Often on these self-help forums there is an unfortunate focus on things that go wrong, people coming here to find out how to address a particular problem, and it tends to ignore the successful side of the hobby.

So, what is the greatest number of successful flights you have had, ones with no serious issues and have not resulted in a crash?

(I would have liked to set this up as a poll, but I cannot see how this is done. Perhaps you have to have a certain number of posts first?)

I probably have over 100 flights and no problems

I have no idea how many flights I have, but all have been successful.

Never had an accidental meeting, or unplanned landing....

Looking forward to continuing this tradition on Labor Day, right after I do all the new firmware updates and App installation. ;-)

RedHotPoker

57 flights all 100% perfect since I got my P3P in April.  If it weren't for having to work for a living, I'd have a lot more.  : )

60 flights with total of 9 hours and 30 minutes of flight time, total 368,501 feet (( 70 miles )) travelled in the air, OMG OMG OMG !!

Now let me go touch some wood........

Over 40, all succesfull.

100's successful.  3 bad, thus, multiple birds.

I have been flying Quads with GPS now for what seems like years.  I have the Blade 350QX2, Phantom 3 Pro, Inspire 1 and I have NEVER had any of those quads fail on me.  They all have performed FLAWLESSLY.  I fly daily and at least 6-7 times at that.  

The only time I ever had an issue was with my Blade but I hooked up the battery in reverse fashion and fried the FCer.

Rain1dog Posted at 2015-9-5 22:56
I have been flying Quads with GPS now for what seems like years.  I have the Blade 350QX2, Phantom 3 ...

179 Successful flights since late April and 1 tip-over when powering down after landing...

179 Successful flights since late April and 1 tip-over when powering down after landing...

I don't have a "Lot" of flights compared to most but I can say the they were all successful as I still have my bird (P3P) despite the software glitches. I fly when I can and where I can. Just returned from a big loop out west  and sadly didn't take my bird out of the case. Every stop was National Park and other opportunities wasn't worth the risk (high winds). I did ask for permission where we were but was denied. Could have sneaked in flights but didn't want to risk it.

Over 40 flights, no issues (except the app problems)

138 successful flights. Love my P3!

250+ 2 mishapps, pilot error

P3PO Posted at 2015-9-5 12:46
I don't have a "Lot" of flights compared to most but I can say the they were all successful as I sti ...

Definitely not worth the risk of getting caught and paraded as "one of those people" in front of the press.

There are times where I will push things, like flying over NPS lands to take off and land on private property. In almost all of those cases, I've been able to secure the land owners permission before hand.

Just like with hunting and having to ask land owners for permission, the worst thing they can tell you is no.

It also doesn't hurt to have some video that you've shot to show them to defuse the situation.

100 plus flights, 9 hours flight time and 80 miles total distance.

Damn I don't want to temp fate!  But , 30 flights since August 14th.  I live in rural area so all I have to do is walk out to my drive way and fly out over the corn!

86 successfully flight. Had one compass calibration issue. Just slapped it into atti mode and it settled out after about 15 seconds. Then I landed it it. No problems since

137. And the power wasn´t cut a single time

Over 87 flights, all successful.

70 flights flew the bird yesterday at -26 C no issues about same flight time at normal temp

70 flights flew the bird yesterday at -26 C no issues about same flight time at normal temp

Over 50 flights, including several times pushing the limits.  Lost RC connection 2 times and had to rely on the drone to come back itself, but was able to reconnect it for landing in both cases.  Had a few tip overs when practicing fly control at low altitude; and hence lost 3 sets of propellers.  The bird itself is still perfect.

60 with my P3P, no problems.

A few thousand with my other 3 DJI's. S800, F450 and F550 2 incidents, one was pilot error, I switched to manual mode 3' up and hat caused a hard landing (manual mode does not exist on Phantoms, there is no stabilization at all and the throttle settings are different so in effect I reduced the throttle suddenly, but I learned from that, only switch to manual 30' up and throttle up). The second was a NAZA that developed problems in flight, but I landed it OK in snow on a frozen lake, DJI replaced that NAZA within 10 days, pretty good service in my mind.

88 flights, 86km, 13hrs so far so good. Still is important pre-flight check, area obstacles wind speed etc. First time i panic when i saw video loss, then relax when found video loss is not equal rc signal loss. Happy landing to everyone

About to hit the 80 mark .

One RTH after loss of RC signal ( That one scared me ) . But as mentioned before , i take my time to prepare myself and my P3P . I even use Google maps before to find some nice points of interest ( not related to POI ) , so when i get there , i loose less battery time to find nice aerial shots .

Hope i can use as much during the winter months as i live in Canada . I have plenty of ideas for winter shots , i just don't know how the P3P and my fingers are going to last in cold weather .

Enjoy it guys

Probably a total of 250 flights with my Phantoms (1,2,3) - no problems of any note.
Sure, app disconnections and stuff like that - but nothing resulting in hard crash or loss (minor pilot error crashes at low altitude).

droneflyers.com Posted at 2015-10-26 10:17
Probably a total of 250 flights with my Phantoms (1,2,3) - no problems of any note.
Sure, app disconnections and stuff like that - but nothing resulting in hard crash or loss (minor pilot error crashes at low altitude).

200+ flights, 55 hours flight time, one crash requiring dji repair (gimbal yaw arm, $114)

P4 - 274 Flights. 65 + hours. One flip over on landing, replaced 2 blades.  Over 9000 photos and videos.