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Hi, deeply appreciate some expert opinion after a P3A 'flyaway'
Was my 1st flight post the DJI GO v2.9.1 update for android (5.0.2)
DJI GO crashed upon 1st opening (initiated from the controller)
Shutdown and restarted the controller - GO opened and my settings preserved with the exception of max altitude and RTH height; which had reset to 0 - set back to 120m
Drone took off and flew without issue until after 08m lost connection without warning (no image breakup as typical of a weak signal)
I frantically moved around trying to re-establish the connection for 5 minutes with no joy and had lost sight
After an hour or so of searching (expecting the worst) I found the drone upside down 'twitching' but otherwise with the exception of scuff marks - completely intact !
Upon my return; looking at the video the drone had gone 'nuts'; got dizzy - flew away out of control towards a cliff. Close to death it decided RTH might be a good idea (much later than expected) - however it was too little too late as it had already gone too deep into a ravine to make it back
Upon a clean-up and close inspection one of the arms has a hairline crack as has a leg and the camera's ribbon cable appears to have suffered rendering the unit in my opinion unsafe to fly
Looking at the log files with healthy drones - it all looks fine; thus at a loss as to what happened
HealthyDrones.com - Innovative flight data analysis that matters
Log attached if anyone is interested
Have to say after six months of near faultless ownership I have now lost confidence in the product
Was my 1st flight post the DJI GO v2.9.1 update for android (5.0.2)
DJI GO crashed upon 1st opening (initiated from the controller)
Shutdown and restarted the controller - GO opened and my settings preserved with the exception of max altitude and RTH height; which had reset to 0 - set back to 120m
Drone took off and flew without issue until after 08m lost connection without warning (no image breakup as typical of a weak signal)
I frantically moved around trying to re-establish the connection for 5 minutes with no joy and had lost sight
After an hour or so of searching (expecting the worst) I found the drone upside down 'twitching' but otherwise with the exception of scuff marks - completely intact !
Upon my return; looking at the video the drone had gone 'nuts'; got dizzy - flew away out of control towards a cliff. Close to death it decided RTH might be a good idea (much later than expected) - however it was too little too late as it had already gone too deep into a ravine to make it back
Upon a clean-up and close inspection one of the arms has a hairline crack as has a leg and the camera's ribbon cable appears to have suffered rendering the unit in my opinion unsafe to fly
Looking at the log files with healthy drones - it all looks fine; thus at a loss as to what happened
HealthyDrones.com - Innovative flight data analysis that matters
Log attached if anyone is interested
Have to say after six months of near faultless ownership I have now lost confidence in the product
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