Recent content by jfaries121

wild, wreckless

No collisions . . . I have never flown irradicably causing large pitch, roll, or yaw angles. However, immediately before falling for each incident, the drone did what we refer to as the 'death wobble' which may account for the large roll angles.

Good to know. I will look into the wetsuit.

Thanks for the feedback. It is possible that sand got in the motor as some gust blew sand and sand was likely kicked up upon landing. Now I know that when I have a strong battery life and get a low battery waring like the ones I got during that flight, I have a bad battery and should terminate...

My best guess is a battery connection issue for two and three. The first incident was during a very easy mission where the drone traveled no more then, say 50' away from home. Still not sure why it lost a propeller. It was a cold day and the wind was gusty. I was mistakenly, my office is not...

I was not flying aggressively or irradicably. Unfortunately, I cannot confirm without absolute certainty that I did not hit something but I had two very reliable VO's verify that nothing was in my airspace. I think that it is most likely that the battery connection was an issue.

The zipped folder are the flights during the first incident. I was taking over and landing on the beach just to fly up to 30' or so the take pictures along the beach, onshore from an offshore location, and offshore from a onshore location - quick flights. The last one is when I lost a propeller.

Incident 1 - I was getting a warning when the battery was at 50%. I thought may me or another pilot accidently reset the low battery warning to 50% or something to high . . . I attached the flight logs for all of the flights that day so you can see the low battery warning at 50%. I was planning...

Hi community, I have completed numerous flights with my own, personal drone without incident (phantom 3 advanced) but have at three incidences in not so many flights with my work's drone (phantom 4 professional). This has left me questioning my sanity - do I have bad luck, am I a bad pilot...