I have used auto land before, but at only less than 9 feet & with-in 20 feet of my takeoff point.
This time, I was at about 13 feet & about 35-40 feet from me.
I hit auto land, and I was surprised that my P3 started to climb upwards. ( it was possibly heading towards a 17,000 volt power line so I wanted to stop any more altitude going on)
I didn't panic, I first tried to ****** the stick to bring it down & I didn't get a reaction, so I tried up stick, still no reaction. Then I noticed it sliding to my right, I then tried to bank it back with the right stick to get it back on course.
That didn't go very well, but I had begun to have control back as it was moving to my commands for a few seconds.
I was lucky, it did a inverted flip at about 2-3 feet off of the ground, then I did the "CSC" to shut down the motors.
Total damage, one prop got the trailing edge broken, one prop with some mung on it.
I will replace all four props! Funny thing is, when it was upside-down it was protected by the prop domes & never impacted the top of the drone.
Good to fly after a full preflight inspection & of course IMU/Compass recalibration.
So, I know what my RTH altitude would be, but there isn't any information in the manual that tells you what the heck happens if you use it above 3 meters. I know one thing, I'll never use it again!
So what did I do wrong?
I have video of the crash, but have not mastered using a video editor to shave it down to a limit that people will yawn at!
P.S.
I never thought the P3 was capable of doing a invert.......
Kurt
This time, I was at about 13 feet & about 35-40 feet from me.
I hit auto land, and I was surprised that my P3 started to climb upwards. ( it was possibly heading towards a 17,000 volt power line so I wanted to stop any more altitude going on)
I didn't panic, I first tried to ****** the stick to bring it down & I didn't get a reaction, so I tried up stick, still no reaction. Then I noticed it sliding to my right, I then tried to bank it back with the right stick to get it back on course.
That didn't go very well, but I had begun to have control back as it was moving to my commands for a few seconds.
I was lucky, it did a inverted flip at about 2-3 feet off of the ground, then I did the "CSC" to shut down the motors.
Total damage, one prop got the trailing edge broken, one prop with some mung on it.
I will replace all four props! Funny thing is, when it was upside-down it was protected by the prop domes & never impacted the top of the drone.
Good to fly after a full preflight inspection & of course IMU/Compass recalibration.
So, I know what my RTH altitude would be, but there isn't any information in the manual that tells you what the heck happens if you use it above 3 meters. I know one thing, I'll never use it again!
So what did I do wrong?
I have video of the crash, but have not mastered using a video editor to shave it down to a limit that people will yawn at!
P.S.
I never thought the P3 was capable of doing a invert.......
Kurt