Hi everyone
I’m reasonably experienced with the phantom vision plus although I have had for only three months I have managed over 100 flights. Never had any problems with it. As a matter of fact I have been very happy with it.
Yesterday I upgraded the firmware to 3.08, downloaded the corresponding app for my iphone and upgraded the firmware in the batteries.
After this I calibrated the compass and tested the phantom by doing a short flight.
Today I made several flights without problems. At the end of the day I decided to take some shots by the harbor. The battery was fully charged, the phantom in GPS mode and with 11 satellites. The takeoff was normal. I took the phantom to 10 meters height and slowly took it forward over the water. When the phantom had travelled about 20 meters from me over the water it started to descend rapidly. I tried to take it higher but it did not respond. The motors were on and it was like it had a mind of it’s own and had decided to commit a suicide. Seconds later it was in the water. It would require a diver to retrieve the phantom and is probably not worth it.
I have ordered a new p2v+. What irritates me most is that I have no idea what happened and how I can prevent this in the future.
All the best
bsig
I’m reasonably experienced with the phantom vision plus although I have had for only three months I have managed over 100 flights. Never had any problems with it. As a matter of fact I have been very happy with it.
Yesterday I upgraded the firmware to 3.08, downloaded the corresponding app for my iphone and upgraded the firmware in the batteries.
After this I calibrated the compass and tested the phantom by doing a short flight.
Today I made several flights without problems. At the end of the day I decided to take some shots by the harbor. The battery was fully charged, the phantom in GPS mode and with 11 satellites. The takeoff was normal. I took the phantom to 10 meters height and slowly took it forward over the water. When the phantom had travelled about 20 meters from me over the water it started to descend rapidly. I tried to take it higher but it did not respond. The motors were on and it was like it had a mind of it’s own and had decided to commit a suicide. Seconds later it was in the water. It would require a diver to retrieve the phantom and is probably not worth it.
I have ordered a new p2v+. What irritates me most is that I have no idea what happened and how I can prevent this in the future.
All the best
bsig