First flight unresponsive, started drifting and crashed

[christr]

Dumb question, but why were you in Ludacris mode? That's a high speed mode and the collision avoidance is disabled when in that mode since the drone could be moving too fast for it to respond in time. Were the properties far apart so you just wanted to get it over there quicker? Or did you put it in ludacris just to disable the collison avoidance to get in a narrow space?

--chris

 

[Stormpro]

Dumb question, but why were you in Ludacris mode? That's a high speed mode and the collision avoidance is disabled when in that mode since the drone could be moving too fast for it to respond in time. Were the properties far apart so you just wanted to get it over there quicker? Or did you put it in ludacris just to disable the collison avoidance to get in a narrow space?

--chris Not a dumb question at all and yes, I put it in Ludicrous mode because I wanted to get the shot in between the two homes. It is quicker than resetting the distance allowance for collision avoidance in standard mode. Because I have had so many aircraft disconnects, I leave my avoidance settings pretty wide. Sometimes the drone will be on the back side of the building where I can't see it and like the extra precaution. That said I have flown in ludicrous mode before and not had any issues with drifting. I have no idea why it did this time. Maybe because of the area not sure. I was looking at my camera adjusting the camera when I noticed it moving and was unsuccessful in stopping it even though it was barely moving. This was literally the last shot I needed!

 

[rcee]

The photo below is how high off the ground the drone was. It was only moving in a drift where the arrows are. Very fragile drone.

Can't believe people try to fly drones in such tight spaces surrounded by concrete.. even a RTK would fail here, because no penetration of the signal. GPS accuracy typically no more accurate then 5Meters.
Signal reflections caused the crash. No way to blame Autel. Im however sorry for you to learn the hard way. Any other bird that would succeed that ''mission'' would be pure luck.

 

[Stormpro]

Thank you, I literally fly the drone for a living each and every day in this same situation or close to it, sometimes tighter. Not sure how you know where the GPS signal was coming from, but my controller logged 5 bars on the controller and 21 satellites on the drone. I was hovering and not moving when it drifted. Oh, and I thought it was in ludicrous mode it was not. I used ludicrous mode to get around some trees and the front of the dwelling and when I went in between the homes I put it back on standard with 3 feet set for distance. I forgot about that until I went back and looked at the re-play of the mission. As for drones not flying in those conditions consider these drone shots. One was at a high speed with FPV, and the last one is the Max 4T. About Autel customer service. They won't even put a parts list out or a diagram of the drone. I am updating this post because I incorrectly said the Mini 4 was a better drone. I said that while very frustrated. There is no comparison with the mini 4 and the Max 4T. This is my first professional use drone, and it has taken some time to get use to and as Chris pointed out above, I probably should not have gone ludicrous in a tight space. Especially since I am fairly new at flying. I just repaired the drone with super glue and I did a firm ware update and I am waiting now to see how she flies. I did go out once and just buzzed around with no issues. Hopefully the super glue will hold!