Has anyone tried to film through the lacma lights ... I have ... I crashed ....

izzydrone · Jul 14, 2015

Wow so i was doing just fine filming some of the most epic video ever and then it pulled left hard... Couldn't compensate... Wrecked.. Lense cracked still flys luckily... And I got this error

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I'll post the videos when I get home later...

izzydrone · Jul 14, 2015

Its funny how its always that final shot of the day... ill update the full video later.

"Just one more shot"

ScottyT · Jul 14, 2015

Ouch. Should have just carried it through I tell ya!

Flyboy · Jul 14, 2015

Bummer...Was looking cool until....

sdharris · Jul 14, 2015

The shame of it is apart from the challenge of flying through there you could have just carried it. I bet that looks impressive from above though, did you get any more shots?

TonG · Jul 14, 2015

Sorry to say but the crash and the warning on the pilot app are more or less logical.
I suppose the pillars are made from metal and there running active electrical wires, which induces magnetic fields, through it.
And thats a recipe for disaster.

Dome · Jul 14, 2015

Mhhh may be a ronin sounds it would be better... You are really brave ... good shot idea indeed...

tvckz · Jul 14, 2015

What was that? Where is the most awaiting epic video? Just watch "Tree Dancing" before call epic anything.

ianwood · Jul 14, 2015

There's a lot of metal in them there lamp posts! RF echos in perfect symmetry. For that kind of shot, you're better off using your P3 as a steady cam! Here's a safer distance:

jwegener · Jul 14, 2015

Oof

such a cool shot. Sorry for your crash

Dronebow · Jul 14, 2015

So as a learning point, would a shot like this be better off in A mode? Just turn off GPS in this case. Or is the interference from the radio perspective so there is no good control of the aircraft?

dysan911 · Jul 14, 2015

Dronebow said:
So as a learning point, would a shot like this be better off in A mode? Just turn off GPS in this case. Or is the interference from the radio perspective so there is no good control of the aircraft?

Agreed. Looks like GPS got confused with direction from the interference of the metal light posts and ATTI mode might have been the way to go.

BuckRogers · Jul 14, 2015

Looks to me like the prop hit on the left and it went quickly right. Did it hit? Otherwise, yeah, electromagnetic interference.

izzydrone · Jul 14, 2015

BuckRogers said:
Looks to me like the prop hit on the left and it went quickly right. Did it hit? Otherwise, yeah, electromagnetic interference.

yea it hit, wasn't going right, and i never pulled left... then panicked and hit hard right.

izzydrone · Jul 14, 2015

Here is the updated full video. ENJOY! subscribe to my channel if you like what you see. I will be having some amazing video from egypt in the next coming weeks.

vmp · Jul 14, 2015

For shots like that, prop guards are pretty much a must have.

John Locke · Jul 14, 2015

tvckz said:
What was that? Where is the most awaiting epic video? Just watch "Tree Dancing" before call epic anything.

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That's some of the best video and flying I've seen, epic stuff.

Chuck Young · Jul 14, 2015

Had my speakers turned up full when I clicked that vid, awesome sound track BTW.

That was going extremely well. Awesome shot before the little mishap.

John Locke · Jul 14, 2015

dysan911 said:
Agreed. Looks like GPS got confused with direction from the interference of the metal light posts and ATTI mode might have been the way to go.

I thought the vision positioning assist was suppose to help in scenarios like this. Isn't that what the downward sonar and bottom camera are for?