In the future, if you get a compass error don't use RTH. If the bird doesn't know which way it's pointing it doesn't know which way to go home. You probably could have flown it back manually and landed it.
Strange Crash: P3P Lost, Compass Went Haywire
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I'm sorry for your loss. It certainly sounds like something made your compass go crazy . If you would've switched to atti mode you might have been able to recover enough to land safely . Have you tried to contact dji . I have heard that they offer a 30%-50% discount on your next phantom. They will be able to help you pull off more data from your tablet. That may tell the whole story behind what happened . Good luck and I hope you are back up in the air soon!!
Thanks for the review, I appreciate it! I did switch to atti after I RTH'd and it spun again and it didn't help unfortunately.
I hate hearing these stories . Shake it off and get back up in the air . Good luck !!
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The battery issues are apparent from your HealthDrones analysis but do NOT seem to be a factor in the crash. I have had many batteries that demonstrated these problems without any associated compass issues
On the other hand the compass analysis shows severe issues leading up to the final entry. I would say they are the sole contributing factor to the crash.
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On the other hand the compass analysis shows severe issues leading up to the final entry. I would say they are the sole contributing factor to the crash.
Call DJI US support at (818) 235-0789 for the fastest service.
Side bar: You really should use RTH every now and then to familiarise yourself with how it works, and to be aware of its uses and limitations. It is also probably the only way to confirm you have good GPS locks and that your quad knows where 'home' really is.
Ive had a similar crash. Spun out of control, recovered then spun some more. My luck was a fairly soft landing and little damage. Engine failure according to dji after they analyzed my log. They repaired it under warranty. If they conclude the same you might be lucky. If a prop came off then you will probably be out of luck but theat would not explain the stabilization. Compass errors are probably a result of the spin rather than the cause. Good luck, sorry for your loss.
This smells like what happened to me (post brown trouser moment) cell 1 was also out and changing from GPS ATTI to ATTI without toggling the button!
I toggled to RTH a couple times on my P2 to see how it works. Its a nice feature and I'm glad its there for emergencies. But it will only be a last resort for me..and should be for any good pilot. None of my model aircrafts before I started buying Phantoms had a RTH feature and I never lost one through many years of flying.
Hindsight and all that... But you probably should have caught that cell deviation on take off. Definitely not good, though seems unlikely to have caused the crash.
My money is on compass failure or bird strike, but really hard to tell conclusively.
My money is on compass failure or bird strike, but really hard to tell conclusively.
Curious if you're in nevada? I'm at lake Tahoe right now (kings beach) and yesterday I kept getting error messages about compass calibration and electrico magnetic interference..
Part of Lake Tahoe is frozen. I'm sure smaller lakes around here are partly frozen.
I'm about 1 mile from the nevada border. (His profile says NV, that's why I asked if he was on this side of the country)
It'd be interesting tho if he's within a few hundred miles. Something maybe going on in the atmosphere from the recent solar flare a couple days ago as we both had compass issues same day...
I'm about 1 mile from the nevada border. (His profile says NV, that's why I asked if he was on this side of the country)
It'd be interesting tho if he's within a few hundred miles. Something maybe going on in the atmosphere from the recent solar flare a couple days ago as we both had compass issues same day...
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Sounds kinda what happened to mine. See my link below. I have my drone and .dat file.
P3 went spinning out of control and crashed! | DJI Phantom Forum
P3 went spinning out of control and crashed! | DJI Phantom Forum
DJI finally got back to me and I get the same "resolution" as all the other fly aways with evidence. I get 30% off a new P3P, bird only. What a bunch of garbage. They said that interference from unregulated devices could have played a part, of course I was flying where there isn't even a cell phone tower for miles much less power lines and other "FCC" related emissions.
