Recent content by FlatSpin

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    Testing Follow me-mode, fly away and crash :( - happy ending! :)

    I think we have discovered a system error in the device-r/c controller-aircraft connection when activating the "Follow Me" mode. These events are not "Operator Errors" like many were thinking! For my incident, and with all this additional information coming to light, I am sure that my device...
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    Testing Follow me-mode, fly away and crash :( - happy ending! :)

    It took the China Support office 3 weeks to figure out my incident issues. Once they started looking into my ticket, they were pretty reliable about emailing back and forth for additional information. There is a US Customer Support phone number and email address, but they were less responsive...
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    Testing Follow me-mode, fly away and crash :( - happy ending! :)

    My fly-away event occurred the 3rd consecutive flight of the day. On flight #3, I activated the "Follow Me" mode twice during that flight session. My first activation occurred about 50 seconds into the flight (Healthy Drones log, Point E) and it resulted in the fly-away. I recovered it about...
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    Testing Follow me-mode, fly away and crash :( - happy ending! :)

    For my fly-away incident, I was walking around a large open area (tee box on a golf course) as I was setting up the aircraft height and stand-off distance to begin the flight. It took me 30-45 seconds to get the aircraft at the desired location before I activated the "Follow Me" mode. The...
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    Testing Follow me-mode, fly away and crash :( - happy ending! :)

    You may be right, the bad GPS location reporting from the phone/tablet device issue may not be widespread, but it's certainly something we need to be aware of and understand. Good info and advice on how to mitigate the false GPS reporting conditions! Keeping a fast finger on the "P-A-F" switch...
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    Testing Follow me-mode, fly away and crash :( - happy ending! :)

    All, This is my first post. After reading this forum since mid-December when I got my P3P, I was highly motivated to register now to say that the "Follow Me" mode fly-aways may be more common than you think. I also had an uncommanded fly-away during a recent "Follow Me" mode event that is...