QHovey
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United States
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I've had two crash landing so far. The first was only a couple feet in the air, inside. I wanted to check out some camera and flight settings, but you can't even access those settings with out being in flight. So I took off, but using the phone as the controller is dangerous because sometimes I forget to turn off the Joysticks and when i go to interact with the UI I fly backward, into a book case, and onto the hardwood floor. One of the caps on that cover the LED lights on the wings popped off, but it popped right back on. Still good!
Second crash was a tree. Was going to low altitude shots at a party with tree cover. I only have 1 battery at the moment, and spending time to properly double check my fail safe settings means less video capture time (Mistake 1). I got the low battery warning, and in my haste to keep the shot going, i hit OK for return to home, not CANCEL (Mistake 2!). It took off to the 30 meter RTH altitude with tree branches only 10 meters above it. Crash, recovered in mid air actually but seemed to ignore my cancel commands, and crashed again. Hit the ground, broke a propeller, but that's it. I'm somewhat surprised the camera held up, that's definitely seems to be the weakest point since its on a small mechanical gimbal.
Still it perfect working order, I'll order some extra propellers since I've used one. I'll be sure to keep it safe this 4th of July! |
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