dearmas
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Hello everyone, I wanted to share my very unfortunate experience with the forum. I purchased an Inspire 1 this past Monday. Flew it three times with no problems whatsoever; a truly incredible machine. Last night however, I decided to take it up for a for a short flight after dinner. I climbed to about 75ft and was no more than 50 yards away when she stopped responding to any impute on the control. I pressed the return home button in hopes that she would return but she just continued heading south. Eventually, it was completely out of sight. I waiting for about twenty minutes to see if it would return on its own as it is supposed to, but nothing. I got in my car and searched for hours to no avail. I honestly still can not believe what happened and that my bird is gone. For the record I consider myself to be a decent pilot and I am always very diligent with my preflight checks. I am not new to the DJI family as I have owned two Phantoms before upgrading to the Inspire 1. I have also owned and flown many gas and electric helis and planes over the years. Before, taking off I calibrated the compass, my IMU was within normal parameters, I had acquired GPS, everything fully charged... etc. I'm not sure how this could have happened but it is truly devastating, not to mention expensive.
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