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Hi fellow hobbyists, just wanted to share this story, i have a phantom 2 with a 2d gimbal, i have flown it a couple of dozen times and got used to the jhook and some TBE, but today i got the scare of my life, i went out to fly, grabbed my 3 batteries, goggles, controller and phantom, got on my truck and started to fly in an open field on top of a hill near my house, anyways, 2 batteries down and all went well, got some video of where i live and the houses around us, everything was going great, had my music going in my truck, just enjoying the day, then on my third battery powered up, started flying close to me to wait till the jhook balances out and after 3 min i sent it out flying got to about maybe 100 m in front of me and about 20-22 m high and let it hover because i went to get my goggles, i turn around, walked like 3 meters got the goggles and battery and when i turned around my phantom was gone, not a trace, i panicked, the first thing i did was to try too csc to see if i could hear the blades trying to turn but did not hear a thing, then i throttle it up and the same, by this time i was thinking that i wasnt going to see it anymore, so i went home really fast to put some shoes on, came back and parked my truck exactly in the same spot i was in the begginig, anyways i went down hill to look for it, looked at some houses, neighboring streets, asked neighboors, and couldnt find it, then some friends showed up and told them that i lost my phantom, they immidiately helped me, finally after about an hour of feeling really bad, one of my friends found it, it was right beside my truck, the thing is that i was on top of a small hill where i live, the craft came back and landed on the side of the hill, about 2 m where it took of and landed on top of small grass.......two things i did not do because of the state of panick i was in is first look up and second look into my goggles, DUH..... The good part is i had the camera going, i saw exactly what happened, when i went into my truck the phantom lost comunication and went into failsafe went up like 60 feet and came home, when i came out of the truck and didnt see my craft i never tought of looking up, instead i looked down hill to see if i could find it, and then i remembered the goggles but did not see anything only snow and i couldnt hear the craft because of the loud music, from now on i will bring a buddy, at least one of us can keep their eyes on the **** thing
Sana
Sana
