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Another crash report here. Holy hell I feel awful about this.
My brother in law just got his P2V+ and we were out flying it yesterday on a calm, clear day. After our third flight the phantom was hovering about 30 feet in the air, slowly descending. It wasn't moving in any direction but down when it started rocking left to right back and forth. I let off of the stick to see if it would stabilize but it just got more violent, back and forth, and started losing altitude. As it really started to lose altitude I pressed up on the throttle to try and slow the descent but by then it was too late (and I don't know if it was responding at all). It landed on a car and the camera broke off--sheared off the camera cable.
The whole incident happened in maybe 2-3 seconds. There was no wind, no obstructions, nothing but a smooth descent until the loss of control. There were houses nearby with wifi, but besides that "remote" possibility I can't think of a good reason why this happened besides the failure of some internal component to do its job.
Any suggestions? It seems like the consensus is to just buy a new phantom and/or send the busted one to DJI (in California?) and wait for a few months. Anyone have a real experience with getting a successful repair?
My brother in law just got his P2V+ and we were out flying it yesterday on a calm, clear day. After our third flight the phantom was hovering about 30 feet in the air, slowly descending. It wasn't moving in any direction but down when it started rocking left to right back and forth. I let off of the stick to see if it would stabilize but it just got more violent, back and forth, and started losing altitude. As it really started to lose altitude I pressed up on the throttle to try and slow the descent but by then it was too late (and I don't know if it was responding at all). It landed on a car and the camera broke off--sheared off the camera cable.
The whole incident happened in maybe 2-3 seconds. There was no wind, no obstructions, nothing but a smooth descent until the loss of control. There were houses nearby with wifi, but besides that "remote" possibility I can't think of a good reason why this happened besides the failure of some internal component to do its job.
Any suggestions? It seems like the consensus is to just buy a new phantom and/or send the busted one to DJI (in California?) and wait for a few months. Anyone have a real experience with getting a successful repair?