KeepinitCriss
lvl.1
United Kingdom
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Hey guys,
I recently bought a Phantom 3 a week ago.
Im not sure how to explain my emotions at the moment after spending retail price for this quadcopter, believe me its amazing and i have been flying everyday with ease for weeks until today.
I took the aircraft to where i usually fly which is a very large open field which is free of electrical power lines, roads, antennas, airports etc etc, i calibrated the aircraft, remote and camera gimbal, set the home point which was confirmed, battery when i took off was at 97%, I then flew the aircraft for about 3minutes within 40m in hight and distance from myself, then i look it to about 100m above ground and began to move it forward at around 300m in distance away from myself, then all of a sudden ’NO SIGNAL’ appeared on my handset and i lost video connection as well, at this point i didn’t worry to much as i was confident it would return to home as its programmed to do after 3 seconds of loosing connection. At this point, after looking back up from my handset i had lost sight of the aircraft, so i put the height joystick up so i could at least see it, nothing happening. So i waited for it to 'return home’ which it didnt.. I searched the area it disappeared on the map and it was not there, i continued to search the direction it was going and still could not find the aircraft. I kept my phone connected to the remote and searched all possible areas it disappeared just incase it would reconnect and i would find it, but i had no luck. I figured it would have at least 15minutes left in the battery for me to find it or even see some flashing lights but as it got dark i had to give up. Iv now searched for a whole day in mud and even ventured in to a near by forest just incase it carried on going or made a turn and still i have not found it.
Im thinking when it lost connection it kept on going with its own brain. I have recently updated the firmware to both the aircraft and remote and did 2-3 complete flights with no problem at all.
I am a grown man and although this machine is great and its bought me lots of joy in the past week or so, I’m trying hard to mask my emotions and swallow the amount of money iv spent to just see it fly away.
Im not happy DJI, this was at no fault of my own, Im not hoping someone can help.
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