I did IMU calibrate and gimble calibrate and it's flying just like a new one. Only thing I noticed is that the fan is not starting at power up like my newer P4 does. So that may have to be sent in for that. Couldn't that cause an IMU to overheat eventually?
Totally agree John. Got very lucky to get it back for sure. And those windows are kind of tiny deep set too. But yes, it was Sunday so I'm sure there was almost no one up there at that time.
Sorry for blueballin ya man! Have some more popcorn and try it now. It's unlisted now instead of private. I'll leave it up for a day or two.
That's some story, you should do a YouTube story with your 2 vids explaining how it all happened.Thanks for the congrats man! And I agree that I would love to put together this story for sure. I even think DJI would love to have it tbo! The Phantom did exactly what it was supposed to do and not run into something.Congratulations on getting your P4 back
Exactly John! Or, if I had just had my Return To Home set at 500ft! I ordered the P4P 3 days ago btw!
Yes it flies perfect! I did replace the gimble fan in it. Other than that it was perfect. It sit up there at 350ft on a foot and a half wide ledge for almost 3 weeks. There was no road at all below it btw. It was another roof down about 280ft. Could never have landed on anyone at all. But my question is what happens if it misses that narrow ledge as it's running out of battery and it still has to get down 300ft plus of altitude to land softly. Would it be smart enough to come down softly for that long with a battery thats going dead? Can't remember if I posted this Recon Flight link or not?Congratulations on getting your P4 back
The maintenance guys found the key to those windows btw Pharm! So I didn't even have to wait for window washers to retrieve it. The washers go through those actual windows. So lucky!That's pretty cool. Glad you finally talked to someone who wasn't a brainless d**k this time. I hate it when someone's too lazy to just go look or to try and help. I DO understand now why they can't get to it, although it seems like one of those slanted windows ought to be "openable", but probably not. I wonder if they'd let you rappel from the upper level
Now let's just hope he doesn't forget to tell the window washers! Glad to hear good news (so far). Hope this one has a happy ending.
Yeah I was a little leary about getting too close to it at 350 off the ground. LOL. Especially since I had just talked to the maintenance guys about getting that one down. Wish I would have got a lot closer tbo! You can still see the props blowing in the wind up there though.
