DarthSLR
Captain
Flight distance : 1846716 ft
United States
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Horror Story #1.
I haven't flown in a while, but that happened before, so when I took my M3C out today to help with some recon missions, I was not expecting any troubles.
To my dismay, when I turned my RC Pro on, it plain told me I'm logged out and as such I'm limited to 30m x 50m HxR cylinder, which was totally not enough for what I had in mind.
And, of course, it does not work with iOS hotspot...
Luckily, my daughter was with me with her Android phone, and that one worked beautifully, so I was able to log in and continue on.
Moral of the story: if you haven't flown for some time, power up at home first to check if you still can
Horror Story #2.
My second location's launching/landing was a little local community park.
I have choosen a table away from the epicenter, but still within an easy earshot.
Launching and flying went fine without attracting too much attention, but on return we have been spotted by some kids.
I was already hand-landing when I noticed a couple of small kids zeroing on me from two opposing directions.
I was mentally preparing to answer questions, showing the pictures, maybe even take another flight, as I still had some juice for about 10 minutes and this battery would not be in any shape for a major new flight.
But it was not what has happend.
While the older kid (8..10-ish) was indeed shouting some questions and demands, and was eventually restrained and led away by the accompanied adult, the younger one, 4-5 yo, just jumped up all of a sudden and grabbed my hand with the RC in it, managing to slap both sticks and touch I don't know how many buttons. o_0
It was a pure luck that the drone was actually off flight as of 2-3 seconds already, so nothing really happened. Also, my hand with the drone was much higher from the ground, otherwise I think I might have lost some propellers.
I pulled my hand with RC away and asked the kid what was he doing. He didn't bother to answer and just ran away.
Suffice to say, I was not in the mood for lectures or demo flights after that, so I packed and left.
Moral of the story: do not put yourself in a position when your RC can be grabbed by another person.
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