Hello folks,
Just joined the forum and it seems to be a really friendly, intelligent crowd. Please help fix my stupidity.
I just planted my third Phantom 3, totaling it, in the front yard. Clearly there is something I am doing wrong so I turn to the smart folks on this forum to help me figure out what I'm doing wrong so I can continue this fun hobby. My pocketbook can't take anymore...
Registered with the FAA and birds are marked, I fly by the rules, just getting that out of the way.
Here are the facts:
This third crash is the first time I have been able to recover the craft so some kind of analysis can be done hopefully. I know you folks have tricks to download logs and maybe get to the bottom of this, any help would be much appreciated.
I'm clearly doing something very wrong but am at a complete loss as to what that may be. I do live in a very "interesting" area with SIGINT birds testing 24/7 so I am not ruling that out.. RJs, Compass Call, among others..
I may be employed by said testers so have the ability to ask about what signals they are putting out.
Also, if it helps, the casualty list
Just joined the forum and it seems to be a really friendly, intelligent crowd. Please help fix my stupidity.
I just planted my third Phantom 3, totaling it, in the front yard. Clearly there is something I am doing wrong so I turn to the smart folks on this forum to help me figure out what I'm doing wrong so I can continue this fun hobby. My pocketbook can't take anymore...
Registered with the FAA and birds are marked, I fly by the rules, just getting that out of the way.
Here are the facts:
- three phantom 3s toast (only the most recent able to be recovered)
- all three were using DJI black composite blades
- two had "landing feet" installed
- All three died from the same mysterious issue after flying perfectly for many flights.
- When disaster strikes, I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary, I do a vertical climb to 100' or so, then maneuver. It could be 10 minutes into the flight or, like today, very early, when I move left, right, forward, whatever, then out of nowhere the Phantom does a death spiral into the ground.
This third crash is the first time I have been able to recover the craft so some kind of analysis can be done hopefully. I know you folks have tricks to download logs and maybe get to the bottom of this, any help would be much appreciated.
I'm clearly doing something very wrong but am at a complete loss as to what that may be. I do live in a very "interesting" area with SIGINT birds testing 24/7 so I am not ruling that out.. RJs, Compass Call, among others..
I may be employed by said testers so have the ability to ask about what signals they are putting out.
Also, if it helps, the casualty list
- Phantom 3 Pro
- Phantom 3 Adv
- Phantom 3 Adv
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