Well, I can say that I've joined the ranks of those who have crash their Avata 2 in less than 24 hours. This is a first for me.
To set the stage, I have a circuit that I fly that is an area that has a few structures and pine trees. I’ve been flying this course for some time with my Avata’s to keep up proficiency, and have never had any issues when using the Controller 2 and the goggle v2 and 2. So, yesterday after receiving my Avata 2, I flew around my house and through our barn without any issues, now I wanted to see how it would fly a little distance away from me. I started the flight using my typical course to get a feel for it. I started with a full charge on the Avata 2, Goggles 3, and Controller 3.
During the flight, I noticed that the HD signal to the goggles was getting weak on occasion, so I kept the flight close within 600’. When the signal was fluctuating, I didn’t notice if the RC signal was dropping as well. As I was turning the Avata, to fly perpendicular to me, the goggles image froze on me and indicated that I lost the signal. I tried to stop it with the pause button, but I couldn’t confirm anything. I waited to see if the RTH command kicked in, but still nothing. I figured I would need to do a retrieve at this point and used the map to locate it.
I found the Avata 2 at the base of some pine trees, and fortunately, nothing broken. I retrieved the flight video to review, and to my surprise, it flew another 150 past when I lost the signal, flew between powerlines and descended straight into the trees. The drone lost the signal connection at 52 feet above the ground and 541 feet away from me. Like I said, I have flown my other Avatas through this perimeter course before, using the goggles 2 and v2 and with the controller 2 with no issues.
I inquired on social media forums to see if anyone else has had a similar issue with signal drop, and to my surprise, I found that there are others out there that have had the same experience of losing the goggle signal and control in the same fashion.
Also a point of interest, the Controller 3 signal is tunneled thru the goggles 3 unlike the Controller 2, which explains why there is no visible external antenna on the Controller 3.
A quick question to the group. If you purchased a Avata 2 and are currently flying it, have any of you lost the signal thru the goggles and or lost control when the drone is obviously still in range or not blocked by structures?
Video of the flight after lossing the signal.
https://cdn.djivideos.com/video_play/7367c8e4-f548-40ec-9053-e64e095ed08f
|