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hallmark007 Posted at 2017-4-29 02:20
I kinda take a similar view. But I tend to be very pragmatic in my views, as most people around here will know.
If you take the month of January, lots of crashes, again all with similar problems, almost all pilots had loads of experience flying dji products, yet their Mavics were just taking off and hitting the wall or the house or fence, none of those who crashed had any control over their Mavic and immediately blamed dji for a problem with their Mavic,
But the truth was most of these cases where taking off in Atti mode, not waiting for gps lock and as a result no control and crashed.
Hi Hallmark007,
Since you kind of mentioned me in your post, without naming, I feel I have to answer you.
For those following this thread, I am the new Mavic owner metionned under #2 of this post.
I indeed flew my mavic in a partially tree covered environment, that is true. Second thing, yes, my kid was around. I wanted to make a movie of him. You see, I don't really understand your reproaches because, if I'm not mistaken, DJI based a part of its communication and advertisement to sell the MAVIC PRO on the fact that you can film yourself from above, you can track people's movement (yourself included). So, I really don't see or understand why I couldn't try to make a short video of my kid riding his small bicycle with my new drone. Especially when I'm flying from no more than 2 o3 meters high all along with a speed less than 10 Mph, taking all the precautions I could take (not overflying him for example)
Concerning my problem with the MAVIC, I maintain what I saw : my four motors stopped all at once when I was very calmly flying my MAVIC a few meters (2 or 3) from me at a height of 1,5m. This, I'm sure of and this is the very truth of it. Now, I've never said this couldn't be my fault. Maybe it is, I don't know. I just don't understand how my MAVIC, in a no wind and basically very normal and calm situation, could loss power all of a sudden and it be MY FAULT.
Furthermore, my DAT file was analysed by BubWalker (Peace and Glory upon him ;-)), and he revealed that their was a power drop from 11 volts to 7 Volts on all 4 motors just before the crash.
Last thing that I want people to know is that my MAVIC, due to the very short height it was flying, didn't break. The crash left it with a small scratch on the camera but everything seemed to work properly after that (I took 2 other short flights). This is just for you to understand that I'm not a sore owner of a MAVIC who would have broken his new toy on the second day only to blame the manufacturer. My drone is (externally, at least) OK.
Still, I just don't want to fly with fear each time I take my drone out. So I contacted DJI and they organised a pick-up by UPS to their facilities in Netherland. On a more positive note, the fact that my drone is in perfect shape, might help DJI to analyse it better and if a default appears (which it should, IMHO) it might be a good thing for the MAVIC community. |
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