dmiles
lvl.3
Flight distance : 455312 ft
United States
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I was not as lucky as you. My fly away happened at the beginning of the flight. Had home lock, 12 sats. At aprox. 20 meters altitude, 10 meters from home position, it just took a hard lean to the south, and took off. I had no control of any function. Switched to failsafe, then switched off transmitter as I was running down the road. I have no video, and no phantom 2 to send to DJI. Pretty sure it will not be recovered, at least not by me. I have long since suspected esc failure.
The "support" page is just for decoration. They have never responded to any email, and it's been over a month. I've heard you have to call, then they will tell you to send it in, and wait. Glad you got it back at least. The P3 looks tempting, but a fly away changes a man. I'm waiting to see how the solo pans out. In the mean time I did get a deal on a Phantom 2 that had a bad esc. I replaced it, and I must say, this Phantom has performed well so far. But then again, so had the other one until that day.....
I did find one thing interesting when I was in the process of replacing the esc on my ebay bargain. After I totally removed the bad esc, I started it up with no props, mainly to ensure that I had actually pulled the bad esc. It started up, and I could rev it up as much as I wanted. It had no idea that an esc was totally missing. I have noticed that if you try to start up with the esc "data" cable unplugged, it will not start up. But if one is totally missing, good to go. That is what is making me believe that esc failure is what caused my fly away.
If you do end up perusing support, I wish you the best of luck. I'm sure many here would appreciate hearing how it goes. |
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