where near my flight path. In jest I'm thinking that it was flying back home to Florida were I last flew it. It that even possible. BTW I did do the compass calibration and the GPS seemed to be working. The green lights were blinking in series of three.
Sorry for the long post I just wanted to remind everyone that these birds work on mechanical motors and software and you never know when one will screw up.
Next question, how do I to about buying just a bird. I already have about $500 worth of extras. Luckily no mods were on the bird. That would have been too much to bear.