gnixon2015
First Officer
United States
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ive read almost every post on this board about flyaways. reason being, that im terrified of having it happen to my new $1000 christmas present.
i think it is a mixed bag of reasons. as for what proportion is user versus craft, i dont think that questions is answerable from any truly practical standpoint.
what i can say with almost certainty is this:
SOME FLYAYAWS ARE DUE TO PILOT ERROR
you mentioned this but those are things like
-not having gps lock when taking off
-not running latest software/firmware/etc
-not calibrating when recommended/necessary
-not knowing how to bring it home in ATTI mode versus GPS mode when something 'happens' mid flight
-not understanding the risks of flying in certain circumstances that could cause the drone to want to fly on its own somewhere (this includes flying with low battery, flying near large objects that can block gps signals, flying out of LOS, etc)
SOME FLYAWAYS ARE DUE TO CRAFT DEFECT
Software: face it, these things have software and (speaking from being a software engineer) DJI has not tested EVERY SINGLE INPUT VARIABLE combination for the software.
Hardware: hardware fails, from things as simple as a motor going rogue and 'taking' the craft on a 1way flight to aruba to the battery voltage going bad and cascading into a unit's gps module being fried from a voltage spike. it can and will happen.
as for 'fault' i think the mixed bag is simply an unknown. the best you can do is plan for the worst and hope for the best. but from all the posts ive seen, the BEST way to mitigate and minimize the likelihood that you'll be one of those statistics is:
KEEP THINGS UP TO DATE (yes, the old if it aint broke dont fix it theory encroaches here but i still believe it is wisest to do this)
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GPS LOCK
KEEP BIRD IN LINE OF SIGHT (if you dont, your bird will lose comm with the RC and when it decides to fly on its own you'd better HOPE that home is really home *sigh*)
STAY AWAY FROM CERTAIN THINGS (large buildings, tunnels, valleys, tech infrastructure that can emit EMF, GPS, Radio or any sort of disruptive waves).
I have done those 4 things religiously and to date have had flawless flights. i dont expect problems while following these but do realize that pilot error and drone malfunction are both potential causes.
in the end, i dont think the proportions are as skewed as 99%/1% towards human error but like i said, i dont think you'll ever know and everyone can speculate til they are blue in the face...
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