Ugh. So i was using my drone at night. I was around 300 yards away and with 8 minutes left and it said battery low, returning home. Halfway i panned for 3-5 seconds to check something, then hit return home again. It wouldnt do it and decided to land from 200', unresposive to anything. It was dark and went offline at 120'. Stomach sinks and nausea takes over. Lol. I had tested its limits on battery. I found it in a thick 4' layer of vines on the ground below an oak tree with battery popped out 4' away. A propeller had a small cut, the gimbal had two rubber dampeners popped off, a spin on cover for rear vision sensor cracked was about all i saw. The camera was what i feared as its the most expensive.
Autel sent free dampers. As i waited, i tested everything on the ground and thermal camera still worked.
After installing dampeners, all calibrations successfully completed and worked fine. First take off, during the day, rear sensor on one side kept saying 8' all the way up to 100' in height. It wouldnt fly backwards when rear obstacle was detected. I tested and everything else was fine. I landed, rebooted and took it up again. This time rear obstacle finally turned off, still stayed on longer than other sensors and im thinking i touched the red arc and told it to turn off the alert.(can anyone confirm if this is even possible). The red beeping arch disappeared. Everything worked as it should.
Took a flight that night(obstacle avoidance doesnt work at night), check thermal camera. Everything great.
Took it out again today to test one last time and rear obstacle woouldnt turn off. I couldnt get it to turn off. And i couldnt go backwards. Nothing i did would fix it.
Autels lead time is 2 months, and i use this drone at night only. So sensor isnt an issue. And my nightly work is seasonal and over in 2 months. So ill send it in then. But im thinking i might buy a rear sensor piece and replace it myself. Video looks easy enough that i saw online.
Anyone else have any input? 120' fall is crazy, and the oak tree either saved it, or caused it. Im unsure if battery died at 120' or if the drone hit the tree, or an owl took it out. I dont know. Surely the vines saved it in a fall. And rear sensors have issues as they took a hit since plastic spin on orange cover was cracked. Lens look clear, no cracking.
Thank you for any help.
Autel sent free dampers. As i waited, i tested everything on the ground and thermal camera still worked.
After installing dampeners, all calibrations successfully completed and worked fine. First take off, during the day, rear sensor on one side kept saying 8' all the way up to 100' in height. It wouldnt fly backwards when rear obstacle was detected. I tested and everything else was fine. I landed, rebooted and took it up again. This time rear obstacle finally turned off, still stayed on longer than other sensors and im thinking i touched the red arc and told it to turn off the alert.(can anyone confirm if this is even possible). The red beeping arch disappeared. Everything worked as it should.
Took a flight that night(obstacle avoidance doesnt work at night), check thermal camera. Everything great.
Took it out again today to test one last time and rear obstacle woouldnt turn off. I couldnt get it to turn off. And i couldnt go backwards. Nothing i did would fix it.
Autels lead time is 2 months, and i use this drone at night only. So sensor isnt an issue. And my nightly work is seasonal and over in 2 months. So ill send it in then. But im thinking i might buy a rear sensor piece and replace it myself. Video looks easy enough that i saw online.
Anyone else have any input? 120' fall is crazy, and the oak tree either saved it, or caused it. Im unsure if battery died at 120' or if the drone hit the tree, or an owl took it out. I dont know. Surely the vines saved it in a fall. And rear sensors have issues as they took a hit since plastic spin on orange cover was cracked. Lens look clear, no cracking.
Thank you for any help.
