dkatz42 said:Sounds like possibly the loss of a motor or ESC? Sideways with a beeline toward the ground doesn't sound like a flyaway-to-Shenzhen situation, as the Phantom wasn't in controlled flight. True flyaways (IMHO) are stable, just not going where you would like. The basic attitude-based control system seems to be pretty reliable.
I agree. This sounds like a loss of stable flight probably caused by a motor gone bad. It could also be an ESC, but there have been many reports of the "e clip" falling off the bottom of a motor shaft and it, and the thrust washer that's under the clip, being pulled into the motor, causing it to seize.
Has this P2V had any previous crashes, or just flips with the props hitting the ground?
-slinger