Truly sorry for your loss.... DJI will get there's once better competition enters the market to collect up all the disatisfied DJI customers. A list that seems to be steadily growing!
I was at a balloon Festival this weekend with my DSLR's. I heard the familiar sound of a Quadcopter ( I don't fly mine anymore and it sits atop a closet waiting for a offer of .50 on the dollar to go to some other sucker to experience its mechanical or flyaway). I turn and see a kid in his twenties flying a Phantom with a GoPro on it. Now it was gusting to 20 mph and not one balloon was taken out of their trailers until dust when only 5 inflated for a glow show only because the wind was so bad. This phantom had no propguards and he was flying over about 4000 men, women, and children and maybe 1700 vehicles parked in the fields. All I could think about was the what ifs as he flew. What if he lost power, what if a cold solder decided now was the time to come undone, what if today it decided to get a mind of its own and head pitched down into the vehicles or crowds. My bet is this kid did not have the million dollar policy he would need if any of these possibilities became a reality that day.
One of these scenarios can and will happen someday and people will get hurt and this activity will immediately become highly restricted. It is just a matter of time especially with DJI's recent history of poor quality, no redundancy, and less than stellar firmware. I know I am not the luckiest guy in the world so I self grounded my P2V before something does happen that I neither can explain nor afford its repercussions. Being a current owner if legislation came up in my county or State for a vote restricting the use of consumer grade quads like phantoms I seriously would in good conscience have to vote for restrictions as right now it is a not ready for primetime time technology with a horrible track record for reliability. I feel those who fly these should be required to be licensed, pass a safety course, and carry extensive liability insurance. There also needs to be a age requirement as well and flight location restrictions not only around airports but also a commons emcee approach to populated venues. I know I was not comfortable watching this kid flying one of these over me this weekend and it had noting to do with anything other than personal safety due to the what ifs that seem to be reported daily on phantom forums.
