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Update: After analyzing my drone's last flight and finding no glaring pilot or mechanical error, I contacted DJI support. They opened a ticket and I sent off the narative with the flight data. This is what I quickly got back: "For your claimed case CAS-xxxxxxxx, we have already finished the...

Thank you Meta4. That was helpful. I didn't want to contact DJI with the lost drone if there was an obvious pilot error. Thanks for redirecting me to the additional flight data viewer.

I brought my P4P to Svalbard and Lofoten. In Svalbard, operating on a sailing vessel around 79th parallel, flying GPS was a mess. Don't know how much of it was proximity to the North Pole and how much was boat metal and electronics. Anyway, came back with good pics and lots of errors ("switch...

Airdata UAV - Flight Data Analysis for Drones this may answer your question

sorry to hear of the drowning! may be worth checking your homeowner's insurance to see if it could be covered. i have a rider for my photo gear including my drone and have a $250 deductible. also, some credit cards have loss and damage protection as a built in feature. if you purchased it with...

hi gerry, i use the iphone with my p4p. the "black box" is the iphone. in my case, i connect to my mac computer and in iTunes access the the iPhone and look at my apps. i scroll down to DJI Go app and can download my flights. i look for the specific flight (in my case, the last flight) and...

i think this is called foreshadowing. i shot this (not with the drone) just a bit before i lost the drone. agree with all comments so far. very helpful. thanks! steve

i didn't see the utility of a landing board until your suggestion. interesting theory about the car... thanks!

Thanks for that. I was impatient to get it in the air as last light was upon me. The only good thing about this is I now know how to download flight data onto my laptop from my iPhone and can view it in a detailed way when uploading it to: Airdata UAV - Flight Data Analysis for Drones It is...

Unhappy that my first post is is an obituary for my drone... Here is the story and the file. Sold my P4 for P4P in January. Many happy flights with no other incidents. Upgraded firmware but still got messages that firmware upgrade required. Did it again with "success" message but still got this...