P4P crashed

[Spartihawk]

Updated my software tonight and took my drone out for a flight. Took off fine, hovered for a while, but remote was beeping. So I landed. Pushed both sticks down to shut off motors, and drone went nuts and started speeding up, flipped on its side, and went 15-20 feet and crashed into house. Drone would not stop motors down.

Update:
So I misread how I shut down motors, but never had a problem before update. I've probably had 20 successful flights landing this same way.


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[dougdavis775]

I hold the left stick down until the motors slow and stop after landing. both sticks may have confused something into thinking there was a situation...??

 

[Mo Habib]

I have been debating whether I should upgrade my firmware on my phantom 4! Could you please tell me to what firmware you were going to update too?


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[rocketflyer]

Pushed both sticks down to shut off motors,

This isn't the way to shut down the motors (refer p59 of the manual). You need to push down throttle then CSC (which is both sticks down and inwards, not just down which won't shut off the motors and may have been the cause of the crash). I have always used the down throttle 3s method which ensures no possibility of weird stick movements.

 

[AlecW]

This isn't the way to shut down the motors (refer p59 of the manual). You need to push down throttle then CSC (which is both sticks down and inwards, not just down which won't shut off the motors and may have been the cause of the crash). I have always used the down throttle 3s method which ensures no possibility of weird stick movements.

I thought CSC on the latest P4 firmware was left stick inwards and RTH button at the same time? Am I wrong?

 

[D'sAdvanced]

This is most likely pilot error. Bringing both sticks inwards in many cases flips the bird over when approaching the ground. Most likely once the bird flipped, the velocity thrust it around for the 15-20'.
I would recommend changing the title of this thread.

 

[D'sAdvanced]

I thought CSC on the latest P4 firmware was left stick inwards and RTH button at the same time? Am I wrong?

Pretty sure you are right.

 

[Multicoptertec]

This one is pretty obvious. When you land, hold the left stick down ONLY. You held the right stick down also, which is telling the Phantom to fly.


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[rocketflyer]

CSC on the latest P4 firmware was left stick inwards and RTH button at the same time?

This is to kill the motors mid flight. The CSC for stopping motors while on the ground is the same across the phantom range, which is what I described..

 

[AlecW]

This is to kill the motors mid flight. The CSC for stopping motors while on the ground is the same across the phantom range, which is what I described..

Thank you, I mixed up terminology.

 

[D'sAdvanced]

This is to kill the motors mid flight. The CSC for stopping motors while on the ground is the same across the phantom range, which is what I described..

Left stick down for 3-4 seconds is all that's needed to shut motors down. No need for any other combination.

 

[rocketflyer]

Left stick down for 3-4 seconds is all that's needed to shut motors down.

Totally agree - this is what I have always done, however in relation to the OP's post it appears that he/she performed the CSC incorrectly.

 

[Darren Roach]

Pilot error caused this crash. Left stick down all the way only after the bird has landed and then hold down 3 to 4 seconds untill motors have stopped. That is all that is needed to be done to shut down rotors