Did something hit me?

[Bratinov]

My new Phantom 4 gave me quite the scare today, thought I'd share.
I've never had anything like this happen before, had a p2 and a p3 before this

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There was almost no wind, I was above any cables, upon inspection the only notable thing was some grime marks on the props:

(I'm not 100% sure those are from today, yesterday I clipped some dry weeds during take off)

Flight log:
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Any insight would be appreciated

 

[crashburn]

I've had same shake with my P4 a couple of times. No, you didn't hit anything. Hopefully the new firmware will smooth things out.

 

[thunderbird]

Scary

 

[Justgregg]

u hit a big bug....

 

[chris digata]

Thats a gimbal error so the phantom did nothing only your camera moved

 

[Drone Master]

I had that happen only once. Was flying aggressively like you and the camera gimbal just went limp for about 3 seconds. I suspected a firmware glitch. I have not seen this issue again sinse the latest upgrade.

 

[Ortiz82]

Looks like a bug by the prop, spiral art type splatter.

 

[jwt873]

Were you in Sport mode? I find that in Sport mode, I can tilt the craft more than the gimbal can compensate for when making sharp turns at high speed. (I've been pretty well sideways )

This causes a sudden jerk in the video as the gimbal recovers. But, when this happens I always see an error message "Gimbal Reached End Point" flashed on the screen

 

[Bratinov]

I had that happen only once. Was flying aggressively like you and the camera gimbal just went limp for about 3 seconds. I suspected a firmware glitch. I have not seen this issue again sinse the latest upgrade.

Hopefully its this, its never happened since.

Were you in Sport mode? I find that in Sport mode, I can tilt the craft more than the gimbal can compensate for when making sharp turns at high speed. (I've been pretty well sideways )

This causes a sudden jerk in the video as the gimbal recovers. But, when this happens I always see an error message "Gimbal Reached End Point" flashed on the screen

I don't remember, but I've noticed said behavior in Sport Mode, there are times I could not keep a strait line in that mode, footage gets jittery, nothing like in this case though.

Never seen that message before (Phantom 3 used to have "Gimbal motor overloaded" when going full left" ... think I'll be getting a cheap P3A for modding

 

[peterepeat69]

You can get wind shear at elevation.


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