Hey guys, I need some help diagnosing my crash. Video feed wasnt recording at the time of what happened but heres a timeframe. I dont know how to get you guys telemtry data or flight logs let me know the steps and I'll get it posted someone give me a brief guide I'll have them up asap
TH (amazon refurb unit mind you) set up and checks were normal, battery in flush gave me the click it was seated, all new yuneec props secure went around the whole drone twice tugging them, GPS ready, had 10-11 sats, in Angle, ST16 had 90+%, TH was 15.00+ 4 bars, the bird was in the sky for 4 minutes
Take off was fine, I let her hover and establish itself, took up 200+ feet no issues, i got the clips I wanted of my apt, the area around me I end recording after 3:00 to get some stills, I yaw the drone to the left while i move myself to another position, and the ST16 states 5 motor mode as if i lost a prop. It failed to engages its redundancy and save itself and just dropped to the ground like a fluttering rock and proceeded it's death rattle of spinning props as fast as it can to kill me while I try to turn it off
I didnt engage RTH it was above me and drifted over a brick wall 40 feet from my apt, I let the sticks center in the middle for a moment and as it began to descend I throttled up to see if I could get any response or any attempt for it to save itself.
it spun sunk and broke into millions of pieces, gimbal camera, legs landing gear, things inside the drone are rattling as well so may be a total loss unless the cards are in my favor with the Yuneec gods
halp plz? Drone was involved in one previous crash requiring replacing a A arm bracket and a gimbal mount that I replaced myself, i hope this doesnt disqualify me from my warranty on this serious crash she has been flow since that crash and everything was normal until one left turn.
I am also not really sure how to proceed from here, I did the replacement of the A arm and gimbal mount myself- does that violate my warranty? Do I have a chance of getting a new bird or am I walking away from 1k stuck like a chuck.
TH (amazon refurb unit mind you) set up and checks were normal, battery in flush gave me the click it was seated, all new yuneec props secure went around the whole drone twice tugging them, GPS ready, had 10-11 sats, in Angle, ST16 had 90+%, TH was 15.00+ 4 bars, the bird was in the sky for 4 minutes
Take off was fine, I let her hover and establish itself, took up 200+ feet no issues, i got the clips I wanted of my apt, the area around me I end recording after 3:00 to get some stills, I yaw the drone to the left while i move myself to another position, and the ST16 states 5 motor mode as if i lost a prop. It failed to engages its redundancy and save itself and just dropped to the ground like a fluttering rock and proceeded it's death rattle of spinning props as fast as it can to kill me while I try to turn it off
I didnt engage RTH it was above me and drifted over a brick wall 40 feet from my apt, I let the sticks center in the middle for a moment and as it began to descend I throttled up to see if I could get any response or any attempt for it to save itself.
it spun sunk and broke into millions of pieces, gimbal camera, legs landing gear, things inside the drone are rattling as well so may be a total loss unless the cards are in my favor with the Yuneec gods
halp plz? Drone was involved in one previous crash requiring replacing a A arm bracket and a gimbal mount that I replaced myself, i hope this doesnt disqualify me from my warranty on this serious crash she has been flow since that crash and everything was normal until one left turn.
I am also not really sure how to proceed from here, I did the replacement of the A arm and gimbal mount myself- does that violate my warranty? Do I have a chance of getting a new bird or am I walking away from 1k stuck like a chuck.
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