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Ok so I posted this morning that I had lost my P3 ( which I did) - I went and looked to where the app showed to last be seen (thanks jlo) The terrain was on private property behind a house that had 150 foot trees and a 45 degree slope. I knocked on the door of the house and the lady gave me permission to go look for it (she had no problem that it was a drone) I went down the crazy slope full of bushes surrounded by the 150 trees- looked up into the trees to see if maybe it had nested in one- could not see it thou- after looking around for 20 minutes wha la the miracle there she was
So here is what I think happened: flew up to 250 ft was messing with camera setting and it drifted or flew behind me and out of sight- I live on a hill side and thought that it was still in front of me somewhere- lost signal (probably because it went behind the hill and I was facing forward- antennas where not facing P3 anymore tried RTH but did not work- rebooted app but still no signal - It just ran into the trees on the hill side- it had to have fallen at least 100ft It- looks like there is no damage hard to believe have not started it up yet- ? how can I tell if the gimbal is damaged- I am nervous to start it up- battery is now charging
Thanks to the kind lady that allowed me to go look for my "drone" I explained what it was and what I was doing with it- she was very sorry and even happy when I found it- she said she wished her husband was awake as he would have been interested to see it- Not all people have problems with these awesome flying machines!
Thanks to this board you all are life savers- so no question is a stupid ? and all answers should be considered
Thanks again and safe flying (lesson learned)
So here is what I think happened: flew up to 250 ft was messing with camera setting and it drifted or flew behind me and out of sight- I live on a hill side and thought that it was still in front of me somewhere- lost signal (probably because it went behind the hill and I was facing forward- antennas where not facing P3 anymore tried RTH but did not work- rebooted app but still no signal - It just ran into the trees on the hill side- it had to have fallen at least 100ft It- looks like there is no damage hard to believe have not started it up yet- ? how can I tell if the gimbal is damaged- I am nervous to start it up- battery is now charging
Thanks to the kind lady that allowed me to go look for my "drone" I explained what it was and what I was doing with it- she was very sorry and even happy when I found it- she said she wished her husband was awake as he would have been interested to see it- Not all people have problems with these awesome flying machines!
Thanks to this board you all are life savers- so no question is a stupid ? and all answers should be considered
Thanks again and safe flying (lesson learned)