Thats not gone well

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 05/11/2017 at 18:07 • Filed to: None

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It was a lovely day out in the field today, 70 degrees, sunny, not a cloud in the sky.

Flight conditions were ideal on paper, very little wind, no obstructions nothing to cause alarm.

Every now and again though, a gust of wind would come up: Nothing major, like 10 mph. I guess that was enough to create special conditions around the bridge I was near in the form of a helluva downdraft that pulled my drone out of the sky from 20 feet to crashed in about 2 seconds. No chance to recover, no way to see if coming. Straight...down.

Rotors and landing gear...meh, I got replacements for those.

The power and comm wires to the camera? Crap. Looks like its back to the service center or to a local guy who I trust to solder delicate ledes back to the logic board.

I think it will fly again. It wasn’t even recording when it went down...bummer.

user314 > HammerheadFistpunch 05/11/2017 at 18:14

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Did you find the black box?

That is a bummer though, hopefully your guy can sort it out.

HammerheadFistpunch > user314 05/11/2017 at 18:17

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The black box is what broke. Its only three wires to solder, but they are delicate little suckers. I think we can get it.

CaptDale - is secretly British > HammerheadFistpunch 05/11/2017 at 18:24

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Rough

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > HammerheadFistpunch 05/11/2017 at 18:26

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Could have been worse...

HammerheadFistpunch > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 05/11/2017 at 18:27

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Thats true. In fact I was flying over water earlier in the day so it could have been worse indeed.

cbell04 > HammerheadFistpunch 05/11/2017 at 18:50

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What model is that? I fly a dji3 pro. I feel like it handles the wind really well I’ve even flown it in some crazy high wind/gusty days. On the side I was repairing the dji drones through craigslist for a while. Watch some video and do the repairs. Trust yourself you can handle it for sure!

HammerheadFistpunch > cbell04 05/11/2017 at 18:53

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Yuneec Q500. Its not super stable per-se but I like the footage to price ratio. Its never been a real issue and I’ve flown it in some wind. This was a really strange wind event, just a fluke.

cbell04 > HammerheadFistpunch 05/11/2017 at 19:18

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yeah totally get it. Only reason I went dji was my dad bought one then crashed it. I Youtubed the repair and since its similar to what I do for work I put an add out to repair others that had crashed. Ended up making offers on crashed ones when they came in for repair and a guy finally took the offer so got mine for only $250-300 with parts I had to put into it + a little time. I love flying it.

TheRealBicycleBuck > HammerheadFistpunch 05/11/2017 at 22:38

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That’s a bummer. The worst I’ve had so far was a wind gust blowing it into a tree. Two props later, it was flying again.

I dread the day that it crashes big. These things are expensive to repair.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > HammerheadFistpunch 05/11/2017 at 22:46

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Water and drones never mix well.

Hey who do I have to ask to get posting rights to Oppo?