Well, where do I start ... at our flying club field ( a space we rent from a farmer ) we are a heli only club in Bloomingdale, Ontario Canada... and I have flown at our club numerous times with no issues... It was very overcast this day and I made sure i had full battery power all around, compass calibration completed successfully and was seeing at least 4+ sats ..so all good to go! With my daughters gift to me strapped to the phantom 2 a Go-pro Hero camera that I have used many times before I proceeded to fly over the tall corn fields to get some good Arial video of the crop layout and an appreciation for how tall the corm crop was this year... all is going well till at about a 2:00 O'clock direction the quad started to continue to drift away with NO response from the transmitter inputs ! :shock:
I tried all the recommended steps that have been mentioned to try to get it to come back or at least start descending, nothing.. .I cold no longer see it as the corn crop was now blocking m line of sight as the quad continued to drift away....
In summary, I am not soo upset about the loss of the quad, crap happens... but more so about loosing the gift from my daughter... since I have seen many of these reports posted and from what I gather DJI's response is typically " its not our problem "... has me at a loss of faith in their product and the ability to provide great customer service .... The firmware was completely up to date when this occurred with about 1/2 dozen flights since so I know it was up to that point working correctly.... is there a place where one can file a claim against DJI for stuff like this, or would that just be another bundle of RED Tape and a waste of time...Oh well $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ flushed down the toilet....
I tried all the recommended steps that have been mentioned to try to get it to come back or at least start descending, nothing.. .I cold no longer see it as the corn crop was now blocking m line of sight as the quad continued to drift away....
In summary, I am not soo upset about the loss of the quad, crap happens... but more so about loosing the gift from my daughter... since I have seen many of these reports posted and from what I gather DJI's response is typically " its not our problem "... has me at a loss of faith in their product and the ability to provide great customer service .... The firmware was completely up to date when this occurred with about 1/2 dozen flights since so I know it was up to that point working correctly.... is there a place where one can file a claim against DJI for stuff like this, or would that just be another bundle of RED Tape and a waste of time...Oh well $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ flushed down the toilet....