Recent content by baane

If I turn off the downward sensors what are the risks/disadvantages of doing so? For example, will auto takeoff and landing still work? Or will the motors shut down in-flight in the throttle is held down too long ( that us, the issue you identified as a potential issue above)?

Is there a way to turn off the downward sensors and still fly safely?

No, your assumption was correct. The P4 was in free fall/uncontrolled descent at the end of the data. My friend literally ran underneath the falling P4 and caught it. The props were still spinning but not providing lift. All of the props were intact. I shut down the motors after he caught the...

For me the revelant part of the original post is that additional restrictions have been implemented not whether or not the operator was at fault. As there are fewer and fewer places one is allowed to fly a UAV/drone the less attractive it is to own one.

Thanks for the response. I assume that this means that I can't fly for the rest of my trip as I don't want to risk a crash. Also just to note that the motors were still running when my friend caught the P4. I shut them down after he had it in his hands. The video from the P4 shows his clothes...

Done.

I provided a link to the healthy drones upload of the l9g file in my original post. Here is the phantomhelp link: Phantom Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com

I was testing the active track feature and it was acting erratically. The P4 would not hold altitude and would not move horizontallyto follow the subject, it would just rotate in place. Finally, the P4 climbed then dropped from a significant altitude. Luckily a friend was able to catch the P4 so...