Hi all,
I thought that this would never happen to me because I'm so careful with my flying. This was my 12th flight and I was practicing different maneuvers. Beautiful weather with almost zero wind.
I was flying at my backyard and my neighbors have some tall birch trees near our border. I was making circles around when suddenly there was a gust pushing my lovely bird towards the trees. I couldn't do anything than watch when my P2V hit the branches (at 12 feet) rolled over and plunged down. Hit the ground pretty hard BUT bounced back in to air. I was able to recover the control for a brief moment but then it hit our apple tree and came down for a final stop.
Camera was hanging only by a zip tie with UV filter cracked. Some scratches here and there. All props had some damage also. Main body seem to be ok and I also tested later inside that camera is still working and motors rolling.
So, I probably need to open up the main body and check that everything is ok in there? Also need to calibrate the compass? Anything else?
Cheers,
Pete
I thought that this would never happen to me because I'm so careful with my flying. This was my 12th flight and I was practicing different maneuvers. Beautiful weather with almost zero wind.
I was flying at my backyard and my neighbors have some tall birch trees near our border. I was making circles around when suddenly there was a gust pushing my lovely bird towards the trees. I couldn't do anything than watch when my P2V hit the branches (at 12 feet) rolled over and plunged down. Hit the ground pretty hard BUT bounced back in to air. I was able to recover the control for a brief moment but then it hit our apple tree and came down for a final stop.
Camera was hanging only by a zip tie with UV filter cracked. Some scratches here and there. All props had some damage also. Main body seem to be ok and I also tested later inside that camera is still working and motors rolling.
So, I probably need to open up the main body and check that everything is ok in there? Also need to calibrate the compass? Anything else?
Cheers,
Pete