Hello Mavic Forum.
I lost my Mavic Air out at sea. I received the analysis from DJI and it says that I pressed descent and so it went down into the ocean as a result
Still things do not add up especially why the drone did not return home or lose signal at 1087 feet over an ocean overlooking a sparsely populated beach.
I've attched a picture of the flight data that notes the time it took off, Just before I lost signal with the drone, and when the altitude was pretty much sea level.
The video I took lasted 3 minutes 58 seconds (not attached) because signal was lost then; The highlights of flight log is below (pics attached) and lasts 1min 27 sec beyond the video:
4m20: Flight started (attached picture) 8m15: Signal weak notification (attached picture) 8m18: This is when the signal was lost as the video cuts off at 3min58 into the flight(4min20+3min58=8min18): Altitude at this time is 96 feet, and distance is 1087 feet 9m42: Last log on flight data and height was at 1.6 feet. This means that 1min and 27 sec had passed since the signal lost. (attached picture)
1) Why did the drone not return to home when it lost signal? It had always returned home when signal lost but did not this time. I remember hitting the return to home many times on my phone but couldn't verify that this was taking place. I do not doubt that I pushed "descent" but this was only after I was not able to communicate with the drone.
2) Why did I lose signal at 1087 feet, on the water in a place that is not densely populated?
3) I was at 96 feet when the feed was lost. DJI claims that I was decending 2m/s and that is the reason I lost my drone. I did not - it was almost 1min 30 sec later after losing signal that it perished. Why was I not able to communicate with the drone for 1min 30 sec?
Because of these reasons, I'm thinking it is more of a hardware issue or an issue with return to home function/signal unless I'm missing something that the people of this forum knows (which may well be the case). From my analysis, the drone had 1 min and 27 seconds to recover and return to home after it lost signal but it did not despite my attempts.
I don't deny that it's partially my fault as I pushed down on the controller after the signal was lost but when the screen goes blank for almost a minute and a half, and the drone does not return home as it is supposed to I dont' think I'm totally to blame.
I've asked DJI these questions and haven't received a satisfactory answer yet. I have a phantom 3 pro that did not have these issues and have a Mavic Pro 2 on order - although I kind of regret that as I will be hesistant to fly it over water unless I know what truly happened.
DJI offered a 15% discount on a replacement DJI air without the controller/charger - I think at least 25% or 50% would be a more fair. Honestly I'm trying to figure what could have happend to my drone before making another purchase from DJI/deciding to keep Mavic Air Pro2.
Any help in trying to figure out what could have happened would be appreciated.
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