Hello everyone,
I had an interesting event and wanted to see if any one else has had this happen to them. I was in the middle of surveying 1300 acres of oyster beds during negative tides. We were basically racing against the tides. So I had a mission that intersected with the next mission and ended at the intersection so to save time and battery I moved my location with the intention of pressing the pause button and manually land the drone. Once the mission completed I pressed the pause button on the controller and the "cancel RTH" multiple times with no audible or physical response. I did try to press and hold them as well. At this point in time I did not have any low battery warnings but I knew if it got to the home location it would . So the drone headed back to its original take off position where the water had most likley risen at 22 mph. Much faster than we could get there in our boat. By the time we got to it the drone was submerged in about 6 inches of salt water. I sent the drone and flight logs to Autel, as of right now they are re reviewing the logs and my account. Their initial response was the drone was to damaged to be repaired and gave me a quote for a new one. Well I knew that the drone was not repairable. I am trying to get it replaced under their warranty. The initial response said they did not see any press of the button on the flight logs. Which makes complete sense as I got again no audible or physical response. I hope they do the right thing as I personally love the EVO ll and have flown it over 4,000 miles already ! Has anyone else experienced this issue if so please let me know what Autels actions for you were if any.
I had an interesting event and wanted to see if any one else has had this happen to them. I was in the middle of surveying 1300 acres of oyster beds during negative tides. We were basically racing against the tides. So I had a mission that intersected with the next mission and ended at the intersection so to save time and battery I moved my location with the intention of pressing the pause button and manually land the drone. Once the mission completed I pressed the pause button on the controller and the "cancel RTH" multiple times with no audible or physical response. I did try to press and hold them as well. At this point in time I did not have any low battery warnings but I knew if it got to the home location it would . So the drone headed back to its original take off position where the water had most likley risen at 22 mph. Much faster than we could get there in our boat. By the time we got to it the drone was submerged in about 6 inches of salt water. I sent the drone and flight logs to Autel, as of right now they are re reviewing the logs and my account. Their initial response was the drone was to damaged to be repaired and gave me a quote for a new one. Well I knew that the drone was not repairable. I am trying to get it replaced under their warranty. The initial response said they did not see any press of the button on the flight logs. Which makes complete sense as I got again no audible or physical response. I hope they do the right thing as I personally love the EVO ll and have flown it over 4,000 miles already ! Has anyone else experienced this issue if so please let me know what Autels actions for you were if any.