jlschmugge
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Flight distance : 130896 ft
United States
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MJLSTUDIOS Posted at 2017-2-13 02:53
If a blast of wind blew a prop off, that was one heck of a blast,...or, you didn't install the prop correctly. I suspect the latter! If the wind was blowing that strong, its hard for me to imagine why you would send $800 flying in the wind? Why are you flying with the firmware still uploaded on the SD card? After you have installed the lastest firmware on the aircraft and confirmed that the installion was sussessful, the SD card needs to be formatted and placed back into the gimbal.
Yes, mistakes were made. I generally spin the blades on, then give a snug, I think the threads were just a little off where I thought it was snug. When I got it back from repair the very first time I put the blades on that's what happened, so I'm guessing the same during the crash. I could have just forgotten to snug it as well.
It was borderline windy from past experience. I was out in an open field in a known gusty area. I was a little too bold and had too much confidence in the drone. I drove miles out to a place to collect data and didn't want to take a week to return. Of course that turned into a three-week repair. Yes it was a heck of a blast. Sounded like my drone was punched. Couldn't find the blade; it blew away.
I've never had trouble with the firmware being on the card once updated. I could change that habit. Why keep it on the card if it doesn't need to be there.
I've become much more fastidious now on my prelaunch. |
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