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After 2 weeks, 10 flights and a bunch of great video...she split.
Set out to view a draw bridge from afar, bout 200 yards away I launched from a boat ramp(no boats present, week night). Turned everything on, set my white balance for a bit, popped it up 10 feet in the air to check everything out, was satisfied so I set off and out...didnt take very long to see Id lost control and it kept going, up and over the bridge(with traffic). I flipped the switch to RTH(I may have panicked and switched to smart?), this did nothing for controls and actually sent the q500 now with the flow of traffic and at a much higher rate of speed than Ive seen from this, Id say bout 35mph and coming down like a comet w some heat. Less than 5 minutes of flight, lost video before it flew ovee the bridge.
I spent the next hour and a half searching where Id anticipated it came down, I listened for sirens, I looked for a smashed car, house with a big hole punched into it, and I searched the nature trail full of mangroves for it, all with the powered controller in hand, nothing. At this point I see the toggle in smart mode, at best I bumped it during the search.
I gave up the search and went hime to pull telemetry, the next day I found it in 2 pieces, the camera separate w wires akimbo, in the exact spot googlemaps said it was. Flight video file was corrupt and havent been able to view it.
I contacted Yuneec and Im sending telemetry as soon as I figure how to zip it.
Ive been reading "flyaway" threads since the incident on thursday, but Im still not certain about how to analyze the data myself? I suppose the UAV toolkit wont work the Q? But theres one for the Q, kinda?
I guess Id appreciate some counsel before submitting to Yuneec, please!
Also I ordered spare batteries weeks ago, they wont arrive til the 21st and my battery is triggered, bloated and wont charge(green flashing indicator) for me to even plug it in to gui for diagnostics...so I have no idea where I stand.
BUT I already wanna buy a replacement, and itll come w a battery lol
Set out to view a draw bridge from afar, bout 200 yards away I launched from a boat ramp(no boats present, week night). Turned everything on, set my white balance for a bit, popped it up 10 feet in the air to check everything out, was satisfied so I set off and out...didnt take very long to see Id lost control and it kept going, up and over the bridge(with traffic). I flipped the switch to RTH(I may have panicked and switched to smart?), this did nothing for controls and actually sent the q500 now with the flow of traffic and at a much higher rate of speed than Ive seen from this, Id say bout 35mph and coming down like a comet w some heat. Less than 5 minutes of flight, lost video before it flew ovee the bridge.
I spent the next hour and a half searching where Id anticipated it came down, I listened for sirens, I looked for a smashed car, house with a big hole punched into it, and I searched the nature trail full of mangroves for it, all with the powered controller in hand, nothing. At this point I see the toggle in smart mode, at best I bumped it during the search.
I gave up the search and went hime to pull telemetry, the next day I found it in 2 pieces, the camera separate w wires akimbo, in the exact spot googlemaps said it was. Flight video file was corrupt and havent been able to view it.
I contacted Yuneec and Im sending telemetry as soon as I figure how to zip it.
Ive been reading "flyaway" threads since the incident on thursday, but Im still not certain about how to analyze the data myself? I suppose the UAV toolkit wont work the Q? But theres one for the Q, kinda?
I guess Id appreciate some counsel before submitting to Yuneec, please!
Also I ordered spare batteries weeks ago, they wont arrive til the 21st and my battery is triggered, bloated and wont charge(green flashing indicator) for me to even plug it in to gui for diagnostics...so I have no idea where I stand.
BUT I already wanna buy a replacement, and itll come w a battery lol