- Joined
- Apr 4, 2015
- Messages
- 27
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- 0
- Age
- 65
- Location
- Suffolk UK
- Website
- www.timeflize.co.uk
It was all going so well.
Practicing for a formal flight exam next weekend - in ATTI mode - using GPS mode when the wind got a bit too strong.
First flight on 1st battery - flawless.
Second flight - second battery, initially all was well, again in ATTI mode, then without rhyme nor reason, the Inspire started behaving erratically - seeming not responding to stick input other than for yaw.
GPS mode made no difference.
The aircraft is limited to the UK CAA VLOS bubble of 500m and 400' - but as she flew off away from me, I selected 'return to home' as a last resort at 330m - and she kept going - exceeding the 500m limit and 'landing' in an old oak tree some 526m away. Thankfully, no-one hurt and after a lot of effort, the aircraft was recovered - in pieces (gimbal / camera ripped off - one of the motors damaged, landing 'springs' ripped off).
Message sent to DJI to ask for some assistance in working out what happened - but the worrying this is that it was just so - instant! In control one moment and off she goes the next....
Practicing for a formal flight exam next weekend - in ATTI mode - using GPS mode when the wind got a bit too strong.
First flight on 1st battery - flawless.
Second flight - second battery, initially all was well, again in ATTI mode, then without rhyme nor reason, the Inspire started behaving erratically - seeming not responding to stick input other than for yaw.
GPS mode made no difference.
The aircraft is limited to the UK CAA VLOS bubble of 500m and 400' - but as she flew off away from me, I selected 'return to home' as a last resort at 330m - and she kept going - exceeding the 500m limit and 'landing' in an old oak tree some 526m away. Thankfully, no-one hurt and after a lot of effort, the aircraft was recovered - in pieces (gimbal / camera ripped off - one of the motors damaged, landing 'springs' ripped off).
Message sent to DJI to ask for some assistance in working out what happened - but the worrying this is that it was just so - instant! In control one moment and off she goes the next....