CCR
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So this morning I walked around the industrial quarter and talked to people, so they don't worry when they see me and call the police. I even asked for permissions for the Roofs i wanted to climb on to get to the drone spot.
With some help of a guy working at the near garbage disposal I found a great way up on the first roof and climbed my way over the the one where my drone landed.
Like I thought the roof with the drone was way too instable for my weight so i brought a 2m stick and some rulers with me, which I taped together.
Unfortunaly this was still not long enough so I layed down on the roof to distribute my weight, made a hook at the end of the ruler and fished my drone back into my hands
No scratches, no broken parts, just like it would have landed in jello.
Sadly my GoPro wasn't charged, so no video for today.
So here are some of my of TIPS AND TRICKS for People who lost their drone in a city enviroment:
- drones can fly high! Even if you started low, it can rise up in the air very fast, try to look out for it way higher than ecxpected, even check to return to home hight.
- drones can fly fast! I was Looking in a way too narrow area at the beginning. I thought it may be a 100m away for my point of start, but it ended up around 250m away.
- drones are small! The spark is a very small drone, so look out for a lot of places where it could hide. Even of it lands on a roof it is still very hard to spot.
- your Controller is your best friend! Even when you lose eyesight and the video feed, your remote Controller still recieves valuable information and can also reconnect if you are near your drone. In my case this safed my a**, because i got a glimps of information where the drone was and an updated last gps point. NEVER turn the Controller off. You can get a lot of information out of it and put it into a website-converter like the one we used above in this tread, this can give you and others an idea what happened and you can better find a way, where your drone could have flown or landed.
- most people are friendly! I know sometimes People can be very agressive against drones, but in my case even some grumpy old neighbours checked their backyard after I asked politly. If you have a smaller drone, maybe play it down a little like it's a toy and not a "thousand-dollar-high-tech-kamera-video-quadrocopter". For most people this will trigger the "we-kicked-our-football-over-the-fence,-can-we-get-it" mechanism. Also most people were interested and wanted to know more. If you need to go on someone elses property to recover the drone, at least ask for their permission.
- Safe your footage! I had some footage from my last holiday on the sd card, and after the first day searching I would have excanged my lost drone just to get the sd card back again. So always safe at every possible moment you can.
- Lose Hope! Get help! If you can't find the drone in the first few days. accept that it's gone. In my case I got very very lucky, but I also accepted I would see my drone never again. This helps not to panic and deal with the loss, if you really lost your drone. As bad as it seems, a lost drone is still better than a crash with injured people or property (most times). But don't stop looking for it, for me it took 3 to 4 days until i found it! And if you have no idea what to do next, or (like me) you have no idea what to do with the Information you have or could have: look into the Forum (which you allready did ) and ask People for help. All the People above helped a lot to understand what has happened and what I can do next.
So I hope that These Little tips can help to maybe find a drone again or get some structure into the searching Progress.
Again thanks to all who helped me and have a nice day
CCR
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