Lost drone...... Found hours later. ??????????
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Yes, it does. Either you grabbed the wrong log file off of the drone or you grabbed the wrong drone. If you try to fly it and it won't link to your controller, you might want to put it back in front of the post office.
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We're not sure it DID reset the home point. That's only a supposition at this point and a rather unlikely one in my opinion. I'm beginning to think more about the possibility that he grabbed someone else's Phantom by mistake. The other guy's at home, crying over a pile of Phantom parts saying, "How did it crash??? It should have landed at the home point, right in front of the post office!"
I've been flying since this happened so it's definitely my drone and not someone else's lol. The only other log file is a .dat file.
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Can you provide us with a legend for this? There are 3 marks on here (red circle, flag, bw circle). What does each mark indicate? Did you look at the end of the green line anyway?
The RC and drone wouldn't connect if it wasn't mine and the video on the card and the DJI go app has me on it in my back yard and the drone has my crash mark on it from my first flight. Haha it's mine.
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Ah! But did you have to relink it after this "incident?" (Sorry)
Nope
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That's just what they want you to believe! They're very crafty, you know, those aliens!
Drag the DAT file off of there. I don't know where all the experts are but one of them can glean tons of info. Hopefully one of them will show up soon. This is intriguing and yet I'm sure there's an amazingly simple explanation.
I know there are lots of very knowledgeable folks on here that can help I'm just patiently waiting for one to come on lol. I have the dat file and I'm just trying to convert it so it's readable.
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15cm Snow storm Tuesday windy like 80km wind last night tomorrow plus 10 and 20mm of rain it's ridiculous
Mother Nature has been all over the place lately. Summer has my warm welcome anytime lol
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Have you been able to locate/download the LATEST log file from the drone? (not from the tablet)
If so, put a link to it, and we can start investigating. As to whether or not it's your drone, I assume you have some markings on it (such as your FAA #) to positively/definitely confirm it is yours. The guys on this thread are right ... ALL drones look the same
If so, put a link to it, and we can start investigating. As to whether or not it's your drone, I assume you have some markings on it (such as your FAA #) to positively/definitely confirm it is yours. The guys on this thread are right ... ALL drones look the same
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Have you been able to locate/download the LATEST log file from the drone? (not from the tablet)
If so, put a link to it, and we can start investigating. As to whether or not it's your drone, I assume you have some markings on it (such as your FAA #) to positively/definitely confirm it is yours. The guys on this thread are right ... ALL drones look the same
He already stated that the video on the sd card had him on it...lol...its his drone fo sho.
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Did you press rth when you lost connection?. If yes, what method did you use? Did you use the physical rth button on the rc or the one in the GO app?
If you used the GO app button, is it possible you reset the home point by accident? If yes, and you used an iPad without cellular, you don't have GPS, in which case the drone would set the home point to its present location.
This scenario above is the only way I could imagine this happening.
Glad you got it back.
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I did not just lose connection, I was completely disconnected. The log shows 100% then nothing, disconnected. In app setting was for it to RTH upon signal loss, not land or anything else. I did nothing to initiate RTH as I was disconnected and wouldn't be able to anyway, that's what failsafe RTH is for. There was no beeping as to it RTHing or landing as the remote does.
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I did not just lose connection, I was completely disconnected. The log shows 100% then nothing, disconnected. In app setting was for it to RTH upon signal loss, not land or anything else. I did nothing to initiate RTH as I was disconnected and wouldn't be able to anyway, that's what failsafe RTH is for. There was no beeping as to it RTHing or landing as the remote does.
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The app said "disconnected" not "no signal" which is like it maybe dropped the wifi connection.? Didn't take notice if that happened or not but would I not be able to fly it still as it doesn't need it to fly.?
Have you been able to locate/download the LATEST log file from the drone? (not from the tablet)
If so, put a link to it, and we can start investigating. As to whether or not it's your drone, I assume you have some markings on it (such as your FAA #) to positively/definitely confirm it is yours. The guys on this thread are right ... ALL drones look the same
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You may have answered this already but ... did you have LOS (line of sight) throughout until the moment t disconnected?
I did up to about 15 seconds before it disconnected then I got off my roof and waited in my back yard at the home point for it to return. Started looking for it within 10 minutes of it not returning.
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