I would like to appeal to the court of public opinion from theInspire community, in regards to the crash of my Inspire on 25/Jan/2015. Belowis the unedited information I sent DJI: My Pre-Flight procedure: I unpacked the craft from the case and placed on the groundon a flat dirt surface. I inserted the battery, and powered on the Inspire. Ithen connected my IPad Air 2, via the factory cable, to the controller, poweredon the controller, and started the app. I then used the app to take the craftout of travel mode. After this I attached the camera/gimbal, and inserted amemory card. I then moved the Inspire into a large open area, powered on thecraft, controller and app. I then performed an IMU advanced calibration, andthe app performed a basic calibration. I then checked the IPad Air 2 to ensureit was in airplane mode, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi were disabled, and removed my keysand cell phone and placed them in my vehicle. I then performed a compasscalibration. After the compass calibration, I again checked the IMU settingsand found them all within the ranges found in the Inspire forums. I accessedthe Failsafe Height and changed it to 25m to ensure it would clear anyobstructions if RTH was needed. I then attached and tightened the propellers,tightened them until I could get no more movement. I then checked the status ofthe GPS, which showed full bars, and ensured I had a green led on the Inspire1. I then powered on the motors, and let them spin for 30-40 seconds, thenraised the craft about 2m manually to a hover. I then transformed the landinggear, and let the craft hover hear for about 90sec. Details of the incident: (It is of significance to note, this was my first flightpost the new firmware update, so I was very cautious.) After the above described sequence, I broughtthe craft up to about 18-19m and observed the craft while giving it some input,forward and back, left right, to observe its handling post firmware. Everythinglooked rock solid, so I brought the craft down to about 3 meters and flew itout towards the river on its intended flight path (also began recording here).As the craft passed over the bank, which sits about 2-3m above the river, Inoticed that the Inspire seemed to dip a couple feet, as if it was reacting tothe change in terrain (Referenced as 1st: above). I corrected the altitude up acouple of feet with the controller and continued the craft out over the area inthe intended route I wanted to fly. Shortly I turned the craft north, and flewa couple hundred feet. At this point, the craft was obscured from my view by astand of trees, so I left the craft in a hover, observed through the videofeed, and began to walk towards a new location so that I could see the craft.After a few steps, I heard a loud noise followed by a pause and then a secondloud noise. I looked to the IPAD screen and saw only black. I then ran forward,and two fishermen who had been watching the craft stated that the Inspire"hit the power lines and went into the water". I raced to a parallel location on the bank,and directed by them, wade/swam to the crash site. Here I found the Inspire,the battery separated and destroyed, sitting in about 12 inches of water. Thegimbal/camera was detached, about 4 feet away in about 2 ft. of water. After Irecovered the Inspire and got back to the bank, I asked the fisherman if theysaw what happened. One of them stated (I am quoting this from memory) "Isaw it fly forward and stop, then I looked away. The next thing I heard anoise, and I saw the back end lift up when it hit the power line, then itdropped onto the rocks, spun for a second then went into the water."
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