Hi All,
First, thanks to everyone who makes this forum such a great source of information. Got my P4 for Christmas and have learned tons (and continue to do so) because of this resource. So thanks! At this point, I've logged about 8 hrs in 51 flights in varying conditions...and mostly without incident.
On to my question. So I launched my P4 today without issues. Flew it a short distance away on a normal route. Turned back toward home and put it in Sport. No problems at that point. I was planning to take some photos of the house after our recent snowfall, so switched back to P, and started having issues.
As I tried to bring the drone back over the house, it began drifting with the wind as if in ATTI. I gave it full throttle, but didn't receive any significant response. As I watched it continue to drift for a few seconds with no response from the throttle input, I initiated RTH ... which worked perfectly.
Hoping someone can glean information from the flight log information I've included.
As a side note (not sure if it's relevant or not), I had a partially uncontrolled flight about a week ago. Launched the drone and it immediately flew itself into a nearby tree. It freed itself and I was able to land it. In reviewing that flight log (which I can include), the drone immediately had several compass errors. I chalked that up to launching too close to some residential power lines (lesson learned). I've flown the drone a couple time since with no issues.
Anyhow, here is today's log. Thanks in advance for your thoughts. The issue occurs as the drone traces the slight southeast arc.
DJI Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com
First, thanks to everyone who makes this forum such a great source of information. Got my P4 for Christmas and have learned tons (and continue to do so) because of this resource. So thanks! At this point, I've logged about 8 hrs in 51 flights in varying conditions...and mostly without incident.
On to my question. So I launched my P4 today without issues. Flew it a short distance away on a normal route. Turned back toward home and put it in Sport. No problems at that point. I was planning to take some photos of the house after our recent snowfall, so switched back to P, and started having issues.
As I tried to bring the drone back over the house, it began drifting with the wind as if in ATTI. I gave it full throttle, but didn't receive any significant response. As I watched it continue to drift for a few seconds with no response from the throttle input, I initiated RTH ... which worked perfectly.
Hoping someone can glean information from the flight log information I've included.
As a side note (not sure if it's relevant or not), I had a partially uncontrolled flight about a week ago. Launched the drone and it immediately flew itself into a nearby tree. It freed itself and I was able to land it. In reviewing that flight log (which I can include), the drone immediately had several compass errors. I chalked that up to launching too close to some residential power lines (lesson learned). I've flown the drone a couple time since with no issues.
Anyhow, here is today's log. Thanks in advance for your thoughts. The issue occurs as the drone traces the slight southeast arc.
DJI Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com