About two weeks ago, I lost control of my P2 that ended at full throttle in a brick wall of a plant near my college where I usually practice my piloting skills (or lack of in this very specific case). I lift of probably prematurely, thinking that the iOSD mini number of satellites displayed and not blinking was a confirmation that a home lock was acquired.
I notice immediately a TBO effect that increased very fast and as I was flying over a street, I was more concern of hitting cars or people (trying to get high enough to prevent that) than switching in ATTI mode. The P2 crashed loudly about 500 m behind me so I was able to recover the remain of the Phantom with minimal search. I suspected a total loss since the contact was so violent that the gimbal get severed from the P2, all the propeller collapsed and the upper and lower shell show obvious cracks and bending, but the GoPro survived.
Footage of that epic crash available here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiTN_canNvE
In the last few frames of the shoot, the camera faced the P2 and you could see that the battery get severely yanked out of the quadrocopter. The battery shell is cracked and distorted but doesn't show any sign of swelling or leaking. I kept a close eye on the thing, in a fire proof bag, for a good time, but that **** thing isn't going to blow up and the intelligent interface still working showing 4 steady LEDs. I clearly won't try to use it in my freshly received P2, but I don't think is either safe to drop a fully damaged charged battery in a recuperation site.
So, what do you think is the safest way to dispose such an inconvenient thing?
Maher
I notice immediately a TBO effect that increased very fast and as I was flying over a street, I was more concern of hitting cars or people (trying to get high enough to prevent that) than switching in ATTI mode. The P2 crashed loudly about 500 m behind me so I was able to recover the remain of the Phantom with minimal search. I suspected a total loss since the contact was so violent that the gimbal get severed from the P2, all the propeller collapsed and the upper and lower shell show obvious cracks and bending, but the GoPro survived.
Footage of that epic crash available here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiTN_canNvE
In the last few frames of the shoot, the camera faced the P2 and you could see that the battery get severely yanked out of the quadrocopter. The battery shell is cracked and distorted but doesn't show any sign of swelling or leaking. I kept a close eye on the thing, in a fire proof bag, for a good time, but that **** thing isn't going to blow up and the intelligent interface still working showing 4 steady LEDs. I clearly won't try to use it in my freshly received P2, but I don't think is either safe to drop a fully damaged charged battery in a recuperation site.
So, what do you think is the safest way to dispose such an inconvenient thing?
Maher