I was able to recover the unit . I was only about 10 feet off the ground. I was not recording but noticed that the gimbal started to act erratically then went into a spin and went down.  I have exported the flight logs and imported one of them into Maps Made Easy  and I can see the sudden drop in altitude and speed. How can I determine the cause of the failure? Firmware is at the lastest (1.4.0010) as well as the DJI app on an iPad mini 3, batter was half full.

upload the flight video with the stick controls so we can see

rayrokni Posted at 2015-9-11 17:26
upload the flight video with the stick controls so we can see

I wasn't recording at the time..just line of site

ebeez88@rogers. Posted at 2015-9-11 17:33
I wasn't recording at the time..just line of site

i am not talking about video i am talking about flight log

ebeez88@rogers. Posted at 2015-9-12 05:33
I wasn't recording at the time..just line of site

You might try uploading he log to http://healthydrones.com/
and see if Eran's site show anything....

rayrokni Posted at 2015-9-11 17:35
i am not talking about video i am talking about flight log

Sorry I misunderstood. I am viewing it on my iPad now.. how can I upload the file?

ebeez88@rogers. Posted at 2015-9-11 17:43
Sorry I misunderstood. I am viewing it on my iPad now.. how can I upload the file?

go to healthydrones.com and stup an account, there u will see how to upload all your flight logs and share with others that u want. it is a very usefull site

ebeez88@rogers. Posted at 2015-9-11 17:33
I wasn't recording at the time..just line of site

What date and time the crash happened ?

Willie Wonka Posted at 2015-9-11 18:05
What date and time the crash happened ?

Time of the crash was about 1:10PM EDT today (sept 11)

rayrokni Posted at 2015-9-11 17:51
go to healthydrones.com and stup an account, there u will see how to upload all your flight logs a ...

Thanks for the link. Uploaded the file. nothing jumps out. Sensors were fine. GPS all the way through the flight, battery was fine

ebeez88@rogers. Posted at 2015-9-11 18:27
Thanks for the link. Uploaded the file. nothing jumps out. Sensors were fine. GPS all the way thro ...

did u look at the stick controls to make sure u didnt do a CSC in error

rayrokni Posted at 2015-9-11 18:30
did u look at the stick controls to make sure u didnt do a CSC in error

I did. As soon as the gimbal  stared moving around I let go both of the sticks to see if I was leveling out.

i have seen a few videos of the exact same issue; gimble starts to act erratically, then p3 just pulls to on side and drops from the sky!!! and in all the cases the owners have stated and shown the video and flight log that they were not doing anything out of the ordinary, no CSC, good gps and compass but suddenly the errors occured. check your compass values, or better still do another compass calibration making sure you are away in middle of a field away from everything, leave your rc and device 20' away. first though, do a cold IMU calibration.

ebeez88@rogers. Posted at 2015-9-11 18:35
I did. As soon as the gimbal  stared moving around I let go both of the sticks to see if I was lev ...

i have seen a few videos of the exact same issue; gimble starts to act erratically, then p3 just pulls to on side and drops from the sky!!! and in all the cases the owners have stated and shown the video and flight log that they were not doing anything out of the ordinary, no CSC, good gps and compass but suddenly the errors occured. check your compass values, or better still do another compass calibration making sure you are away in middle of a field away from everything, leave your rc and device 20' away. first though, do a cold IMU calibration.

rayrokni Posted at 2015-9-11 18:37
i have seen a few videos of the exact same issue; gimble starts to act erratically, then p3 just  ...

Thanks rayrokni! yes I have been reading the posts as well. Already did a cold calibration and values look good. I always do a compass calibration every time before I fly just to be safe. My fear is I won't be as lucky next time. I have an S1000 and a TBS pro both with A2's in them. No issues.. I will be flying low and slow for a while. I flew every night this week with no issues.

ebeez88@rogers. Posted at 2015-9-11 18:45
Thanks rayrokni! yes I have been reading the posts as well. Already did a cold calibration and val ...

constant compass calibration could be more harmful than not doing one!!
i have done one compass calibration when i first got the unit and then one after the firsrt fw update. i have not done one, for testing the theory, after the latest fw update. i have flown over 250+ flights and traveled over 1000 miles from the location of the compass calibration.
read up on this constant compass calibration and you may be surprised

rayrokni Posted at 2015-9-11 18:51
constant compass calibration could be more harmful than not doing one!!
i have done one compass ca ...

ok will do. Thanks again.

rayrokni Posted at 2015-9-11 18:51
constant compass calibration could be more harmful than not doing one!!
i have done one compass ca ...

Hi. Just a follow up to this. It appears that I have a faulty ESC. Turning it on i received a beeping from the left front arm but it's intermittent. When I tried to throttle up when beeping it gave me a message about the ESC. This would explain the reason for the flip ( I have experienced this before on my first TBS). This should be a warranty item and I will contact the shop where i purchased it from last Tuesday.

Well I finally got my new P3 Pro from DJI.. took 3 months but they replaced the entire unit.