Well, it finally happened...
Finished a new mini panel antenna last night and wanted to do a routine hover test out in my driveway as I always do. Acquired my sats, did the calibration, all is good....launch....
The plus flew straight up in the air to about 60 ft and took off to the west....what a helpless feeling. I turned off the TX in hopes of an RTH and ran to my backyard...there I saw her heading back!!! I turned on the TX but no control, however she slowed down and did a proper RTH landing into my neighbor's tree, I ran over to the tree as much as I could, reopened the vision app, saw I had TX and RX no problem, but all I could see were vines and flashing lights...
My neighbor's house is a foreclosure and their backyard is a jungle. the bird is nestled sideways up about 20 feet but I can't get within 15 ft of the treetrunk!!!! I need DB's chainsaw.... :mrgreen:
I tried to reach it with PVC pipe but it's not manageable past 20' or so, very heavy and floppy, thinking maybe conduit?????
Finished a new mini panel antenna last night and wanted to do a routine hover test out in my driveway as I always do. Acquired my sats, did the calibration, all is good....launch....
The plus flew straight up in the air to about 60 ft and took off to the west....what a helpless feeling. I turned off the TX in hopes of an RTH and ran to my backyard...there I saw her heading back!!! I turned on the TX but no control, however she slowed down and did a proper RTH landing into my neighbor's tree, I ran over to the tree as much as I could, reopened the vision app, saw I had TX and RX no problem, but all I could see were vines and flashing lights...
My neighbor's house is a foreclosure and their backyard is a jungle. the bird is nestled sideways up about 20 feet but I can't get within 15 ft of the treetrunk!!!! I need DB's chainsaw.... :mrgreen:
I tried to reach it with PVC pipe but it's not manageable past 20' or so, very heavy and floppy, thinking maybe conduit?????