Flying my Solo this evening when it flew off and crashed across the street after my son took a picture of it while it was hovering in front of him. No warning - just went. Solo was completely unresponsive to control attempts. See the event here: https://youtu.be/m368_A9hIwQ
Uploaded log to 3DR. Really lucky no one was hurt as kids had just been watching. Second flight - battery was around 20% - getting a picture just before going to land it.
Broke 3 blades but no damage to Solo or GoPro.
Doesn't build confidence when it just decides to do its own thing...
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Better to have broken blades than burnt out motors
For sure!
Still amazed that people fly their new aircraft so close to houses and other obstacles where GPS signals are easily blocked. We would have never thought of flying a RC model 10-15 years ago in our driveway, (fixed wing or rotorcraft). It's a whole new bread of pilots.
You are right - that long ago I used a LORAN to navigate. Times are changing! I wonder what we will be able to do 10-15 years from now.
Sorry, I just had to.. (and I totally agree about people flying in places experienced R/C pilots would never even consider).
Absolutely Great John, I looked at your cartoon first and didn't get it.
Then I read AKRCGUYs comment above it.
Can't stop laughing.
Love those typos.
Best,
Gary
Hilarious! One might observe that if he's coming in at that steep an angle he's going to be toast.
Does your son have a Samsung phone? I've seen some phones kill a much larger and more accurate GPS system, maybe the phone killed the Solo's GPS fix. Is the phone setup to geotag each photo?
Gatts, that doesn't make sense. GPS receivers do not transmit anything.
You're a smart cookie Aaron, and quite correct...they don't. But phones do, and have been known to interfere with GPS systems.