Looking at Maxwell's log, he was running on zero volts for some time and thats why auto landing kicked in. (This is 99% the same as a crash i had 3 weeks ago where battery % and volts shows fine in the DJI go app, but voltage is seriously zero and auto land kicks in but doesn't actually have enough voltage to finish the descent). Appears as though the last entry was 180 feet up .. and he was flying in a headwind. I bet he fell from 180 feet and didn't actually land. And I bet he drifted backwards too. I would look in that irrigation canal brush, south of the last reported GPS coordinates.
Looking at Maxwell's log, he was running on zero volts for some time and thats why auto landing kicked in. (This is 99% the same as a crash i had 3 weeks ago where battery % and volts shows fine in the DJI go app, but voltage is seriously zero and auto land kicks in but doesn't actually have enough voltage to finish the descent). Appears as though the last entry was 180 feet up .. and he was flying in a headwind. I bet he fell from 180 feet and didn't actually land. And I bet he drifted backwards too. I would look in that irrigation canal brush, south of the last reported GPS coordinates.
Maxwell - what firmware were you on? I see you are on DJI go 2.5.1 .. were you on 1.8 firmware?
Can you also share more about your experimental battery? (Maybe in the dual battery mod thread). Your log has some interesting stuff in it, a battery error shows at 9 seconds into the flight. The good news is that you ran on zero volts for 2m30sec according to the flight log, so your batteries did something!
I'm curious, did you take the 2nd one apart? Did you document what you did? I'm sure others would be interested in seeing what you did tooMy problem with recovering the bird is that the terrain is so over grown I cant get thru it. And I am a ARMY vet, even if the P3 fell out the sky it would be fine. Because the brush in that field is over my head. I could be standing right next to it and not see it. I did search the canal and any area that I could force my way thru. It is just to dense. I don't think having a second drone fly over would do any good. I am really POed at my self.
I was running two DJI batteries . One was carried under the VPS sensor.
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Ahhh that sucks man. Can't really tell from Google Maps how dense the brush is, that makes more sense. If ya pay for gas and beer, I'll drive from Oregon to help look
(pending my wifes approval)How about I come to Oregon to cool off ?/Ahhh that sucks man. Can't really tell from Google Maps how dense the brush is, that makes more sense. If ya pay for gas and beer, I'll drive from Oregon to help look
Hey swing by and you can pick me up in PhoenixAhhh that sucks man. Can't really tell from Google Maps how dense the brush is, that makes more sense. If ya pay for gas and beer, I'll drive from Oregon to help look
I'm going to buy this. I have the camera and gimball off my P3P I crashed a way back. When I get this flying I am going to go find the other one I hope.
I plan to go back out there over the weekend, and try. I will take the gopro to show you guys what I am up against, that is some bad bush and 100 degrees, and 110% humidity. You have to experience Texas humidity to know what it is. I have not give up yet but my hope is shrinking. I think pictures in 4K and then bring them home and blow them up on the big screen may work. Cant hurt. I was in a special unit in the ARMY, and I am no stranger to tough obstacles. I am in my 60s so I have slowed down. And I hurt my back at work today and cant do more then lay here and take pain pills ,so I hope you can read this.? You guys are a real help and I like the Comradery we have here on this site. I am missing my P3P a lot, I had a Fireworks show to film, and now it wont be .
