Hello ALL,
After a year of flawless flying, my P2V,
I ALMOST lost it a few minutes ago! Man, SUPER
SCARY! My kids were outside playing a neighborhood
Basketball game, I decided to take some footage,
Booted up the phantom, normal startup, I also,
Re calibrated my compass ( last flight was a different
City ) got 7 satellites , home lock, both switches up as usual,
Lifted off, raised to about 10 feet, had a bit of neg drift, noticed
I lost 2 satellites , now 5, and blinking yellow, 98% battery, got 6 back
Green again, it stabilized, then back to 5 with neg drift, then back to 7
Satellites And stable again, flew to 25% alarm, brought back to 20' or so, flew
To 15% alarm, was above me about 15' ( feet ) started to land, came down to
About eye level, THEN:
Like a bat out of hell, it shot straight up ( FULL THROTTLE ), I tried to grab it
When it first revved up, but no dice ( too freaking fast ) I tried pulling down throttle,
As well as steer ( NOTHING ) no response ( meantime ) she is about 150' straight up now,
So I pulled hard down throttle, she started to descend ( SLOWLY ) I'm now coming down,
Still NO STEERING, but decending, I did let off throttle once ( and it shot up again ) so
I kept pulling down till I could physically grab it and manually shut off battery! Whew!
She came back safe and sound! But that crap was crazy stressful!
I'm going to hook to pc tonight, and review flytrex data! Will update, if I find anything?
Ps: I was really close to shutting down the remote, but luckily, she responded enough to
Come back!
For a stressful event, I was surprisingly exhilarated when I had it back in my hand!
Like a kid at Christmas!
just thought I would share with you!
Take care!
J dot
After a year of flawless flying, my P2V,
I ALMOST lost it a few minutes ago! Man, SUPER
SCARY! My kids were outside playing a neighborhood
Basketball game, I decided to take some footage,
Booted up the phantom, normal startup, I also,
Re calibrated my compass ( last flight was a different
City ) got 7 satellites , home lock, both switches up as usual,
Lifted off, raised to about 10 feet, had a bit of neg drift, noticed
I lost 2 satellites , now 5, and blinking yellow, 98% battery, got 6 back
Green again, it stabilized, then back to 5 with neg drift, then back to 7
Satellites And stable again, flew to 25% alarm, brought back to 20' or so, flew
To 15% alarm, was above me about 15' ( feet ) started to land, came down to
About eye level, THEN:
Like a bat out of hell, it shot straight up ( FULL THROTTLE ), I tried to grab it
When it first revved up, but no dice ( too freaking fast ) I tried pulling down throttle,
As well as steer ( NOTHING ) no response ( meantime ) she is about 150' straight up now,
So I pulled hard down throttle, she started to descend ( SLOWLY ) I'm now coming down,
Still NO STEERING, but decending, I did let off throttle once ( and it shot up again ) so
I kept pulling down till I could physically grab it and manually shut off battery! Whew!
She came back safe and sound! But that crap was crazy stressful!
I'm going to hook to pc tonight, and review flytrex data! Will update, if I find anything?
Ps: I was really close to shutting down the remote, but luckily, she responded enough to
Come back!
For a stressful event, I was surprisingly exhilarated when I had it back in my hand!
Like a kid at Christmas!
just thought I would share with you!
Take care!
J dot