This is 2nd time I lost Phantom 2 Vision Plus - the first time it happened in very similar fashion and hit the water on June 27th, 2014, i didn't have any screen recording then and wasn't able to recover it from deep water - there was a huge disappointment that DJI was not able to refund/provide discount and even didn't try to explain what might happen: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=19126&hilit=larasltu
I purchased another one in July, 2014, had ~60 successful flights with it and today, Feb 22nd, 2015 it drifted away and went down from 100 meters height reaching 30 m/s speed. Luckily I have recorded video from my phone screen from very beginning and was able to find phantom parts.
I didn't notice anything weird before the accident and it was like my standard flying day. Yesterday I was able to take the following shots: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1047 ... 7209889793
I also took the screenshots of battery, firmware, compass settings the day before the accident.
I uploaded video to Youtube, where you can find the screen captured before/during the flight, photos from crash area, settings from DJI Phantom 2 Vision Assistant_3.6 day before the crash:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldcfhJ2 ... e=youtu.be
In summary this is what happened:
I was using Naza mode, turned on Controller, Transmitter, Phantom. I waited until 7 satellites appeared and Home position was locked, I took off few meters and waited for few seconds to ensure it holds the position. I then reached ~100 m height and was planning to take some photos when I realized it started drifting away very fast. It was not responding to the controller - I then switched to Attitude mode (right switch on controller) and still didn't have control - I then switched off the controller with a hope that it will return home, however it landed with very high speed not far away from the location I took off. When I found it - all the parts where separated, i.e. battery, gimbal, camera.
Waiting for feedback from dealer, however my confidence is 0%with DJI products. I'm so glad I installed SCR 5+ Pro application, which enables to capture the screen of android with all the details - otherwise I wouldn't have any chance with DJI, now there is a hope....
What are your thoughts?
I purchased another one in July, 2014, had ~60 successful flights with it and today, Feb 22nd, 2015 it drifted away and went down from 100 meters height reaching 30 m/s speed. Luckily I have recorded video from my phone screen from very beginning and was able to find phantom parts.
I didn't notice anything weird before the accident and it was like my standard flying day. Yesterday I was able to take the following shots: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1047 ... 7209889793
I also took the screenshots of battery, firmware, compass settings the day before the accident.
I uploaded video to Youtube, where you can find the screen captured before/during the flight, photos from crash area, settings from DJI Phantom 2 Vision Assistant_3.6 day before the crash:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldcfhJ2 ... e=youtu.be
In summary this is what happened:
I was using Naza mode, turned on Controller, Transmitter, Phantom. I waited until 7 satellites appeared and Home position was locked, I took off few meters and waited for few seconds to ensure it holds the position. I then reached ~100 m height and was planning to take some photos when I realized it started drifting away very fast. It was not responding to the controller - I then switched to Attitude mode (right switch on controller) and still didn't have control - I then switched off the controller with a hope that it will return home, however it landed with very high speed not far away from the location I took off. When I found it - all the parts where separated, i.e. battery, gimbal, camera.
Waiting for feedback from dealer, however my confidence is 0%with DJI products. I'm so glad I installed SCR 5+ Pro application, which enables to capture the screen of android with all the details - otherwise I wouldn't have any chance with DJI, now there is a hope....
What are your thoughts?