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Today, I crashed my Phantom, just as I was beginning to get confident using it (only about 15 flight 'days out' in total.)
I went to a rural spot beside a lake that I am familiar with; I like the wide open spaces with minimal radio interference.
I spotted a large concrete surface beside the lake and thought that looks 'perfect.' Put the drone down, waited for it to warm up, until I was able to do an auto 'take off.' Took off, and as soon the drone got about 5 foot in air, I heard the dreaded words from the app 'ATTI Mode.' I have to highlight there was no indication it was in ATTI mode before I took off.
Of course, I'm not used to ATTI mode. I don't often get to use the drone due to weather in my country, and on the few days I get to use it, it's always in GPS mode.
The thing started swinging about wildly at speed, and I could barely control it. I had the choice of crashing into a very large concrete block, a small tree, or the lake. Of course I started to panic.
I crashed landed it back on to the concrete surface, it was a nasty landing, it bounced, and ended up propeller side down. After examination, I've chipped at least one propeller. There are no cracks on the body, and the unit still seems operational (did a short test flight later.)
I suppose I am lucky it wasn't smashed to smithereens, or landed in the lake. However the experience has massively dented my 'drone confidence.'
I am presuming it went into ATTI mode, because the nice smooth surface I took off from was probably reinforced concrete which is full of metal? I don't understand why I got no warning BEFORE taking off. I took off, and within a second was wildly darting all over the place.
Does my reinforced concrete idea sound like a realistic reason for it going into ATTI mode?
Also, why was the ATTI mode so wild? It seemed like it was going full speed horizontally. I just couldn't figure how to land something like that, so crashed it.
I'll be honest I really don't want to experience this again, and would be grateful for any suggestions on how to avoid a re-occurence.
Thanks in advance.
Today, I crashed my Phantom, just as I was beginning to get confident using it (only about 15 flight 'days out' in total.)
I went to a rural spot beside a lake that I am familiar with; I like the wide open spaces with minimal radio interference.
I spotted a large concrete surface beside the lake and thought that looks 'perfect.' Put the drone down, waited for it to warm up, until I was able to do an auto 'take off.' Took off, and as soon the drone got about 5 foot in air, I heard the dreaded words from the app 'ATTI Mode.' I have to highlight there was no indication it was in ATTI mode before I took off.
Of course, I'm not used to ATTI mode. I don't often get to use the drone due to weather in my country, and on the few days I get to use it, it's always in GPS mode.
The thing started swinging about wildly at speed, and I could barely control it. I had the choice of crashing into a very large concrete block, a small tree, or the lake. Of course I started to panic.
I crashed landed it back on to the concrete surface, it was a nasty landing, it bounced, and ended up propeller side down. After examination, I've chipped at least one propeller. There are no cracks on the body, and the unit still seems operational (did a short test flight later.)
I suppose I am lucky it wasn't smashed to smithereens, or landed in the lake. However the experience has massively dented my 'drone confidence.'
I am presuming it went into ATTI mode, because the nice smooth surface I took off from was probably reinforced concrete which is full of metal? I don't understand why I got no warning BEFORE taking off. I took off, and within a second was wildly darting all over the place.
Does my reinforced concrete idea sound like a realistic reason for it going into ATTI mode?
Also, why was the ATTI mode so wild? It seemed like it was going full speed horizontally. I just couldn't figure how to land something like that, so crashed it.
I'll be honest I really don't want to experience this again, and would be grateful for any suggestions on how to avoid a re-occurence.
Thanks in advance.