Evo II Crash

bluesti · Oct 13, 2020

Evo was quite happy flying up this creek in outback Oz using Viewpoint. As you can see, the bank to the right is heavily overgrown and yes this is where the E2 crashed. Not entirely sure what happened and why. I can only guess that the OA couldn't detect the branches, so when I hit RTH, that's when it crashed.
I spent over 2 hours chopping down the undergrowth, dodging snakes and watching out for grazing cattle and big red kangaroos.
Was just about to cry and give up and there she was, lying on her side with lights flashing.
Replaced to sets of blades and she was back flying.

Would be interested to know if a tracker would have located it. Your thoughts

claudius62 · Oct 13, 2020

you could have found the position of your drone in the tablet by looking at your summary of the flight.
(if tablet connected to the radio).

Covertdrones · Oct 16, 2020

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Phreedom · Oct 17, 2020

How close to the waters edge was it when you finally found it? Looks like you got pretty lucky that it didn't go for a swim.

bluesti · Oct 17, 2020

Phreedom said:
How close to the waters edge was it when you finally found it? Looks like you got pretty lucky that it didn't go for a swim.

The tree it hit was on the rivers bank., so yes it could have gone either way, water or grasses. Some have suggested that a tracking device would have found her easier, but I roughly knew where she was, I just couldn't get to her and there was no way I was going to swim across the river. You know what lurks beneath.