Enkeixpress
lvl.4
Flight distance : 297497 ft
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I was trying to get some far-off 4K quality footage of the Palace of Westminster and the Millennium Wheel, preferably both in the same shot, which I did by hovering just above St Thomas Hospital. The footage would have looked fantastic on a big-screen 4K TV. I just didn't manage to have the drone arrive back to me intact. My plan was to only be there for a short amount of time, just enough to not get noticed by the authorities at least.
After getting the footage I wanted, I decided to go for a couple of more minutes flight around the surrounding area as I had a lot of battery left-over. Big mistake that was because when I had used the return-to-home button on the remote to call the bird back after my little bit of extra play-time, it instead went towards a large hotel and landed there. At least I think it did. I was disconnected from the drone the whole time, all I could see was a black screen. Could have landed anywhere at this point.
Either way, lesson learnt.
I'll most likely be flying the new one close-by and away from any high buildings, at least until I've had the drone for longer than a month. It's very annoying having to save up £1000 again after having this high-tech toy for less than 3 days, but I have no choice. I must save for a new one. The Phantom 4 was just too awesome. It loses signal quite a bit though, have to admit. Regardless of it having that oh so powerful DJI Lightbridge technology. |
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