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Update: Finally lost my spark - !!! FOUND IT !!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="CDS" data-source="post: 43217" data-attributes="member: 4468"><p>OK, here's the log map from the earlier autopilot segment of the flight.</p><p></p><p>About 9 minutes of testing out some autopilot settings, then it's quite obvious when it looses connx to the RC (Q) and goes into atti-mode. Perfect storm of loss of visual when it went around the side of the house (so no visual), and haywire on the remote. Have flown missions all around the house before, never an issue. It regains connx (at R), but then it drifts with the wind. You can see it's still a good distance from the power substation when this all is going on. This log/map is from Airdata - you can see when I quit Autopilot and switched to DJI Go4 and the .txt log picks up. If it would help to have the raw airdata log, I can try and figure out how to get that.</p><p></p><p>Fence Authority is commercial but not "industrial". Lenape forged products is a forge, but not high-volume, mostly custom fabrication work.</p><p></p><p>In thinking about it, if the same thing had happened in the DJI app, the AC behavior would have been the same I think. It lost GPS lock (and other yaw issues for some reason, maybe from the autopilot setting?), then was at the mercy of the prevailing wind, right when it lost RC connx. With no visual on the AC, my initial reaction should have been to spin the gimbal down, make sure I was clear as possible for landing, then set down, and use logs, find-drone, etc to locate. What if I didn't regain visual? Any other opinions? Just trying to think through how to react when things go sideways ...</p><p></p><p>BTW, I am very grateful for all the help and good wishes. It was a great feeling just seeing the AC sitting on the grass, like it was wondering where the heck I was all this time while it was waiting for me! It wasn't really the $$ loss I avoided on my mind, but more "holy mackerel, that is soooo cool that it's right on the **** line!"</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]4504[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CDS, post: 43217, member: 4468"] OK, here's the log map from the earlier autopilot segment of the flight. About 9 minutes of testing out some autopilot settings, then it's quite obvious when it looses connx to the RC (Q) and goes into atti-mode. Perfect storm of loss of visual when it went around the side of the house (so no visual), and haywire on the remote. Have flown missions all around the house before, never an issue. It regains connx (at R), but then it drifts with the wind. You can see it's still a good distance from the power substation when this all is going on. This log/map is from Airdata - you can see when I quit Autopilot and switched to DJI Go4 and the .txt log picks up. If it would help to have the raw airdata log, I can try and figure out how to get that. Fence Authority is commercial but not "industrial". Lenape forged products is a forge, but not high-volume, mostly custom fabrication work. In thinking about it, if the same thing had happened in the DJI app, the AC behavior would have been the same I think. It lost GPS lock (and other yaw issues for some reason, maybe from the autopilot setting?), then was at the mercy of the prevailing wind, right when it lost RC connx. With no visual on the AC, my initial reaction should have been to spin the gimbal down, make sure I was clear as possible for landing, then set down, and use logs, find-drone, etc to locate. What if I didn't regain visual? Any other opinions? Just trying to think through how to react when things go sideways ... BTW, I am very grateful for all the help and good wishes. It was a great feeling just seeing the AC sitting on the grass, like it was wondering where the heck I was all this time while it was waiting for me! It wasn't really the $$ loss I avoided on my mind, but more "holy mackerel, that is soooo cool that it's right on the **** line!" [ATTACH=full]4504[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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