ghinson said:My fly-away story is now a few pages old in this thread. (And I am still waiting to hear how DJI support will respond to my answers on the form they sent.)
Whereas I am quite certain that my crash (in the ocean) was due to some sort of mechanical failure, and not pilot error (don't judge the statement unless you go back and read the story), I also agree that it is crazy to think that there is as high a failure rate that has been discussed here these last couple of pages.
That said, I did get a Phantom 1 a couple of months before getting the Phantom 2 and, after flying it without issues for about 2 weeks, during one flight, it ascended to about 50 ft, and suddenly and completely and without warning, lost all power and fell to the ground (asphalt), breaking one of the arms. In that case, I had bought it from Amazon, so I simply returned it and got another.
I have since flown that Phantom probably 75 times without incident.
And now, after flying the Phantom 2 about 100 times for a couple of months, I lost it too.
So, while I agree that these are generally reliable, I do have to say, I'm starting to get a little nervous about it...
As others have said when you first posted, based on the way your Phantom 2 responded my first guess would have been you might have accidently hit the switch for home lock or course lock. Personally I wouldn't fly over water without FPV with osd so I know exactly what is going on. As for the P1, I don't trust them at all.