Lost P4 - Concord, North Carolina

[dsstao]

Hi All,

I lost a P4 in Concord, North Carolina, a couple hours ago. It's like it vanished from they sky (logs below if you can help):

Flight logs: Phantom Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com

Thanks
Dave

 

[Paul55]

So sorry...were you using DJI GO or GO 4 app?


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[dsstao]

So sorry...were you using DJI GO or GO 4 app?

Thanks, and yes I was using the DJI Go app.

I have a theory as to what happened. Short version: When the aircraft disconnected, it was on the other side of a no fly zone as the crow flies. RTH tried to bring it back, but isn't smart enough to skirt a no fly zone, so it landed as soon as it bumped into the geofence. In my case, the landing would have happened on a public walking path and someone probably took it.

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[Billy Banana]

That totally sucks! Did you have any i.d. on it or your phone number? Did you cruise through that neighborhood in search of it? I would start by going over to the homes and putting up flyers and maybe talk to some people on that street.
Good Luck, keep us posted!

 

[RodPad]

Hum,
Failsafe RTH and No Fly Zone
Magically Disappeared Drone

Rod

 

[Billy Banana]

any update?

 

[dsstao]

So sorry...were you using DJI GO or GO 4 app?


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Thank you Paul; I was using the "DJI Go" app.

 

[dsstao]

That totally sucks! Did you have any i.d. on it or your phone number? Did you cruise through that neighborhood in search of it? I would start by going over to the homes and putting up flyers and maybe talk to some people on that street.
Good Luck, keep us posted!

Billy, thank you. I did not have the ID or phone number on it, something that was a pretty dumb mistake on my part.

I did go looking for it - 3 times. It was lost over a section of woods, next to a walking path, a swamp, and a couple acres of briar patch. Not a trace of it unfortunately. On the plus side, I guess I know how Lewis and Clarke felt while crossing wild countryside.

 

[dsstao]

Hum,
Failsafe RTH and No Fly Zone
Magically Disappeared Drone

Rod

Yup - that one was mine. So far, it seems possible that's what happened to it. Argh. (P.S. Love the RTH returning to China bit lol)

 

[dsstao]

any update?

Hey Billy, it must have gotten called back to the mothership. Or, maybe it was recycled into an Amazon delivery drone... But yeah after searching a few times, it's definitely gone. I'm suspecting that it landed near the intersection of the RTH path and the no fly zone that I was stupidly too close to. I didn't know it would auto-land since that was my first time in that area, and the spot where it probably set down was next to a public walking path. Someone probably picked it up and has a shiny new-ish drone to play with.

 

[RodPad]

There was a thread recently, that if let DJI know about your loss, if somebody tries to register it, they make not work anymore, something like that, you should check into it

Rod

 

[dsstao]

There was a thread recently, that if let DJI know about your loss, if somebody tries to register it, they make not work anymore, something like that, you should check into it

Rod

Thank you Rod, I'll hunt down the S/N and the thread and try to do that.

 

[Billy Banana]

"called back to the mother ship" lmao!
that totally sucks! i have my tel # and fa# on mine. Hopefully should I lose mine someone can contact me.
Terrible that it lands in that situation, makes NO sense at all

 

[dsstao]

"called back to the mother ship" lmao!
that totally sucks! i have my tel # and fa# on mine. Hopefully should I lose mine someone can contact me.
Terrible that it lands in that situation, makes NO sense at all

Yeah, and actually I replaced it and added a tracker to the new one along with the #s you mentioned. Thanks for the support sir.

 

[Billy Banana]

Im thinking about a tracker too

 

[BigAl07]

Yeah, and actually I replaced it and added a tracker to the new one along with the #s you mentioned. Thanks for the support sir.

Which tracker did you go with?

 

[RodPad]

Thank you Rod, I'll hunt down the S/N and the thread and try to do that.

At the moment it is just below you in Lost and Found

Anyone lose a drone in south east London xmas day?

@Neon Euc
You have been summed.

Rod

 

[Neon Euc]

At the moment it is just below you in Lost and Found

Anyone lose a drone in south east London xmas day?

@Neon Euc
You have been summed.

Rod

DJI is working on it at the moment [emoji4]

Neon Euc

 

[RodPad]

@Neon Euc
Thanks for the update, You think he should report his lost?
I guess it only cost time?

Rod

 

[Neon Euc]

@Neon Euc
Thanks for the update, You think he should report his lost?
I guess it only cost time?

Rod

I'm hoping he did but so far the owner hasn't seen this post yet but the looks of it, sadly the phantom has now been sold so could be a no go on this one [emoji58]

Neon Euc