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Evening all...below is an email I just wrote to DJL support..thought I'd fish here to see if anyone has any answers. I've had the Phantom for about 4 weeks. Have gotten some wonderful footage...but it all seems to have gone awry ..
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Good evening. A few weeks ago I received a Phantom 3. It's been a great tool and I've gotten some wonderful footage with it!
However, a few days ago I had started a flight and within a few seconds it started pulling hard to the left. So hard in fact I had to crash land it going full speed to the right to prevent losing in it in a river.
I had flown it just fine earlier in the day for quite a while. Now, admittedly, I did have a couple small low altitude collisions with the Phantom while learning the ins and outs of it a week prior, but it seemed to recover just fine.... other than some scuffed props. I thought maybe I caused some internal damage to the prop threads earlier that finally came back to get me, so I ordered a replacement set.
Tried the new props today and as soon as it was a couple feet off the ground it started wobbling and then drifting forward. Unfortunately, given even slow lateral movement I can't get it to land still enough to allow me to kill the props...so once again I watched as it slowly ate it in my small grass embankment and flipped over [I might add that this thing is rugged as hell. Haha tho I love it best when it's working properly].
Adding to the mystery is the fact that each of the 3 times I tried it it pulled in different directions. Once left, once to the right, and once forward.
I've calibrated the compass each time and am not in a place of high winds. Should I just send it back? I don't know what to do. I've checked through forums and can't seem to turn anything up.
Given regulations, I'm not actively saying that I was planning on commercial use...but as a video production professional, I had scheduled some gratis shoots for my clients that I'm now faced with postponing.
Kinda both bummed and also really worried I caused some damage to my new expensive toy. Any recommended actions would be GREATLY appreciated.
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Thanks for reading... here's one of the clips I've captured [some modest post in Adobe SpeedGrade]
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Good evening. A few weeks ago I received a Phantom 3. It's been a great tool and I've gotten some wonderful footage with it!
However, a few days ago I had started a flight and within a few seconds it started pulling hard to the left. So hard in fact I had to crash land it going full speed to the right to prevent losing in it in a river.
I had flown it just fine earlier in the day for quite a while. Now, admittedly, I did have a couple small low altitude collisions with the Phantom while learning the ins and outs of it a week prior, but it seemed to recover just fine.... other than some scuffed props. I thought maybe I caused some internal damage to the prop threads earlier that finally came back to get me, so I ordered a replacement set.
Tried the new props today and as soon as it was a couple feet off the ground it started wobbling and then drifting forward. Unfortunately, given even slow lateral movement I can't get it to land still enough to allow me to kill the props...so once again I watched as it slowly ate it in my small grass embankment and flipped over [I might add that this thing is rugged as hell. Haha tho I love it best when it's working properly].
Adding to the mystery is the fact that each of the 3 times I tried it it pulled in different directions. Once left, once to the right, and once forward.
I've calibrated the compass each time and am not in a place of high winds. Should I just send it back? I don't know what to do. I've checked through forums and can't seem to turn anything up.
Given regulations, I'm not actively saying that I was planning on commercial use...but as a video production professional, I had scheduled some gratis shoots for my clients that I'm now faced with postponing.
Kinda both bummed and also really worried I caused some damage to my new expensive toy. Any recommended actions would be GREATLY appreciated.
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Thanks for reading... here's one of the clips I've captured [some modest post in Adobe SpeedGrade]