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mtnred - This is not an attack on you, so please do not take it as such, but I have to disagree with you. I am a pilot and am deep in to the process of working towards obtaining a 333 exemption for my company. Licensing has absolutely nothing to do with what is going on in the above video, my situation, nor other situations like this. Of course there are cases of pilot error, and I have thought the same thing myself many times, however, in my case, I have very clearly documented that we did every last thing on our checklist by the book, but the exact same thing happened as in this video and as others have mentioned. Before it happened to me a couple of weeks ago, I also was one of those "it will never happen to us because we have developed and put proven systems in place that protect us against this happening." And to be honest, until now, those systems have allowed us to never experience this type of equipment failure in the field (and my company has successfully completed thousands of flights to date.) However, a couple of weeks ago, for the first time ever, there was absolutely nothing I could do. Zero response to my inputs/commands. The problem was/is real, and from the looks of it, this problem is absolutely repeatable in different parts of the world. I am based in Minnesota and I am watching videos of people half way across the world experience the exact same thing I did. We are 100% grounding the I1 until this issue is figured out, no question. For the defensive types on this forum, I get where you are coming from, but trust me, it never happens to you until it happens to you. All of that being said, you will not find that I have ever posted about anything relating to UAV's before, because I am honestly not the type to do so, nor to complain about a product, but I felt obligated to share my experience because I have never operated a more unpredictable/dangerous platform than this one. I just hope DJI figures this out before someone gets seriously injured or killed. The last thing our industry (or the hobby) needs is a story titled "DRONE operator loses control and kills innocent bystander 2 miles away." I, for one, would not be able to live with the guilt if I injured someone with an I1 in the future, knowing today that I absolutely can not trust this platform in its current form. The above video, my incident and many others, could have ended very differently. At this rate of failure, it is just a matter of time before one of these stories is more than just another "crazy" making noise on a forum. I apologize for yet another long rant. |
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