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Sean-bumble-bee Posted at 3-28 15:26
I am puzzled, all these posts about misbehaving Avatas and, that I noticed, nobody asked for or posted flight logs, why?

there are plenty of topics of this issue where users HAVE posted the logs....
just not in this one. but there are a lot more topics about this issue
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BadBert Posted at 3-29 00:18
there are plenty of topics of this issue where users HAVE posted the logs....
just not in this one. but there are a lot more topics about this issue

I happened upon and read, ONLY this thread and no one in it has posted logs.
I am not talking about other threads, I have no interest is other threads. I just find it strange that, in this thread, there are no logs.
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Mark Helpert (DJI Support)
2023/1/26 GMT+8 16:41
Good morning ,

you are probably referring to a satisfaction survey.

I am sorry to bring this kind of news to you but it is the result of the analysis, unfortunately.

The offer of 40% discount for a DJI Avata including a battery are still valid.

I understand that this solution does not satisfy you but it is the maximum that I can offer you.

If I can assist you any further with this please do not hesitate to contact me again.
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2023/1/25 GMT+8 20:13

What is this? I cam Read German thought. If it’s a question about your support it’s gonna be a big disappointment and 0 points. I’m done asking for your help. Stoped buying stuff from you.




Mark Helpert (DJI Support)
2023/1/23 GMT+8 19:00
Hello ,

I am sorry to hear that.

The drone responded well to the commands of the pilot during this flight.

As you have manually pushed the button to cancel the Return To Home-function it is determined as a pilot error by our analysis-team.

In this case I can offer you maximum 40% discount on a DJI Avata plus battery for a reference price of 278,32€ (excluding VAT).

If you want to take this offer or I can do anything else for you please let me know.
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2023/1/20 GMT+8 23:45
Hello Mark,
Yes, you can help me assistance further.I tell you the opposite I couldn’t operate the drone cause my googles were frozen and that means the remote ain’t working correctly so how am I suppose, and why would I turn the return to home off?
If you are telling me nothing but the truth means which means that there is nothing you can do in your position at your service minded daily work at DJI to serve your customers in a supporting waye I truly understand you that you are sorry I cannot help me and I feel sorry for you and I’m gonna close down all my DJI accounts and never gonna use the products again because I don’t want to be a part of how DGI treats their employees like you cause that’s the way home customer support supposed to be there is nothing more money can’t buy except trust. I’ve got no trust in you or your company. Anymore



Mark Helpert (DJI Support)
2023/1/20 GMT+8 22:50
Hello,

in this case every coworker could just confirm what I have already told you.

In case of a battery level that is too low to continue flying or a signal loss the drone would have returned to the home point automatically but it was cancelled by the pilot.

As a courtesy, we have already offered you a 40% discount on a replacement drone including a battery.

I am very sorry but as this is a confirmed pilot error by our analysts this is already the maximum discount that I can offer you.

If I can assist you any further please let me know.


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2023/1/20 GMT+8 16:08
But if you cant help me i need to talk to somebody that can? Its not abut the money, its the support from you that is worth more.

Im not lying to you when i say that i had no connection with my glases or the remote. And when you dont trust me feels hopeless to continue using your products without your support.

AS you can se in all dji App im a great customer and love your approach. Ihave bought 2 mavic 3 the last year and two avata, ive had 2 inspire 2 and two phantom 4pr plus. 1 mavic enteprise dual and two older mavic pros.

Its no money for you to replace my avata. And i did the flyaway cause your support told med that you would help me. Othervise i would have get a scuba gear and get down to find it. But now its ice and there is no way i can!




Mark Helpert (DJI Support)
2023/1/20 GMT+8 15:10
Good morning,

I have spoken with the responsible department again.

The analysis resulted in a pilot error and there is nothing more I can do for you other than offer you 40% discount on a replacement drone, I am sorry.

There is no specific phone number or contact I can give you.

If you have any other questions please contact me again.
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2023/1/19 GMT+8 19:04
Ok
Can I get the number or contact to your supervisor please




Mark Helpert (DJI Support)
2023/1/19 GMT+8 14:54
Good morning,

in case of a loss of the signal or low battery the drone would return to home automatically.

The problem here was that you have cancelled "return to home" manually.

This could clearly be seen within the flight records by our analysts so that is why they came to the conclusion that it is a pilot error.

If you would not have cancelled "return to home" the drone would have been returned to the starting point.

I can just recommend to stay calm in this kind of a situation and let the safety function of the drone work on its own.

The offer of a DJI Avata incl. battery with a discount of 40% still remains. The reference price is 278,32€ after discount without VAT. You would have to add your local VAT on top of this. The offer is valid for one month.

I am sorry but this is already the maximum I can do for you in this case.

If I can do anything else for you please let me know.
Viele Grüße / Best Regards
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2023/1/19 GMT+8 13:20
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Hello again!
See the attached link for proof that I could not control the drone consciously due to the glasses freezing.
Look at my account, there you will see when I started driving drones. If you can't see it, I've had about 10 and never crashed before. Do you think I would land in the ocean on purpose? No, I can control the drone better than that.
They promised me from several quarters with you that you would help me this time. The fact that you would charge to replace makes me very sad as I know that for you as a multi-billion dollar company this costs nothing if not more in your brand. But for me as a private person and a great trust in you, this money would mean a lot if not more for my anxiety and the confidence to continue operating your drones.
I hope that the video I send can motivate to replace me with a new device without financial consequences for me.

I wish you a nice continued day and sincerely hope that your human side on the other side of the screen sees this case in my favor.





2023/1/18 GMT+8 18:55
•        The aircraft worked under Motion-GPS mode mainly in this flight;
•        Flight Time T=09:30, Relative Height H=38 m, Distance to Home Point D=213.1 m, Battery=27%, RTH was triggered due to Low Battery
•        That is not true. The glasses froze and I couldn't see a single thing. All I heard was the control beeping. The glasses were black. After a few minutes I tried to press return to home but that didn't work either
•        T=09:59, H=35.7 m, D=148.8 m, Battery=23%, RTH was canceled by the pilot;
•        
That is not true.
•        T=11:41, H=37.9 m, D=158.4 m, Battery=9%, Landing was triggered due to Critically Low Battery, the aircraft started to land and the process of landing cannot be canceled;
•        T=12:18, H=-0.6 m, D=170 m, Battery=0%, the aircraft landed into the water and the flight record ended;


Mark Helpert (DJI Support)
2023/1/18 GMT+8 18:36
Dear ,

thank you for your patience.

I have just recieved the result of your data analysis:
  

•        The aircraft worked under Motion-GPS mode mainly in this flight;
•        Flight Time T=09:30, Relative Height H=38 m, Distance to Home Point D=213.1 m, Battery=27%, RTH was triggered due to Low Battery;
•        T=09:59, H=35.7 m, D=148.8 m, Battery=23%, RTH was canceled by the pilot;
•        T=11:41, H=37.9 m, D=158.4 m, Battery=9%, Landing was triggered due to Critically Low Battery, the aircraft started to land and the process of landing cannot be canceled;
•        T=12:18, H=-0.6 m, D=170 m, Battery=0%, the aircraft landed into the water and the flight record ended;



Conclusion: There was no technical malfunction of the drone. Please fly with caution and take care of the battery status.
________________________________________
We can understand the disappointment that comes with the loss of the drone.

Due to this, we would like to offer you a DJI Avata incl. battery with a discount of 40%. The reference price is 278,32€ after discount without VAT. You would have to add your local VAT on top of this. The offer is valid for one month.

Apologies for the inconvenience caused.

If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me again.
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Joven (DJI Support)
2023/1/18 GMT+8 15:25
Dear ,

Thank you for contacting DJI Technical Support.

Regarding your inquiry, we will forward your request to the designated department that deals with issues as such for further assistance. They will surely handle your concerns accordingly.

Thank you for choosing DJI products.

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2023/1/16 GMT+8 14:04
Hi Dji,
I have contacted you before for help. Repeatedly without result.
Now I will make one last attempt at your support as this case should be if you are human in your interest and your pride towards customer support.
My drone, AVATA, SN,
, debuted yesterday and a few minutes my googles froze and couldn't see it. When I got home I saw that it had gone into the water. I am anxious and sad and hope you can help me replace it as I could not control the situation. As I said, I will only ask once. If you want to make it easy for yourself, throw this in the soups and ignore it.



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Exactly the same happened to my drone when it was new on one of my first flights, hittet a tree branch with motion controller and the Drone flyed like yours but my flight ended in a housewall 3 cm before a Windows in a unknown garden.

Could have hitted the Windows or a car or even "better" a Person, you loose every control of the drone it was so scary. And the badest part is it jumps from M to N so you cant even disarm it with the FPV controller 2. If it goes Rogue it gets a flying brick-

This problem exists for months now... Why DJI does nothing about it?"
Was thinking it was a broken motor or something but seeing all this videos I can confirm now it was the same problem.
2023-3-30
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Blériot53 Posted at 3-4 12:07
The guy seems to want to blame anyone but himself

What the hell are you talking about????

Is not needed to make all drones some like this to be a problem...is enough to have 2 identical incidents like this on 2 different drones and is clear that there is an issue that can be replicated.

As EASA norms, a drone that behaves like this is not a safe drone, as the error can be replicated and gives unpredictable results, pilot being unable to anticipate the flight scenario.

Go to sleep.
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Hi,
I recently experienced the same crazy fly away with my Avata.

The first one on S-mode with the MC, I slightly touched the summit of a tree and the drone went crazy, like we can see in numerous videos.
4min04 : https://app.airdata.com/share/PUCuay/GENERALNotifications

The second one on M mode, is far worse. After I hit the brake button, at 10.1 m from the ground, the drone hard brakes and detects an impact (in an open field, at 10 m height).
It then flew away 500 m over a nearby city even if I had set a 300 m distance boundary. The drone did indicate it in my goggles (and in the logs) but that didn't stop his runaway.
I had no control over my drone for almost a minute.
https://app.airdata.com/share/CvIyBY/GENERALOverview



I reached DJI support multiple times but they keep on saying it's a pilot error.I'm ok to accept my fails about crashing an FPV drone, but this...even if it's totally my fault on the first incident, the drone never should have pull the throttle up by himself.

For the one's asking, the drone switches automatically on N mode, so the M-mode's disarm button doesn't work.

Such a terrible/terrifying experience
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djiuser_WKrVrzQSr9gH Posted at 4-13 15:32
Hi,
I recently experienced the same crazy fly away with my Avata.

Did they tell you what exactly the "pilot error" was? I would be really interested. Maybe there is something we can really do better (even if I think it's absolute nonsense).
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eighties.fpv Posted at 4-13 21:16
Did they tell you what exactly the "pilot error" was? I would be really interested. Maybe there is something we can really do better (even if I think it's absolute nonsense).

Obviously they cannot say "Oh it's our fault".
Because they will be responsible for every accident involved by users.
And of course they will be fined for selling something dangerous.
But novice and expert pilots are experienced this behavior of the Avata.
I fly with other FPV drones, and NEVER, NEVER and NEVER they do something like that. I never lost control of them. I can crash (normal thing in FPV), but they never fly away and never I'm not allowed to disarm them.
I did another test, at home. I took off in M and let off the throttle to land without disarming, a bit like flying a Mavic. After the second bounce it picked up altitude and speed towards the ceiling without my control.
So if you take a few bangs from underneath, you have a lot of chances to have a fly away.
Like you could see in my video and the videos I posted here. They all have this thing in common.
Sicenrly? I dont trust in Avata anymore, and I'm trying to selling it. Now I bought a GEPRC Cinebot30.
Same size but damn.... it flies a lot much better. Day and night. And surprise. No flies away.
2023-4-13
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Luca Rubino Posted at 4-13 21:50
Obviously they cannot say "Oh it's our fault".
Because they will be responsible for every accident involved by users.
And of course they will be fined for selling something dangerous.

Hello Luca,

my contribution was not meant as criticism. I have known the problem for a long time and have been able to reproduce it myself several times. I also know that DJI would never admit that the Avata has a massive problem which, in extreme cases, can lead to life-threatening situations.

I would only be interested if DJI justifies the alleged "pilot error" and if they provide a solution suggestion, what you can do as a pilot to prevent the whole thing.

To put the question more concretely, "What did I do wrong as a pilot when my drone suddenly takes on a life of its own after making light contact with the ground and flies off uncontrollably for 500 meters?"
2023-4-13
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eighties.fpv Posted at 4-13 22:33
Hello Luca,

my contribution was not meant as criticism. I have known the problem for a long time and have been able to reproduce it myself several times. I also know that DJI would never admit that the Avata has a massive problem which, in extreme cases, can lead to life-threatening situations.

Ah ok, now I understand your point of view.
It's ok, I'm curious about DJI's answer too.
2023-4-14
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eighties.fpv Posted at 4-13 21:16
Did they tell you what exactly the "pilot error" was? I would be really interested. Maybe there is something we can really do better (even if I think it's absolute nonsense).

For now I'm stuck with :


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what kind of $#@ is that DJI replyr?

drone is going berserk after light hit of anything (ground bouce, branch hit) it stops responds to any command input (even motorkillswitch)- but goes fullthrotle suicide run!

that is not how it works - and I would really consider going to court. Also on our side we have as pilots of this drone do more PR work - like on few social media/channels - then maybe DJI will rethink

as for now logs did clearly show - drone fully ignore pilot commands :/
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Just activated the motors inhouse. Without controller input the Avata eventually took off full speed, crashing into the ceiling, dropping full speed to the ground and shut off lying upside down.

I am very alarmed right now. Even more than after the fly-away-crash from the 28nd of march, the last flight. I do not consider the Avata flyable at the moment.
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Revisited the footage together with log data and yes, there is something going on, wrong sensor readings and the remote control is ignored by the drone:



Right now, with F/W V01.02.0000 or V01.03.0000 the Avata is absolutely dangerous to even turn on!
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Can this be a hardware issue of certain Avatas?
Does it make sense to RMA it?
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Just initiated a repair ticket with DJI. Will have this checked or replaced. Have ZERO confidence in the Avata right now.
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A swapped unit won't fix anything my drone got swapped and it has the same problems, after the last update it feels now even worse.
I will open a thread later I want this crap fixed or my money back I won't accept this anymore and I don't care how they fix it. I'm pretty sure the Motors are just not beefy enaught so this is unfixable for DJI they cheaped out on the Motors. They had so much time to fix this issues, not telling any word in this direction besides telling us it's Pilot Error I not only lost all trust in the Avata but in DJI too, they just try to sit this bull... out and hope people that wanted more than flying with the sausage will just swallow it and buy the Sausage controller (2) again to collect more money instead of fixing the already sold Hardware...

This Drone is not even slow safely flyable it came out of the sky today without any reason and crashed on the Ground, this thing is such a unflyable, not enjoyable unsafe Brick, every time I fly the Nazzgul and its working flawlessly I'm getting more and more angry at DJI. Yeah, im getting this thing is not meant to fly Crazy freestyle but its not even able to fly slower, I tryed it and hoped it could fit maybe this but no chance it crashes over and over again.. will edit the clip of this incident today here too.

So DJi tell us what is this Drone capable of and how we should fly it so you don't tell us its Pilot error? Flying in one direction with 10kmh over and over again so it wont flip to death?

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You can clearly see theres not 1kmh of wind and I was flying moderate speed and this tumble happened when I was even trying to slow down the Drone in the movement not flying like DJI allways tell "Full" speed sideways. You can clearly see after the crash theres no problem with the props or anything just the Avata doing Avata stuff. I was even able to get it back level and tried to get it up before it crashed but no chance with this little underpowered Motors.















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SeehawerB Posted at 4-14 08:34
Can this be a hardware issue of certain Avatas?
Does it make sense to RMA it?

RMA? it's more like callout action for many to replace if that is only some batch issues
or full refund if it's hardware problem for everyone.

pretty sure DJI already knows what happening, but a company need to have big BALLS to do a callout/replacement action - but in return they gain loyal customers for next decade.

sadly - DJI is NOT such company - which they did prove in past :/

maybe we can start gather some materials and hit some ppl like Bruce or JB to do some media support

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KREMi Posted at 4-14 10:19
RMA? it's more like callout action for many to replace if that is only some batch issues
or full refund if it's hardware problem for everyone.

For sure they exactly know what is going on...
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Yeah, I also got me a Nazgul F6D this winter with the O3 Air Unit. And a Crossfire Nano Rx. Because I wanted an independent remote control channel. This drone flies like a charm. No problem at all. 16 hours of simulator training and then gone full manual with the Nazgul. Absolutely transparent. If I do a pilot failure, I see exactly why and what happened. What I'm encountering with the Avata since 2023 has nothing to do with pilot errors. Absolutely not!
I wanted the Avata to be a leisure drone, doing some cinematic and indoor stuff, close proximity flying. It did this fabulous last year. Now it's become a disaster!
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Koolada Posted at 4-14 10:26
For sure they exactly know what is going on...

one thing is knowing what happen, by Engineer - they do ask U to send them drone, they also see it in logs (and much more)
other thing is confirm to customer/market - "we did a faulty device" or faulty batch of products and start replacement/refund action.

it's way easier for tech company to "play dumb" - and to be honest to any sale company - how many product that got real complainment from customers are not solved. only small percent of customers can/will do something about it - get some outside expert, escalate to court case...
in some cases it's more financialy efficient to have few single cases lost in arbitrary court or even normal then worldwide service or replacements program. FPV community can do a little about it - as media have now quite big power can influence next buyers, or scare them away. So I do think that is way to go in this case - let more ppl know about it
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SeehawerB Posted at 4-14 11:18
Yeah, I also got me a Nazgul F6D this winter with the O3 Air Unit. And a Crossfire Nano Rx. Because I wanted an independent remote control channel. This drone flies like a charm. No problem at all. 16 hours of simulator training and then gone full manual with the Nazgul. Absolutely transparent. If I do a pilot failure, I see exactly why and what happened. What I'm encountering with the Avata since 2023 has nothing to do with pilot errors. Absolutely not!
I wanted the Avata to be a leisure drone, doing some cinematic and indoor stuff, close proximity flying. It did this fabulous last year. Now it's become a disaster!

Thats what I tried with the Avata aswell I'm a field service technician that is everyday on the Road and I would love just taking the Avata with me Flying in my Break times, it's so nice that I'm able to Charge the Lipos just with my PD car charger and be able to just put in the Avata and fly, but it's not fun if it's flying like a brick and unsafe.
Now I'm already searching for a way charging the 6s Lips in my Car but TBH it will not be as easy and save as the Avata but really lose the motivation getting the Avata out already with all this issues.

I really tried making it work for me as a chilled cinematic experience, but even then it's crashing.

Did it not have the Tumble issues last year? I think you just get a Fly style with the Naz that the Avata doesn't like, it's hard for me adapting after flying the Naz to the Avata again. Need to say that flying precise and slow in small areas is really more fun with the Avata but I'm pretty sure thats just a thing of experience because it's much slower.

What also sucks is the impementation of the model swap. I need to couple the FPV V2 Controller every goddamn time im switching from O3 to Avata, with the Avata I even need to connect my goddamn phone.... can't describe how much that sucks Its like DJI wanting me to just kick out one Drone, wouldnt be a hard decision which one would be fired with all this errors. :/

@KREMi Yes I think its just cheaper for them to sit this out, TBH I think most that buy the Avata will just fly the Motion controller and never run in issues like us, I buyed it because of a Colleague of me buyed it too and sayed it would make a cool beginner and cinematic drone to get into the hobby he still got a blast fyling sometimes with it but he is just using the Motion and didn't opened the pandora box flying manual he doesn't even believe me haha


I really wouldnt recommend anyone this drone tbh, dont know what it even wants to be besides a Indoor Drone, really don't see anything it could do better another Drone could do without all this trouble and you outgrow the Drone fast if you like the hobby, without this issues it would be the perfect beginner drone you can adopt to and still use it for Cimenatic or chilled stuff not sweating all over your controller while flying

maybe some influencers could do anything but JB did say last time Avata would fly fine, he shouldve flyed a bit more aggressive









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If anyone with same problems could check the flight logs in Airdata. I see wrong sensor values for the height in every instance of malfunction.





Maybe that's the problem: the flight controller suddenly becomes a positive change in height and tries to steer down against it, bringing down the drone?
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Total agree with you about this Avata Failse, what I understand about this is: After an impact with something, that makes Avata's camera angle change to not it set, Avata may looses its angle and starts to try balance it self, so that why it lost control.
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matsswe Posted at 3-29 20:21
This is the kind of help you get!!

Liebe/r Kunde/in,

Hi there.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and we understand your disappointment.
So we have asked the relevant team to recheck the data.
After checking, we found that this Avata is in low battery power. In this case, it will automatically return home, but it is canceled by the pilot.
Normally, if pilot don't cancel "return to home" manually, the drone will be back, so it is determined as a pilot error by our analysis team.
For related details, you can check the photo below.
We hope this helps and if you need any more support, please let us know here, we will contact our relevant team and do our best to help.
Thanks for your understanding.


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SeehawerB Posted at 4-14 09:12
Just initiated a repair ticket with DJI. Will have this checked or replaced. Have ZERO confidence in the Avata right now.

Hi, there. Our relevant team will check your case and keep you updated via Email, if you meet any problems or need any support, you can contact me here anytime, please rest assured.
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djiuser_WKrVrzQSr9gH Posted at 4-13 15:32
Hi,
I recently experienced the same crazy fly away with my Avata.

Hi, there. We noticed you have sent us a related email, please rest assured that our relevant team is checking the details now. And they will re-check your case and get back to you asap.
Please wait for our update and if there is anything else that we can help with, please feel free to let us know.
Thanks for your patience in advance.
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DJI Natalia Posted at 4-14 19:32
Hi, there. Our relevant team will check your case and keep you updated via Email, if you meet any problems or need any support, you can contact me here anytime, please rest assured.

IF DJI IS AWARE of this being a Firmware issue, THEN PLEASE TELL IT. Because sending you the drone (hardware) and getting it replaced will not help anyone if it is a software problem.
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SeehawerB Posted at 4-15 00:13
IF DJI IS AWARE of this being a Firmware issue, THEN PLEASE TELL IT. Because sending you the drone (hardware) and getting it replaced will not help anyone if it is a software problem.

Hi, there. Thanks for your reply.
We will noticed you have created a related case already.
Rest assured that we will check your drone once it arrives at our repair center and get back to you soon.
And if you need any support during this process, you can contact me here anytime, we will do our best to help, and please rest assured.
We appreciate your patience.
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The DJI software development should take this issue very seriously. I hope reading out the blackbox will help.
As you check my video regarding this:

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you will notice a vertical speed reading of up to 86+ km/h despite the Avata mainly shootes horizontally away. This cannot be correct. There must be something very strange happening in the IMU, corrupt sensor data?
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Hi all,

As a new user, is this still an issue with stock software and default settings?

Thanks all!!
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Another finding: Avata crashes and according to the author of the video it started off again autonomously:


(jump to around 4:00)

Maybe same problem? It's a flight using the new Goggles Integra, so the firmware of the Avata should be the one we deal with here...
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Another video where the question arises for me what the Avata does after it obviously crashed down?


(jump to 00:24 for crash and fly-off)
This is not manual mode because he's using the motion controller. What the drone does is not possible with this controller. Watch the trigger position. The drone speeds up autonomously.
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Next one:

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Watch the height reading while speeding off!
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Another one:

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And my last comment for now:



Play transparent, DJI, please.
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Really,really, want to buy an Avata, but whilst this is going on, there is NO WAY  I would contemplate buying it.
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same - I also ask my friends and potential buyer to HOLD - how this case unfold - as if IT happen in place with people close it may really be if not deadlt, then a serious injury
(drone weight x 60-70km/h... quite hevy bullet) - and with DJI all blaming it on "pilot error" - so $@#$@# us as evidence clearly show it's on drone side fckup + ignoring dissarms command
I have no confidence at all in avata till it's solved
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