Recent content by paulpoperocks

I have made a TON of care refresh claims and they've never made a distinction for part 107. I don't think it matters. I've done 4 drones this year alone

Thanks gfields! I actually do have care refresh and I was able to find the wrecked drone today, so it's on the way back to DJI in exchange for a replacement. Glad I bought the insurance!

Thanks Meta4, as always you are a big help and it’s nice to have your knowledge to rely on. I have a couple of follow-up questions. Number one: is it possible the drone suffered a bird strike? I found the drone today, all props still attached and the motors we’re visually fine and they turn...

I find it very interesting reading about everyone's crash specifics so I'm posting mine in case anyone is like me. This is really part 2 of an ongoing saga, part 1 of which you may have seen not that long ago title "P4P lost today, I'm unclear what happened, need diagnostic help". That was close...

Thanks Arnold, but I actually had 3 on had, now down to 2. I don't really need a third...unless I have a bad week! I try to keep 2 on hand so I have a backup. But yeah for now I'm all set.

Phantom51, I've always wondered if those were any good or not.

JeffreyS, good advice for sure. I am confident in my double-check of the batteries when I load them; I always give them a tug to make sure they are seated and aren't going to pop out. Maybe I didn't insert well this particular time, but I ended up losing the drone yesterday for the exact same...

So if anyone cares, here's an update: the drone was found by a member of the work crew a couple days after I put up this post. INTACT, battery there, all looking normal. The drone apparently KEPT FLYING, even with no flight programs on or connected. The drone was found about 1/8 mile from where...

Thanks ArnoldLeVine. I was definitely collecting images as .jpg, not .jpg+RAW. But you may have seen some other replies I just gave where we figured it must have been the bright sun shining right into the sensor. When I changed the flight route the drone was able to keep flying.

Thanks Andy9! You and Meta4 both nailed it I think. I was flying into the sun during all failed flights, which stopped the drone even with obstacle avoidance off. Reversing the drone and flying with back to the sun let it continue on as normal flight.

Meta4, wow. Thanks for all of the detail and your helpful answers. I learned about KP index from....where else...my magic internet box. Saw that the last couple days were going to be susceptible to higher than usual geomagnetic storms, and further I saw that my UAV Forecast app on my phone...

Hey gang, need some input on a DroneDeploy anomaly I ran into. I'm flying a Phantom 4 Pro V.2, less than a year old. Today's flight was brilliantly sunny skies, low wind, warm-ish temps. An ideal flying day except for one aspect, which was a KP index of 4, which I'm learning is a risky level to...

What you surmise is certainly one of the most logical conclusions to draw. I was hoping logs would confirm it and perhaps even have a lat/long so that I could attempt to recover the drone, but alas the DroneDeploy log isn't there. It's got the log I need in the list but when clicking on it to...

Good advice of course. I'll never know for sure but all signs point to power disconnect. I guarantee I'll never not have a battery seated fully in the future!

Thanks for the help Pygar70. I gave everything you suggested a try, but ran into a strange problem. I found the logs in DroneDeploy and I see the log dated for the date in question (Sept. 26) but when I download that log and run it through Airmap, the info presented is for the 24th. The name of...