ricci2
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Flight distance : 61158 ft
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lt Posted at 2018-6-27 22:24
Thanks for your post on the thread Dayjob. We were also on a mapping mission but in Map Pilot. I immediately quit the app and opened DJI Go and activated "Home Lock". Aircraft was about 1.2km out at undisclosed height and we were able to bring it back to home in this mode and descend to safe crash altitude. My only thoughts after this incident was to counter the rotation with the remote stick just before landing which might have helped us not crash landing (don't know but by the time we were close, I was so happy to not have to recover a pile of scrap carbon fiber).
I must say the 2170R seems to be much better constructed (I also had the same thoughts about the thicker root construction) but there were some reports of the shearing the screw heads of the bolts that hold the top plate so be wary of this and check wether they are flush every time before takeoff. It might also be a good routine to replace blades every 40-50 hours (maybe DJI can chip in on this and give us some advice)
Happy flying!
greetings Lt,
Long time no chat, just returned from Antartica, Halley 6, so glad I did not take the M600 after your issue.
Took a mavic pro and it was great until at 500m up, an updraft took the craft up to over 2,5k and spat it out a 1000m away. managed to recover the beast, amazing footage, thousands of km of white snow and Halley a little red and blue dot.
glad your craft made it back.
be well
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