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I have been doing some research on other forums and cant seem to find an answer so I figured I would ask fellow P2er's.
A little backstory: was flying with a friend and the neighbors spotted us. The neighbor's 5 year old son became ENTHRALLED with my Phantom. I told him I would charge it up and let him "fly" (his dad is also a nice guy and really appreciated it). I brought it back outside and put it up to about 200 feet and let him put his hands on the controls while I held on. I was very careful to keep an eye on what he was doing. I let him move the sticks a little bit by himself but kept my hands on the remote (what he was doing was very similar to "button mashing"). I looked up to locate the drone, looked down and back up. Somehow, someway, in that time, from 200 feet, he put the sticks in a power off position and the drone fell from the sky.
It looked much, MUCH worse than the end result. All 4 props snapped, the casing on the Zenmuse H3-3D cracked and it had some dirt on it. I bought new props and a new Zenmuse but here is the issue....
THE ISSUE AND WHAT I HAVE TRIED:
When I full powerup in GPS mode, the lights flash yellow and in the air the drone wont maintain its location. Again, remote IS in GPS mode. I get the constant yellow flash which also indicates the drone is not in GPS. Again, double check everything that seems it would be in GPS mode (it all is set to GPS), yet I still get the yellow flash. Checked to make sure the GPS is still attached inside, it is. Ran re-calibrations inside the Assistant also and same issue.
Any ideas? Could I have damaged something internally?
Thanks,
Eric
A little backstory: was flying with a friend and the neighbors spotted us. The neighbor's 5 year old son became ENTHRALLED with my Phantom. I told him I would charge it up and let him "fly" (his dad is also a nice guy and really appreciated it). I brought it back outside and put it up to about 200 feet and let him put his hands on the controls while I held on. I was very careful to keep an eye on what he was doing. I let him move the sticks a little bit by himself but kept my hands on the remote (what he was doing was very similar to "button mashing"). I looked up to locate the drone, looked down and back up. Somehow, someway, in that time, from 200 feet, he put the sticks in a power off position and the drone fell from the sky.
It looked much, MUCH worse than the end result. All 4 props snapped, the casing on the Zenmuse H3-3D cracked and it had some dirt on it. I bought new props and a new Zenmuse but here is the issue....
THE ISSUE AND WHAT I HAVE TRIED:
When I full powerup in GPS mode, the lights flash yellow and in the air the drone wont maintain its location. Again, remote IS in GPS mode. I get the constant yellow flash which also indicates the drone is not in GPS. Again, double check everything that seems it would be in GPS mode (it all is set to GPS), yet I still get the yellow flash. Checked to make sure the GPS is still attached inside, it is. Ran re-calibrations inside the Assistant also and same issue.
Any ideas? Could I have damaged something internally?
Thanks,
Eric