Drop Zone Media
lvl.3
United States
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Let me tell you about my experience with my New Mavic Pro. I took it to work with me and wanted to fly on my Lunch break. I fired up the Mavic in the Parking lot, did my compass calibration, and was ready to fly.
I launched and everything was great. I flew around and then, I went into Tripod mode. It did exactly what is was supposed to do. It slowed way down, and then I had the great Idea of going into the shop and show the folks I work with. I was very cool, I made it through the door and was hovering when I got a Lost Connection signal.
This is where the fun started. The settings for Return to Home is set at 30 meters, the ceiling in the store is 12 ft. Well you can guess what happend next. Yes it switched to Return to Home and tried to rise to the correct elevation and flew right into the ceiling. It tried several times before one of the props broke and then did a Right turn and went out the open door!
It tried a climb and then did a dive into the ground. The Motors were still trying to climb and in a panic I reached down and tried to grab it. Big mistake! The props and still turning at a high rate of speed and came into contact with my finger. OUCH! Well I finally got the motors to turn off, and checked out my NEW Mavic. All four Props were broken.
It was the only damage I could see. I replaced the props, fired it back up and its works great. I did a bit of flying to check it out and other than my finger hurting like hell, all is OK.
I reset the RTH function to HOVER.
Lessons learned the Hard way.
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