Had my Phantom around 30 ft and clipped an outlying branch, causing one of the props to break, it tumbled down after I bank the drone away from the tree and landed up side down with the props still spinning/stuck. I tried to do the blade stop command and no luck.
Saw the motors with sparks/heat in the them and had to grab the fully spooled drone to (hopefully avoid) permanent damage. After grabbing it the motors were still spinning full force with no signs of stoping. After my friend grabbed the controller, it took an additional 10 seconds of the command for them to stop.
Was the drone unresponsive? I figured in a crash situation an auto-shut down under load would occur.
Luckily the drone seems to be fine, but have not taken it for a flight yet.
Saw the motors with sparks/heat in the them and had to grab the fully spooled drone to (hopefully avoid) permanent damage. After grabbing it the motors were still spinning full force with no signs of stoping. After my friend grabbed the controller, it took an additional 10 seconds of the command for them to stop.
Was the drone unresponsive? I figured in a crash situation an auto-shut down under load would occur.
Luckily the drone seems to be fine, but have not taken it for a flight yet.