Yesterday I was flying my Inspire 1 Pro at Blue Mountains in Australia. When returning back to the launch position, while climbing out of the valley. I received an error - 'Motor Overloaded. Aircraft will decelerate to ensure safety'. I backed off the throttle slightly but continued to climb. 13 seconds later I received 'Cannot detect camera lens'. Video feed was still coming through and it continued to climb. One second later I lost connection and could no longer see the drone. It should have continued to climb to the Return-to-home altitude but did not and did not return. At last contact it had 42% battery and battery was fully charged at launch. All cells appeared normal from the logs. There was no chance of being a prop failure as it just flew for 6mins prior at much high speeds. Currently the Inspire sits (I assume) crashed off the edge of a cliff approx. 400m down, in inaccessible land. Very disappointing as it was only about a year old. The other thing I can imagine that happened was the system had a software issue and crashed. At the time of the crash it was 200m above ground level. Even if I could get the drone back the damage was be extensive.
I was a big fan of the Phantom, Inspire and OSMO but after this, words cannot describe how disappointed I am.
Screenshots attached. All logs have been download. Not sure what the best course of action now is. |