How did i loose my drone?

NicholaiPhantom · Mar 28, 2017

sar104 · Mar 28, 2017

No mystery there, and no interference either - you simply flew into the cables.

Cuckaburra · Mar 29, 2017

i am really sorry you lost your drone.but i think sar104 is right you flew into those cables sadly.
looks like a really nice place to fly though.

NicholaiPhantom · Mar 29, 2017

You that was my first thought. But if it hit the wiers would the camera go black at once? I was talking with a few guys from reddit. They had a theory the electromagnetic waves knocked the drone out. Whats your thoughts on it?

With The Birds · Mar 29, 2017

NicholaiPhantom said:
You that was my first thought. But if it hit the wiers would the camera go black at once? I was talking with a few guys from reddit. They had a theory the electromagnetic waves knocked the drone out. Whats your thoughts on it?

Not likely. There was no hint of signal degradation, it all went dark wen you flew into the wires.

tobby · Mar 29, 2017

How did i loose my drone?
You flew BLOS, simple as that.
It is a bad idea, especially at low altitude. Maybe others can learn from your mistake.

Tobby

sar104 · Mar 29, 2017

NicholaiPhantom said:
You that was my first thought. But if it hit the wiers would the camera go black at once? I was talking with a few guys from reddit. They had a theory the electromagnetic waves knocked the drone out. Whats your thoughts on it?

My thoughts, I'm afraid, are that they were talking unscientific drivel. Knocked out? What does that even mean? The EM emissions even from a high-voltage transmission line are not going to do that - they are far too low in frequency to affect the MHz data link, and far too low in terms of field strength to have any direct effect on the electronics. The worst that you might see is some compass interference from the oscillating magnetic field.

Phantom NSX · Mar 29, 2017

tobby said:
How did i loose my drone?
You flew BLOS, simple as that.
It is a bad idea, especially at low altitude. Maybe others can learn from your mistake.

Tobby

Yup.....playing with fire, especially over water.

Flying that low beyond LOS over water with structures and wires in path was not surprised you lost her...lesson learned the hard way.

Btw, how did you recover the SD card to upload and edit the video???

grin factor · Mar 29, 2017

Sad dude, but you hit the cables, hence the view/blackout of the camera.

DanMan32 · Mar 29, 2017

It's not even black, but like static when you lose an analog TV station. But this isn't analog, it's digital so RC would not be picking up and displaying atmospheric static on signal loss. Or was that added to the video for effect?
It does look like the wires may have hit the gimbal/camera which could have damaged it where it would be inoperable.

Bckmstr · Mar 29, 2017

ain't rocket science...when you hit an object in mid air , bad things happen ...period, in this case it fell down and went splash

Phantom NSX · Mar 29, 2017

DanMan32 said:
It's not even black, but like static when you lose an analog TV station. But this isn't analog, it's digital so RC would not be picking up and displaying atmospheric static on signal loss. Or was that added to the video for effect?
It does look like the wires may have hit the gimbal/camera which could have damaged it where it would be inoperable.

That was obviously added for effect....you'll never see something like that happen on your RC

azgeek · Mar 29, 2017

Phantom NSX said:
That was obviously added for effect....

Looks that way to me as well. I think we all know what a loss of signal looks like on the video feed. Definitely not that.

FlashBuddy · Mar 29, 2017

It wasn't your fault, but the fault of that guy disturbing you LOL

tobby · Mar 30, 2017

O.K. AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, I call B.S. Hoax, and I am sure that he guy who is disturbing him is the pilot. Just before the screen goes old T.V. analogue static the camera lens is well above the cables. We have been spoofed!

Tobby

Phantom-Paul · Mar 30, 2017

And it ain't even April fools day yet!

Phantom NSX · Mar 30, 2017

tobby said:
O.K. AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, I call B.S. Hoax, and I am sure that he guy who is disturbing him is the pilot. Just before the screen goes old T.V. analogue static the camera lens is well above the cables. We have been spoofed!

Tobby

yes, my BS meter was going off pretty good after that goofy power outage edit at the end...that and the fact that this guy disappears pretty quickly after his post.

this seems to be the new trend on YouTube, with the "I lost my drone" headline to get people to watch their lame videos....stupid.

DanMan32 · Mar 30, 2017

I don't know. That top wire seemed to be just above camera center of view. Bottom one probably cleared though.

DanMan32 · Mar 30, 2017

OK, just ran through it again. The top wire is below camera center of view. My bad. Video was cut too soon before impact to know for sure if he cleared it or not.
I have difficulty gaining distance perspective from FPV. Sometimes flying VLOS knowing I am well away from obstacles, particularly trees then watching the video, the video often looks like close calls.
My general rule of thumb for FPV: if an object sticks above distant horizon (or distant tree line), then I can't clear it. Pull up or go around.