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    Phantom took off on its own, uncontrollable, crashed onto someone's car, bricked everything.

    The problem for me is it doesn't cover business pursuits. While this crash might have been covered since I was not shooting a job, it wouldn't cover normal business operations (pro photography). I suppose a three month trial would be worth it for 'practice' sessions though...
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    Phantom took off on its own, uncontrollable, crashed onto someone's car, bricked everything.

    Good to know. Most of my work is professional (photography), although this was just a 'practice' session. The damage will be over $1k (windshield, P2, DronExpert, RX100), but every bit would help... What does AMA cost? I also wonder if they would take exception to the RX100 setup as...
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    Phantom took off on its own, uncontrollable, crashed onto someone's car, bricked everything.

    High elevation (6,300' ground level), low/no wind (3 mph maybe), cold temps (10F), heavy payload; It only flies for five minutes or so with this setup in these temps, but it has flown just fine in these conditions the past few times I tried it.
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    Phantom took off on its own, uncontrollable, crashed onto someone's car, bricked everything.

    I guess I wish I knew what the AMA was... I have a call into my insurance company to see what they say on Monday.
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    Phantom took off on its own, uncontrollable, crashed onto someone's car, bricked everything.

    This is good information - I hadn't done that and had just bought it from someone in the Seattle area, so perhaps the compass needed a reset. It had behaved fine on previous flights, but... who knows. I will definitely look into some of this when it gets repaired or replaced. Is there a better...
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    Phantom took off on its own, uncontrollable, crashed onto someone's car, bricked everything.

    Yes, it was in GPS Mode, and then I tried ATTI but it was getting so far away (and not slowing down) so I just powered it down and let it fall. It was still over the park, but moving at such a speed that it went an extra 20 yards further on the way down, landing just outside the park. I...
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    Phantom took off on its own, uncontrollable, crashed onto someone's car, bricked everything.

    Yes, I was in the flight path to the airport at the time, although I was much much lower than any planes would be flying (airport is about 15 miles away)... but the drone took off on the exact heading toward the airport, which is partly why I shut it down - I was unsure whether it would ever...
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    Phantom took off on its own, uncontrollable, crashed onto someone's car, bricked everything.

    Probably $350 for the windshield. Ironically, the guy who owns the car is an R/C hobbyist and his first response was 'thanks for leaving a note and taping it up (I taped over the cracked area so rain/snow melt wouldn't get inside as no one was home) - he went on to say "that's happened to me...
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    Phantom took off on its own, uncontrollable, crashed onto someone's car, bricked everything.

    Has anyone had this experience, and/or have any suggestions regarding repair? I was flying in a park in my neighborhood, directly over my head, up a few hundred feet (guessing) above ground level (6,300 foot elevation in Jackson, WY) when the Phantom 2 suddenly started doing a bit of a broad...