I should have known better as an experienced Typhoon H pilot. However, the battery died out before I was able to bring it in. Please save me the lectures and also your condolences. I know I screwed up. But watch the video that was downloaded to the ST16. I just wanted to share this with everyone because you don't see this much.
Typhoon H splashes in ocean
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Thanks for sharing that, Steve.
Interestingly, I had an issue with a Phantom on Friday. I was doing a coastal erosion job on the Fylde Coast (England). In flight the battery level started to drop rapidly after only 10 minutes in the air, and the aircraft began an auto-land. However, I didn't lose my cool, and I managed to get it to head straight for me. It was descending rapidly but I also made it come down at an angle towards me and I literally snatched it out of the air as it was flying past me. A good save.
That battery is now condemned. A shame because it only had 50 cycles on it. Time to get a new battery to replace it.
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That video is from the st16 controller, it records a low resolution video to the transmitter itself, not the greatest footage but you can see what went wrong during the flight.
and I would add that last winter the lake never froze through enough to walk on. So if the H went down I would be able to look at it sitting out there but not be able to retrieve it. If the lake does freeze over enough to walk on someone else might beat you to it. If it goes into the lake you have a chance of retrieving it relatively quick.
My neighbor's DJI dropped into the lake a couple years back but being in 15-20 feet of water he easily retrieved it. I was out rowing and stopped to watch him take pictures of his house when it just dropped out of the sky from a hover about 100 feet from him about 20 seconds after he set his controller on a table. He had it less than a month. He said DJI told him they would NOT cover water damage for any reason. Now he has a full set of spare mechanical parts - the electronics were all fried.
My neighbor's DJI dropped into the lake a couple years back but being in 15-20 feet of water he easily retrieved it. I was out rowing and stopped to watch him take pictures of his house when it just dropped out of the sky from a hover about 100 feet from him about 20 seconds after he set his controller on a table. He had it less than a month. He said DJI told him they would NOT cover water damage for any reason. Now he has a full set of spare mechanical parts - the electronics were all fried.
Is this footage possibly from Aruba where the wind is at constant 15 - 20 miles per hour?
As he said video was off the ST16, the 480 must be swimming with the fishes! I will never fly over water, and if I did I have those floation
devices for the H Pro.
"Ouch" very painful watching knowing the control will do nothing - are you insured or is it a total financial loss for you ?
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