andy10
lvl.4
Flight distance : 4585692 ft
Slovenia
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Yes, this is the one of the basic rules.
I fly the Phantom 3/A more than two years now and thought I will never do such a stupid thing.
But I did.
I hit branches of the tree. It was around 500 m away and I could hardly see anything on display because of the reflection of the bright sky (you are all familiar with that).
While looking the screen I lost the drone out of sight. As I wanted to catch the picture of the nice castle while the drone is flying away from it and there was a clear air line all the way to the take off point, I did not see any problem. The castle was visible on the screen all the time and that was my orientation point.
Lately (too late!) I discovered, that the way the drone was returning, was about 20 degree to the left of the line I predicted. When I noticed leaves of the tree, it was too late.
The drone felt down in the wood at the most inaccessible terrain - almost vertical stone walls.
I located the drone by GPS signal but it was unreachable. The next day, while I began to think about the new drone, my and my sons wife showed extreme enthusiasm. They took the rope and other climbing gadgets and go for it up into that wood.
And ... they found it! The most fascinating thing was, that the drone wasn't damaged at all. The battery felt out and was lying beside the drone. Just one propeller was broken.
After the replacement of the propeller I turned on the switch and the drone acts normally. I tested it in the air next day and everything was OK!
So, what is the message out of this?
Don't think you will never do the stupid things.
The drone which you can't see, is never at the place, it supposed to be.
It is good to have such action-willing wife, I'm waiting to get the bill for it
Congratulations to DJI! The Phantoms are apparently very damage resistant.
I'll put the video to show what the drone was going through.
This is the first time I am going to attach the video, I am not sure, if this will do.
Best regards
Andy
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