Insane is the feeling you have when you are holding the remote while your bird is out/up a couple hundred feet and the lights go out, your remote starts beeping, and it sounds like a mad swarm of bees crash lands.
I can't even describe it folks. The part that just has me stumped is the fact the lights went out (something we can't make it do) yet the engines went wild. If I hadn't been flying it in the dark I wouldn't have caught these details.
So here is the video. Keep in mind this was shot by my daughter using her iPod. Her little friend is the kid talking about spying (he is convinced drones are a cia spy thing).
Note the lights went out, remote starts beeping. On screen showed me a very quick critical power message and boom loss of signal. Engine sounds are heard beyond this point while the lights remained off. Flight log below.
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Dji for the record was pretty good about this all. I called, got a ticket opened and a return shipping label within minutes. Checked in the same day received. Never asked me more questions beyond the story and above data provided. Quad was repaired and shipped back to me and should arrive back tomorrow (one day short of three weeks). No explanation provided. In the end I'm out a set of blades and that's it. Battery was fine and was used to pull flight logs etc afterwards.
My guess is there's a programming issue with either the quad or battery firmware. The batteries have some smart hardware that includes features like hibernate. I would be curious if something like this could be at play. The lights / engine noise is what I keep coming back to as odd. Anyone can claim that a battery coming out of the bird could cause these failures, however, I read these forums and gave a good check of this before each and every flight. A battery coming loose also cannot explain lights out but engines on.
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