Recent content by mbraden

I was attacked by birds while flying under a bridge on one of the rivers in Georgia. I was able to out run them but it gave me a pretty good scare

msinger. I have been monitoring this forum for over a year. You have provided a lot of useful information. I appreciate the time you take to make flying better for the rest of us. Meta4. Thank you for your help too. It's nice to know that we have a support group that really cares. mbraden

BTW. I love flying the Phantom series of drones. They are well built and a lot of fun. I use it for photographing my outdoor projects before and after. This make it a tool. Thats is what I tell my wife anyway. Truth is, I really enjoy flying and this is the closest I will ever be to being in the...

i appreciate all of the help with this. I have since replaced my Phantom 3 Pro with a Phantom 3 Advanced. I found that recording in 4K is really cool but not very practical for what I am using my drone for. I ditched the battery that was in the Pro when it went down. I will watch my battery...

Don't fly with the pedal to the medal. Sent from my iPad using PhantomPilots

That make sense. It probably started descending and then it was blocked by the trees preventing me from resuming control. The crash resulted from it descending into the top of a tree. My question would be why did it not return to where I took off? I lost my drone with 66% battery. Sent from...

It was charged a couple of days before I used it. I thought it was at a full charge

Phantom Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com

Ok. I uploaded the txt file as requested. I like the Heathy Drones website. It is interesting that you can look back at all of that flight data. It looks like I may have ignored some early warnings. I still would like to know what went wrong and if I have any options. Thanks, MBraden

I'm trying to figure out if I have any options with DJI. I have a Phantom 3 Pro that I bought in November 2015. I was flying out behind my house and out over the trees. I had a full charge on one of my batteries. I took off at full throttle out about 1/4 mile over the trees and lost my bird. It...