Has anyone had this experience, and/or have any suggestions regarding repair?
I was flying in a park in my neighborhood, directly over my head, up a few hundred feet (guessing) above ground level (6,300 foot elevation in Jackson, WY) when the Phantom 2 suddenly started doing a bit of a broad circle (green lights in back, red in front, as per usual), and then it just took off at full speed in a northeasterly bearing.
I have the DronExpert platform with a Sony RX100 II on board, and have only flown it a few times (got it last month) but never had any problems.
So, having no control, I panicked when I saw it was heading out of the (empty, snow-covered) park into the neighborhood, so I tried to shut it down (still +/- 300' above ground) and it did (I didn't want it crashing onto a house or somewhere that it could do damage). I immediately tried starting it up as it fell (reboot effort), but it was falling too fast to recover (with heavy payload).
It landed on someone's Grand Cherokee windshield and shattered everything. The camera is totally bricked, the DronExpert plastic platform cracked and broke apart, and the Phantom is partly cracked (top X part) but does turn on, although a diode fell out of it and it won't power up, with one green and one yellow LED.
Has anyone had this happen?
Is it due to 2.4Ghz conflicts with WiFi or phones?
If so, is there a solution? I hate to repair and/or replace all this expensive gear only to have a repeat... There was seemingly no warning, and nothing could be done. I was worried I would never find it if I just let it continue, or that it would do serious damage to a person or property...
Here was the last photo it took, to give some idea of the elevation (shot at f4.9, 1/2000 second, ISO 1000, @100mm - full zoom):
Rough landing, you can see the imprint and where the motors contacted:
I was flying in a park in my neighborhood, directly over my head, up a few hundred feet (guessing) above ground level (6,300 foot elevation in Jackson, WY) when the Phantom 2 suddenly started doing a bit of a broad circle (green lights in back, red in front, as per usual), and then it just took off at full speed in a northeasterly bearing.
I have the DronExpert platform with a Sony RX100 II on board, and have only flown it a few times (got it last month) but never had any problems.
So, having no control, I panicked when I saw it was heading out of the (empty, snow-covered) park into the neighborhood, so I tried to shut it down (still +/- 300' above ground) and it did (I didn't want it crashing onto a house or somewhere that it could do damage). I immediately tried starting it up as it fell (reboot effort), but it was falling too fast to recover (with heavy payload).
It landed on someone's Grand Cherokee windshield and shattered everything. The camera is totally bricked, the DronExpert plastic platform cracked and broke apart, and the Phantom is partly cracked (top X part) but does turn on, although a diode fell out of it and it won't power up, with one green and one yellow LED.
Has anyone had this happen?
Is it due to 2.4Ghz conflicts with WiFi or phones?
If so, is there a solution? I hate to repair and/or replace all this expensive gear only to have a repeat... There was seemingly no warning, and nothing could be done. I was worried I would never find it if I just let it continue, or that it would do serious damage to a person or property...
Here was the last photo it took, to give some idea of the elevation (shot at f4.9, 1/2000 second, ISO 1000, @100mm - full zoom):
Rough landing, you can see the imprint and where the motors contacted: