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Just wanted to share this with the group - I was doing some night flying outside an old building using only the remote (no phone). The drone battery ran low and auto-home took over. It went through the motions of what it normally does when I have my phone connected, but instead of going up 60m it only went up about 2, and shot frighteningly low and fast over peoples' heads on the way home, and missed some obstacles by sheer luck.
I put a new battery in and kept flying, and when that one was low it auto-homed again. This time it only went up about 3m and crashed itself into the side of the building on the path home, like it didn't even see it.
I don't have much experience flying the Evo II at night (I was using it as an overhead light source for photography), and this was my first time flying it without a phone connected. Which of those two variables would have most likely contributed to its behavior?
(I think the drone's ok - all the propellers are chewed up but there's no apparent body damage and it powers up and connects to the remote. I haven't flown it again yet though, waiting on some new propellers)
UPDATE: gave the Evo a fresh set of propellers and recalibrated everything, and flew it last weekend for about 30 mins at dusk with no issues. Very impressed it took a hard crash with no real damage! Still don't know why it behaved strangely when it crashed.
I put a new battery in and kept flying, and when that one was low it auto-homed again. This time it only went up about 3m and crashed itself into the side of the building on the path home, like it didn't even see it.
I don't have much experience flying the Evo II at night (I was using it as an overhead light source for photography), and this was my first time flying it without a phone connected. Which of those two variables would have most likely contributed to its behavior?
(I think the drone's ok - all the propellers are chewed up but there's no apparent body damage and it powers up and connects to the remote. I haven't flown it again yet though, waiting on some new propellers)
UPDATE: gave the Evo a fresh set of propellers and recalibrated everything, and flew it last weekend for about 30 mins at dusk with no issues. Very impressed it took a hard crash with no real damage! Still don't know why it behaved strangely when it crashed.
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