What Happened to Freddo the Drone? Drone Hijacking??
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Did we fall victim to a drone hijacking? Is it possible to hijack a drone? I do a deep analysis of what happened to Freddo the Drone.
On today's vlog, I wanted to explain what I thought happened to the drone. The comment section yesterday made it seem like we were victims of a drone hijacking. But, I don't think it's possible. For one, I think there's no way that anyone would have known we were flying a drone. Second of all, when I did some research I came up with a theory that makes more sense than the idea that the drone was hijacked.
So, in the vlog I explain my theory.
Then, after deciding that our drone was likely not a part of some crazy drone hijacking, Greg and I headed out to shoot some photography.
This photography vlog is part #drone and part photography vlog.
In all the craziness, I forgot to color grade the footage today. SOZ! Oh, and don't forget to check out Greg's channel: ruclips.net/user/gregorsnell
It's still very fascinating Brendan! Color grade or not! Even though this is a sad story, it was almost like a airplane crash investigation. I rather enjoyed it! But still, sorry that you lost your drone :-(
It is still down there at the base of that cliff. It is probably too hazardous to get in there but it is down there.
I might sound like captain obvious but, did you wait to see if the obstacle avoidance system on the drone may have returned it to where it was launched from?
Interesting theories. I had a similar situation happen over water. I was at a beach and there is a half of a shipwreck just off the coast sticking out of the water. There were some people jumping off of it so I thought it would be cool to catch a few jumps so I flew out to them. I was about 150 feet away from myself and maybe 25 feet above the water and all of the sudden the screen goes black and I lost connection. I panicked. Did I think maybe I was too low? Maybe a seagull hit it, maybe someone splashed it, I didn't know. Anyway in my panicked state I tried to remain calm and think what I learned from other you tubers. I remembered that I had a go home set if I lost connection but it seemed it wasn't working and also there was no way to tell it to by phone. After a few minutes go by I noticed on my actual controller that the RPM was still revving and that I was at a high altitude but I still couldn't see it. I hit the go home button on my controller and it started beeping that it was actively going home. THANK F*** for that. It did return to my launch point successfully. This was with the Mavic Pro. My question is I know in a panic shit happens but did anyone try reading the info on the controller LCD screen or attempt to hit the go home button on the controller, not the phone? Sorry for your loss. I would have been devastated. On a side note the drone still recoreded even when it lost connection.
do you have the complete flight video? ruclips.net/video/4E-r1FVn7f4/видео.html this one is cut and it doesnt go to the end. :)
Oh no. Gregg must feel terrible, but I don't blame him. Easy mistake to make. This theory makes more sense than hijacking. Nice explanation.
Thanks mate. It was a tough one as I've flown so many hours and only had this one real crash. The fact that it isn't my drone and a brand new Mavic 2 doesn't help, but the good news is we've found a solution/replacement and now closure on the incident. Mistakes happen and best we can do is address the issue, take appropriate action, and move forward.
Good to know it worked for you guys. Such an unfortunate situation to mistake the mystery drone for yours.
The analogy of looking at the wrong screen during a game was spot on.
You're a stand up guy. A fluke situation happens that is beyond even your skills and you still take ownership and remedy the situation. This is why I enjoy your channel.
Lots of people are having problems with the Mavic 2's with signal cutting off , but what i've noticed is it's been caused mostly by the DJI goggles . All dji drones should actually return to home if it loses signal but still to have that many problems with them is not right . Another thing is the compus might have gotten magnetized while setting up and getting ready to fly but the drone should have a sencer that tells you that. I tell my students don't put your drone on the hood or trunk of your car and turn it on because it's metal and might effect the compus. And once the compus is screwd RTH could be miles away . I've been building drones for the past 10-15 years and DJI has been making DIY kits way before they started selling ready to fly Phantoms and still way back then i've been having software issues with Dji ... looks like it hasn't changed . Hope your insurance can take care of you.
Good detective work and great job on not placing blame until all the facts are in. For that I'll subscribe.
You are right about the gear. People sometimes get overprotective of their gear. I don't trash my camera and lenses but I don't sweat a little rain either. I just get out there and use it.
What do you do when the drone basically crashes and no recovery? Chalk it up as a loss?
Question is what made the drone camera signal loss ?!
Did you try and find it? Maybe he could use the other drone to go down were you think it might be?
Bummer 😶
That's a real bummer Brendan. I hope you have insurance on your new drone that will cover it for you.
Because you went below your altitude, due to all the rocks, it most likely just lost signal. As a suggestion, never fly with the DJI goggles. I had many instances where I was the spotter, as well as using the goggles and they would loose signal. I'd never trust them alone to fly with. I'm sorry about Mavic.
Full.of info and a pleasure to watch. 👍✔🙋😂📣🏅🏅🏅🏅
Thats why you should always put some personal stickers on your drone. It must be easily recognizable.
have you tried to use the other drone to see if you could see wreckage below on the cliff, sorry you lost freddo
with DJI Care Refresh you will have to return the drone, but could you not try to check with Greg's drone around the site where the drone might have crashed to see if you could maybe recover it then by sea?
Bring up the control inputs on your flight log to see what the inputs were.
It sucks about your drone, but given your new theory of what happened, it actually makes the situation quite funny. From memory, the guy on the beach took off in a hurry, right? He was gone by the time Greg got down there.
From his perspective, he was snooping on you and then all of a sudden he sees one of you start sprinting seemingly after him, and so he must have shit himself and taken off in a hurry thinking that Greg was coming to confront him.
This is turning into a Netflix mystery drama....
hahahaha
Hahaha
I’ll subs if they did
Lmfaoooo
Solution... put a skin on your drone so you can visually distinguish it from others when in the air. Also, sort your hat out!
Gutted :( I am however glad we were able to sort out a replacement so quickly. Shout out to Jase Kennedy if you're seeing this.
How is Jase involved? :D
Greg Snell shit happens bro...all Will be well again
Don't stress over it. Could've have happened to anyone. You're a great pilot with mad skills.
did you not have look under the over hang to see if freddo was there
I like that I get to be a heart shaped candy ❤️
Sahil Gaming seriously?? Grow TF up!
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It sounds like you may have a solution to get another drone. If not, I am happy to donate a $100 to the cause. If only 19 out of your over 85,000 other followers are willing to do the same we can solve this problem and Greg can sleep guilt free. Seems like the least we can do given how much enjoyment you give us everyday :). Thanks for consistently starting my day with positivity, inspiration and beauty!
It will be better if all of us donate 1 dollar. Woow 85.000 dollars.
@@calsela haha yeah Lmao, not a sub from this RUclipsr but 100 dollar donation?
Gutted for you and for Greg as that new bird looked the dogs boll**ks. Glad Greg made it back ok as I think you would have had a hard time explaining to Nellie there had been an accident when you took him back to that cliff to shoot photos :)
Hahahha. Dark!
Just a drone. Just A drone.🙂
Besides, you're a pro. You need a drone. You don't need to convince your parents for a new one.
Brand new drone incoming.
Be safe you guys.
Hey, Brendan van Son, it's a pity what happened to your friend ''Freddo the Drone"" (not sure if that is the right spelling), I know how it feels like, I crashed mine and I didn't even see what it crashed into, then when it fell down it was run into by a car, yeap I know poor story right ? Sadly I knew about DJI care refresh after the accident happened, but you are lucky that you have it, if I were you I would find the way to get down the coast to the beach and find Freddo for its replacement, "of course that is just if you are 100% sure of your theory and your drone is down there" you most likely know how to swim, if not, get someone who does to help you, it's just a proposal and something I would definitely do for a device that is worth 2,000 euros. Good luck man.
Just wanted to say, you handled the loss of the drone like a real champion. and good on you and Greg for heading back to the same spot to get the shot you wanted.
I thought Greg has a drone as well, why don't have him fly that one lower to see whether freddo is somewhere down there? Even if you could get a shot of crashed freddo, perhaps DJI could give you a new drone!
The waves crash too high. It would probably result in a second drone crash haha
Well, that's bummer, at least you got the right mindset, cheers! But I still think you should've called that drone "flip".....then we'll be seeing "flop" soon on this channel.....
Try at low tide?
But.....surely Gregg could have / should have let go of the sticks if he was in any doubt whatsoever of the flight path of the drone he thought he was flying?
But who was on the grassy knoll?
Great reconstruction, very suspenseful!
Ro Rebbel a
We've had Pegasus for the quad, the new drone should be called Phoenix (as in rises from the ashes of Freddo)
Kelvin Harrison totally gets my vote!!!
Thanks for the support
Got to spell it Fenix though as a nod to Fredo and Fido 😉
i can only bow before the presence of greatness...what a brilliant idea
Kelvin Harrison - lmao.... I reckon it works. See what he says.... 👍😎
We have to take a second to think about this video...and the high budget--short--animation that took place. Rip Freddo...May his chip always be in our hearts.
Inspiring speech at the end!
Please stop yelling otherwise I'm not able to watch your videos...thx
He had the most irritating of voices for sure. I can't watch any more.
I agree.... almost said it.... refrained, from adding the fact, he “OVER EXPLAINS” EVERYTHING!!!
(GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP)
I guess Canadians YELL A LOT!!!
William Roark lol so true. This video coulda been 30 seconds smh
I thought the same thing, lol!
Buy your self a locator and write your telephone number on the drone it is better than nothing
I'm soooo sorry for your lost. Your right stuff happens. I remember someone saying don't be afraid to damage your equipment because you hesitate and lose the shot. On the other hand I really needed a laugh this morning and the three candy, SD card stop motion was perfect. Tell Greg I want to play Mario Kart with him....
Haha, Greg will watch your screen and you'll beat him every time. hahahaha
Is anyone else annoyed by the use of the d word (which is said 400 times in this video) to describe our flying machines? Or am I the only one who feels that word carries negative associations and doesn't really fit the what it really is (radio controlled multirotor)? Anyhow, I'm sorry to hear you lost your Mavic.
After more than 30 years of flying R/C aircraft with over 25 being at the instructor level, the one thing that should always be done is - Have a spotter ! A capable flier who is doing nothing more than be an observer and advisor of the airspace you are operating in. If you fly out of line of sight, a problem is presented...Unfortunate part of these Quad-copter drones is so many are being operated by people who have no background.....I know, Greg is certified by somebody who tests and approves, but how much background beyond this is generally in the fliers back pocket. It's a shame and an expensive lesson to learn that you need to keep your eyes on what your doing and have a spotter. Sorry if it sounds harsh, but the reality is, would this have happened if there was an extra set of eyes on the situation ?.......From watching you both, I know you'll both bounce back....forwards to the future.............................
Rifleman7kw this is great advice!!! Nellie could have easily been the spotter and would likely have saved the situation. I will definitely put this to use in the future. Thanks for the tip. And yes I’m a certified Advanced RPA Pilot with the AESA (Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency).
Thanks for the reply, I was hoping it would be taken the right way. I didn't mean for it to sound "trite".....from one Ontario boy to another - keep up the good work..... regards...........Ken Wiberg(facebook)
I dont think so, maybe you should have a spotter if you are talking about a big-medium production, but why someone needs to have a spotter for to fly a Drone for Hobbie.
Ah yes, the "always fly with a spotter" lecture... It is good advise, and yes he had other people there to act as a spotter, but I can say that I rarely ever have a spotter (I'm usually flying alone). If I'm ever in doubt, I look at my screen!
The irony here is that had Greg NOT been flying LOS he never would've lost the drone. He would have been looking at his screen, looking at the HUD information that was telling him where his drone was. I understand why he was flying LOS, he thought he was watching his own drone. But as soon as it appeared to be not responding to his commands, he should have looked at his screen...
My 2 cents!
Fergy
I agree! having a spotter is a much better safe!
Why do you keep holding your camera in such a way so it casts shadow on your face? I've noticed the same thing happening in your previous video.
This is similar to what happened to me with my phantom 4 pro a while back, I was flying my drone back to my garden in RTH mode when I see another identical drone come from the same direction , it stopped just after I see it flying towards me , I thought it was mine and out of control because it was not responding to my movements and it flew off, I shit myself , luckily I looked at the iPad and see that my drone was still about 500m away, also a good altitude and still in RTH , if I was lower I could of crashed it maybe as you can still control it in RTH , could have been a different story if I was in manual mode and closer to home as there is a lot of quite big trees ,I actually caught the other drone fly back to its own garden as well lol
I believe Greg weren't watching the screen, if he did he would been able to recover the drone, the screen will tell him the distance, the height, and the direction of the drone, instead he was busy chase after the wrong drone, if you no longer watching the screen, essentially you are no longer fly the drone.
Hate to say it Brendan but you set the fate of your drone the moment you named him.
Remember what happened to Freddo in Godfather 2 .........
hahaha, yup. That was a massive mistake.
Yup. I did the same thing. Flying super late in Downtown Los Angeles. Suddenly my drone would not respond to my control. I freaked out for a few seconds, let go the controls, but it just took off. I hit the RTH button and a few seconds later my ACTUAL drone showed up overhead. And easy mistake to make.
If you ever lose the video feed, or your phone goes dead, (I’ve had it happen) just never forget about the return to home button on the remote. I’m betting your theory is spot on. Sorry for your loss dude! Do you insure your drones? Ive got insurance through AOPA. Its a corporate liabilty policy, but I can also include the drones themselves. Just a thought.
Crappy experience! Like someone else mentioned... have someone constantly spotting - and yes, as you say - “just stop”. I’ve had to do that more than once when flying drones. Stop, get oriented again and resume. Looking forward to more of your travels!
greg's situational awareness is not what it should be when flying a expensive piece of hardware. he is to blame, if your theory is correct. the other thing is, as long as he was not in sport mode the sensors should have picked up (constant beeping) any rock face, unless is was perhaps traveling too fast. Lastly, did you inspect the cliff face with your back-up drone?
Awwww Greg. Well, proof that it happens to the best of us.
What McDonald’s takes orders with a pen? Haha!
I have flown around several drones at the same time and so have many others and this has never happened. Your theory is kind of impossible when you look at how they pair and how the communication works. Your drone just went crazy or it was pilot error bud.
the very big problem was the ocean down - if it were no water but ground land or meadows it weren't happened so bad - anyway all that happened made you become much more famouse and with the help of RUclips viewer I'm sure in couple of months you will get to buy again it .
You should always have eyes on the drone, or someone with you can, for situations like this, everyone has a bad experience something to learn by.
9:24... when you realize you don’t have to pay for the drone
hahahah.
Jajajaja.
Hahaha!
Hey Brendad, Hey Greg, im just curious about this accident, I have DJI P4+ and planing to get this Mavic Pro 2 soon. My questions is, how this happens? does the obstacle avoidance sensor doesn't work on this scenario, the drone supposedly fly up when it sees obstacle in front right? or because it was inside cliff so maybe when the sensor sense something in-front, it was already inside the cliff? Im just trying to analyst more based on what Brendan demonstrate because the obstacle avoidance should work on this. Just curious! @Greg, it happens to me when 3 of us flying together at the same time all the same drone, I noticed it doesn't react on my controller, luckily my instinct work quick, I used the compass and map to navigate. This really happens. So sorry for the lost!
I think your theory may or may not be true, my question is why didn't Gregg kept his eye on the screen, if he did he would know from the view show on the screen, of where his drone position is, and would take corrected action to recover the drone, instead of blindlesslly ran after the wrong drone, I have to said this but Gregg is not a good pilot, you lost Freddo because of pilot error, when I fly my drone, I all way kept my eye constantly on my mobile screen, or on the drone itself, so I know all the time of where my drone is.
Make sense. In the situation thinking my drone did a fly away. Hit that RTH. Had to send mine back. (Gimbal malfunction) Now it being kidnapped by DJI for analysis.
Your theory makes perfect sense. I've been flying RC for 10 years now and have seen people crash due to the very same issue. Essentially, flying the wrong plane. It's even happened to me although I managed to realize it at the last second and save my airplane (I was flying in a contest with a bunch of other planes).
Very reasonable explanation. I once confused my white Phantom 3, with a seagull. The seagull flew off, like seagulls do, and I thought I was watching my Phantom fly off. Arrrrgh! "Where's my drone going?". I did as you suggested. I took hands off the controls. Took a deep breath. Took some seconds to think through the situation, and then just initiated Return to Home. Of course, the seagull kept flying, so I thought RTH was not working. I was getting really bummed, but then heard a buzzing above my head. I looked up ... My drone! Yeaaaaah. Ha. It's easy to confuse something else, for your drone.
left last message before 7.54 when Brendan gives explanation about take your hands off the sticks and assess, this is the first rule of drone flying isn't it, and I have never flown one before but do pick up my new Mavic 2 pro tomorrow, but this is a good example of what not to do as well, and indirectly Brendan is saying that partially Gregg is to blame a little, harsh I know but surely you keep the eye on the drone at all times, and if in doubt just take thumbs off the sticks and simply let it hover? just my opinion guys, peace.
It was the other pilot fault for not flying LOS and causing you the accident. It is iilegal in Greece to fly further than 50m for recreational purpose and 500m even for commercial purposes. I hope you had a great time in Greece and hope you make up for the loss quickly with your great videos!!
The mavic 2 has a collision system, why it crashed? Normally when you don't understand what your drone is doing, go up up up, and hit return to home. Clearly in the moment it's a lot of stress and time is running against you.
I was flying once my mavic pro near a phantom. The mavic pro radio signal caused an interference for the phantom radio signal . The phantom pilot had a lot of trouble to fly his drone. Other thing, when I am updating my mavic pro at home via wifi, in this time I can't connect with other devices to my router.
Your last working theory is spot on. Running away with the RC made it worst. BTW having a solid bind with a craft doesn't mean you'll disconnect and obtain another one on a nearby flying drone. I have tons of flying experience and even have flown with another craft in sight and this has never happened, hence your last theory is correct.
I think you nailed it, shit man sorry to hear such news, costly, You must have been in sport mode, because it should not of crashed, unless he landed in the water, but it would have said landing, Ive crashed many, Did you try find my drone tool? Be Safe, Belus Traveller
He probably wanted to lower the drone, which was already low, he was looking at the wrong drone... Oh man... I know that feeling, that's so hard, you lost a big thing from your equipment and after that you try to be normal
They hacked your quad and crashed the host on purpose. it was an upgrade for him or a trip to the pawn shop for the guy who stole it. tuff luck buddy. i hope that doesn't happen to me. thanks for enlightening us on the dark corners of the criminal mind. it would have been to obvious if both drones flew off together so he ditched it when he had your signal locked. hope you get reimbursed.
Been waiting for this.. oooh and im first. Mate I'm gutted for you. Greg must be feeling s**t.. Sorry for the loss guys.. Hopefully everything sorts itself out
Here's 1024 points for first. Greg will get over it. :D He's tough.
It sucks, but drones are disposable items in my view, the only things i can suggest in the future, is always download your info or swap out memory cards between flights, but also consider the use of a skin, it makes your drone stand out in a different way in such situations, it sounds like you didn't have a big distance from you, just an identification issue, it is easily done for sure...
That makes sense. I don't think it would be possible for another controller to accidentally "take over" your drone. What an unbelievable freak accident.
Hi Brendan, I lost my drone something similar to like scenario only my lost the connection with the drone because there where other towers or signals interrupting the connection between my Mavic and the transmitter. I did reported that but DJI didn't do anything and they gave me this as an answer:
Joseph C. (Support)
Sep 1, 19:37 CEST
Hi Riz
Thank you for contacting DJI Support,
Apologies for all the inconvenience may cause your our product. Regarding your concern about your lost drone. Unfortunately, we cannot do analysis case for this matter, as per checking on your drone information. The unit is no longer covered with warranty.
I really apologize for what happened to your drone. Thank you for understanding.
Thank you for choosing DJI.
This was such a shitty answer with a shitty excuse after paying so much money then U get a response like this, seriously ?!?!?!?!
You have a great attitude in the face of the events. I am certain that something great is about to happen in your life.
I think your mad. When the tide went out I would done reccie with the others drone then got or hired a Kayak and looked around even taking your phone Down there to find my drone. I did a similar thing in Scotland and found my Mavic Air. Although it crashed into the rocks all it needed was new props.
Did Greg press the return-home button on the controller? Flight recorder would show that?
That's why you should have an observer keeping sight and communicate with the pilot! It's how the pro's do...
I'm 9:25 into "What Happened to Freddo the Drone?" I also viewed the first part which forced me to view this one. In the first one as soon as I heard what you named it. I thought Freddo was assassinated in the movie"GODFATHER". Great job keeping me dawned in. Back to your conclusion.
bad luck, thats definitely an understatement.
That was terribly unbelievable bad luck. Sorry for your bad luck lol
My first drone which was the DJI Mavic Air was something I put all my money on. I’m just 16 & I’ve flow other cheap helicopters & quads that were harder. I watched Soo much videos just so I won’t miss a thing. My 3rd day of having the drone I took it to my park & I got amazing shots but it was getting dark so I click return home. As it returned home it flew straight up the sky so I got worried so I canceled & flew back my self. Out of no where the drone was at a good height above me & I see I’m moving my drone. I look at my screen & I see my screen has just cut out. Then out of luck my drone ended up landing in such a rough way. To this day I’m no longer able to fly because it would no longer respond to anything
There is another explanation: Greg panicked when saw the second drone (who he believed it was yours) fly away, hit RTH and your drone being closed to the cliff starts ascending and hit the cliffs. Anyway, I am so sorry this happened and yes, you can't let him pay you. Is a honest mistake anyway you look at it. There is no hijack possibility. Each drone pair with its controller using different frequency.
Similar thing happened to me a few weeks ago. My Mavic was in RTH over 2.5 miles out over open water for around 5 minutes... time enough to put the controller down beside me, roll a cigarette and smoke it (total 10 minute retun.) From nowhere I heard and eventually saw another Mavic coming towards me and right past me. My initial response was panic as I knew I was in auto rth. Had to look at my iPad for a second or two before I realised mine was still over sea, com ing back and someone else was flying an identical Mavic lol. Says something for wraps I suppose.
Gregg - Great CSI drone analysis. Your experience has provided me with a life hack that I'll use when II fly my drone. Appreciate the insight. Fly on, fly safe :).
Moral of story: "Greg crashed your drone. Don't let Greg fly your drone!" :(
Two suggestions: 1. Have a spotter with you. 2. If you cant have 1. mark you drone with some highlight color sticker like neon yellow for example. Will not look bad ass but will help to identify. =) Now go and get a new one! :P
Did the screen go blank cause the drone lost signal because it was down below where Greg was? What was the drone set to do when it lost signal? RTH? Hover? Land? If the phone w/app went blank, wouldn't the RC still work? Serious mystery that needs to be solved for all of us. Thx, hope to see update.
Combination Stick Command if the controller still is linked CSC will stop/start motors at command. Granted your bird was over the water but in any emergency situation CSC is your last goto.
Man, what a bizarre thing to happen. This is exactly why i sold my Yunnec Typhoon h, I just could never get comfortable with it in the sky. I guess one option is to insure your gear, you just never know. I can say this, you have a great attitude toward all this, and I can tell you this, based off watching this story, if money were no object, I would buy you another drone in a heartbeat! It’s just the thing to do! Take care!
Whether the other drone pilot was operating LOS or not we do not know; However, the other pilot flying over y'all is illegal. DJI in the future should have a Drone Proximity notification just so you're aware of another drone operator. I fly a DJI Spark and it's practically stealth unless you know where to look for it. It's especially hard to see if you're backlit from your perspective. It's also very quiet. In short, another drone user that wants to be curious should always be in earshot of the other pilot.
I think you're right!! Because that was basically my theory, except I think Eric's screen went black when Freddy hit the cliff or was hit by a wave. But, either way, I'm sorry dude. I feel your pain. I hope you never have to go through that again!
Obstacle avoidance must have been off for it to run into the cliff. But they never could find the drone if they weren't looking where it might have crashed.
Not a freak accident. Freak accident is when your walking with an umbrella above your head and lightning strikes but it doesnt hit you, instead it hits the tree behind you which breaks and falls on top of you. That is a freak accident. Yours is just pure negligent. Since all mavic drones are similar, in shapes and sizes at least have a unique identifier, physical identifier like a tag or a skin to differentiate it from the rest. Also your pilot needs to focus on one thing and only one thing, your drone. I dont even let anyone Pilot my drone because its worth $2,000. Are you that stupid to let anyone pilot it for you? Exactly how much experience does he have to easily confuse your drone for someone elses. In the end, its a user error. Nothing to see here. Case closed.
Don't be disheartned Greg, it was just an accident :)
When in any doubt about control or video signals, trigger return to home instead of engaging in confused flying. Sounds like your drone is sitting at the bottom of the ocean somewhere now.
Great lesson learnt. Thanks guys. Sorry you lost your drone. But I learnt something and hopefully won't lose mine the same way. As yet I've not been in any situation in Perth Australia where I've been flying my drones and another one appeared. But with Drone sales skyrocketing, it's only a matter of time.
This is why i never fly "line of sight only"(or should i say just eyeball ONLY on the drone) unless i absolutely have to.
This same thing happened to me on holiday! Except someone else was chasing my drone for hundreds of metres, almost diving after it as i was trying to land it by my feet. They just stopped when they saw the color.
This would not have happened if you guys had used the DJI Goggles.
It’s best in a huge well lit area to use those goggles in my opinion. And have a spotter. Especially if your shooting time lapse for a while in one stationary area. Anyway I hope for your sake you had insurance!!!!
So now it means that if I buy a drone, which I think about a little bit more every day, I will put some flashy fluorescent stickers on it on each faces, just to be sure to identify mine with no doubt to avoid this problem. Because when I was playing on Mario (very good example, by the way) I was always switching on the other one.
Wow.Im sorry to hear this. Reminds me the day at the clinic when we started the day and my wireless mouse acting differently own its own. Tried rebooting everything and reconnecting everything and changing batteries. We even called up the IT department. We couldn’t start seeing patients. Guess what, my secretary had exactly the same mouse setup on the anteroom and somehow the mice got swapped. What a bummer..The IT guy left immediately after figuring it out.
It happened to me with my mavic 1. I thought my drone has mind of it's own. I can not control it and it keeps on going down. Tried to bring her up bit with no luck. Next thing I've heard is I reached max altitude😂😂. Someone is also flying the a mavic pro.
That sucks man. I'd suggest caching the footage on the phone. 512gb memory cards are pretty cheap if your phone can support them. I fly with a 256 in mine...mostly so I can show off the footage to my friends later without messing around with a computer.
After Fido and Fredo, is Frono a possible next drone name? Asking for a friend. 😉
This is not possible! I've been flying with 3 other guys all at the same time next to each other using mavic 2 pro!
You're a fine guy to work for, I'm sure many might have seen it differently. Equipment insurance? With the flight record as your evidence? Often the data's worth more than the equipment used to shoot it.
Wishing you both better luck in times to come!
Ultimately, it's the operators fault. He should have noticed that when he's trying to control it, it's not responding in the way he intended. Also he should have been paying attention to the distance and height indicators and what the drone was seeing. I understand I would be extremely confused too, but why was he not paying attention to what the drone was seeing? One time my drone was on the other side of a cruise ship I was hired to film and all communication was lost and I was about 1.5 km away. So I didn't panic and just hit return to home. Long story short the drone avoided colliding with a high-rise because of the sensors and finally reconnected signal when it got close enough. Moral of the story - Don't panic.
I call Plausible! Sorry to hear about the loss of the M2P. Try the Zoom version.. You'll love it!
I have seen your flight logs, I think it is the problem of the drone itself, because of that's how my AIR is lost. Perhaps you can negotiate with the DJI support, maybe you can get a discount or a new drone.
I want to get into a bit of photography as a hobby. Including a drone at some point.......and losing it is part of my worry!!! Totally bizzare circumstances on the loss though!! Bet that couldnt happen again if you tried!! Gutted for ya none the less!!
best thing to do whenever you think there is a connection issue, ie losing camera feed or loss of control.........climb to increase altitude without touching right stick.......just climb. In this case, which it was confused with another drone, if you had gained altitude you would have gotten back your video feed as an example.