A friend sent the drone out over to pond tonight and about 30 sends into the flight the drone dropped to the ice. I'm guessing the battery wasn't seated correctly. Can anyone confirm what happen from these flight logs? Guessing these are the files!
Thanks,
Dale
While it is rare, they do malfunction from time to time.
I’ve been flying DJI products since the Phantom 2. I own three P3 Pros, and three Phantom 4 pros and this is the first time that any of my Phantoms have dropped out of the sky.
I calibrated the P4, took off straight up, ascended to about 200 feet, looked around for about 10 seconds when all-of-a-sudden the P4 starts to drop.
I tried to regain control, but the Phantom would not respond. As it descended, the props made the most terrifying noise I have ever heard coming from any Phantom I have ever owned.
As the quadcopter made its very quick descent, I noticed that is was headed right for me.
I scrambled to get out of the way, as it just missed me, and landed upside down on the asphalt. Considering the altitude from which it descended, the only discernible damage was to the top of the props which continued to turn as it lay upside down on the asphalt. I had a difficult time stopping the motors. They continued to spin rapidly on the asphalt and scoured the top of the propellers.
When I picked up the craft, I noticed that one of the motors felt much-much hotter than the others. I assume that one of the motors malfunctioned.
This Phantom was very new and this was only its 4th flight. Two of the other flights were over a lake.
Although I hated to see it crash, it could have been far worse.