Good day all,
So yesterday the unfortunate happened...
I was flying on a mountain pass, taking photos of the mist as it was coming in from the ocean. I was caught off guard a bit by die speed in which the mist suddenly descended on me. Knowing that mist/fog and the spark don't mix, I immediately started to decent in order to land. On the way I got the message "Infra red sensors failure, land as immediately". I continued to throttle down. Drone went into RTH, so I let it do it's thing. Then I noticed that it is coming in a bit hot, so I hit the pause button - no reaction. Came in hot, clipped the fence by the side of the road and fell to the ground. Results were some damaged props, but worst of all -a cracked camera lens.
Now I have 3 questions -
- Was this normal behavior of the spark? I must add that as the drone descended it had cleared the mist/fog completely (at least by 20m height) before hitting the ground.
- Will a repair center be able to replace the lens, or does the whole gimbal need replacing?
- Can this be a warranty claim?
Flight record here:
here
So yesterday the unfortunate happened...
I was flying on a mountain pass, taking photos of the mist as it was coming in from the ocean. I was caught off guard a bit by die speed in which the mist suddenly descended on me. Knowing that mist/fog and the spark don't mix, I immediately started to decent in order to land. On the way I got the message "Infra red sensors failure, land as immediately". I continued to throttle down. Drone went into RTH, so I let it do it's thing. Then I noticed that it is coming in a bit hot, so I hit the pause button - no reaction. Came in hot, clipped the fence by the side of the road and fell to the ground. Results were some damaged props, but worst of all -a cracked camera lens.
Now I have 3 questions -
- Was this normal behavior of the spark? I must add that as the drone descended it had cleared the mist/fog completely (at least by 20m height) before hitting the ground.
- Will a repair center be able to replace the lens, or does the whole gimbal need replacing?
- Can this be a warranty claim?
Flight record here:
here
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