LeafPeeper
First Officer
Flight distance : 450075 ft
United States
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So I've now crashed my MP twice - and both times into tree canopies. Both were pilot error, and I can't complain about my own stupidity. The first time my drone fell about 30 ft on to soft dirt and survived with only a few scrapes. The second time was more serious - as it initially got stuck 70ft up, and then didn't survive the gravity assisted return to earth. In both cases, the 'Find my drone' feature was extremely helpful in getting me close, but it still took me a while to locate the drone in the thick brush. While I had toyed with the idea of attaching a GPS tracker, I just never did it. I also brushed off the idea of a bluetooth tracker due to the extremely limited range. Now that I've crashed and searched a few times, my opionion has changed. I bought a Tile this weekend. Here's why. For both of my crashes, the drone stayed powered on and recording. I even caught myself on camera searching for it. The Find my drone feature gave me the the GPS location...but as I said, it still took me a while to actually find it. That's where the bluetooth tracker makes sense. If I'm close, I can make the bluetooth tracker yell at me and help me find it.....which brings me to the point of my post.
As I said, in both cases, my drone stayed powered on after the crash. Since the MP has a speaker/beeper, why don't we have the option to set off the startup tone either on demand or through some activation process when selecting 'Find my drone'? If the drone isn't dead, it sure seems like a quick and easy way around the bluetooth tracker as you'd have the full range of the remote controller at your disposal...
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