spensergabin
lvl.1
Flight distance : 886289 ft
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Hi everyone,
Recently while I was flying my Inspire One, my young cousin got hold of the controls while the aircraft was mid-flight, and accidentally executed the CSC (Combination Stick Command) by pressing the left joystick to the left and down and the right joystick to the right and down (you can also perform it by doing left joystick to the right and down and right joystick to the left and down, see page 51 of the manual). This stopped the motors and my Inspire One crashed into a lake. Luckily, no one was hurt and I was able to salvage the drone, dry it out in rice, and the battery and the UV filter appear to be the only items in need of replacement. There is a line in the manual that says, "Do not perform CSC when aircraft is midair, otherwise the motors will be stopped." I did read the manual (most of it) before flying but it never registered fully to me that this was potentially a major hazard. I thought I would post this here hopefully to spare others such an event.
Yes, it was certainly my fault for letting someone unqualified touch the controls (I never gave him permission explicitly, he did this after I had set the controls down and was distracted), but I think there could also be more done to make such a hazard less likely.
I understand that this command needs to be available in case of certain emergencies, but would others here agree that implementing some kind of software change to make some kind of additional step necessary, such as confirming the stoppage of the motors via DJI Go App (similar to confirming the deletion of an account by retyping a password, etc...), would be a good idea? In my opinion, this is far too easy a mistake to make, even if the controls were in the hands of an experienced and trained pilot.
I understand this is a debated issue, but it seems to me that the current command creates a larger hazard than it seeks to prevent (shutting off the motors quickly in rare scenarios). What do others think?
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