One mile from inside the van.

rkyleh · Feb 2, 2019

YuKay said:
It doesn't always end well:

And just in case there are any certifiable EVO owners thinking it might be fun to fly inside a moving vehicle, this reckless kamikaze pilot demonstrates why it should be a federal offence:

It is very unlikely that the first crash was because of sitting in the car. I would speculate that he took off from the concrete parking lot and was the victim of all the steel rebar and steel post around him. That will effect the compass in the drone more than any thing else.

jimzartman · Feb 2, 2019

Agustine said:
That would be the only way to fly around here this week.
Wind chill values are expected to plunge to between -45 C and -50 C overnight.

That's what I'm dealing with here. Lost feeling in my finger and gloves make it hard to fly unless there is a good solution for that. The feel is hard and it's easy to make mistakes in gloves.

Ansia · Feb 2, 2019

jimzartman said:
That's what I'm dealing with here. Lost feeling in my finger and gloves make it hard to fly unless there is a good solution for that. The feel is hard and it's easy to make mistakes in gloves.

Get a cheap indoor drone and fly that while warm and toasty.

jimzartman · Feb 2, 2019

Ansia said:
Get a cheap indoor drone and fly that while warm and toasty.

HA! Got that but still filming for a show outdoors and have to be out in it a bit!

mixchief · Feb 2, 2019

jimzartman said:
That's what I'm dealing with here. Lost feeling in my finger and gloves make it hard to fly unless there is a good solution for that. The feel is hard and it's easy to make mistakes in gloves.

There are gloves that as I understand are toasty and are designed to effectively work with touch screens, and confortable enough to allow tactile control of the sticks, I live in Florida so no need, don't remember the brand or where to get but should be easy to find out.

macoman · Feb 3, 2019

rkyleh said:
It is very unlikely that the first crash was because of sitting in the car. I would speculate that he took off from the concrete parking lot and was the victim of all the steel rebar and steel post around him. That will effect the compass in the drone more than any thing else.

I am the guy with the Evo video that crashed. I think you maybe right. I took off the drone from far away of my car but from the parking platform which have concrete underneath. Which could had affected magnetically the drone. In the beginning the fly was totally normal as I left the drone hover for a minute. Then I flew over 150 feet and then the Evo started been uncontrollable.

GLEvideo · Feb 3, 2019

No comment here. Just watch.

macoman · Feb 3, 2019

GLEvideo said:
No comment here. Just watch.

I have to admit that is a funny but at the same time dangerous video. Trying to play with law enforcement will never end positive.

m0j0 · Feb 3, 2019

Wow - Stupid is abound

jimzartman · Feb 5, 2019

macoman said:
I am the guy with the Evo video that crashed. I think you maybe right. I took off the drone from far away of my car but from the parking platform which have concrete underneath. Which could had affected magnetically the drone. In the beginning the fly was totally normal as I left the drone hover for a minute. Then I flew over 150 feet and then the Evo started been uncontrollable.

That is so weird- what was the response from customer service? Any solution?

macoman · Feb 5, 2019

jimzartman said:
That is so weird- what was the response from customer service? Any solution?

I have not contacted customer service because I inspected the drone and nothing is broke and only lost two props. I also tested the drone and appear to be working normal. I have not yet take it to the field to test a long range flight but I will soon going to do it to make sure that it is working. If I have this issue again, I will contact Autel customer service.

jimzartman · Feb 5, 2019

GLEvideo said:
No comment here. Just watch.

This is the kind of stuff that will make the government create laws to crack down on us and create rules that will make it harder for us to do our thing.

jimzartman · Feb 5, 2019

macoman said:
I have not contacted customer service because I inspected the drone and nothing is broke and only lost two props. I also tested the drone and appear to be working normal. I have not yet take it to the field to test a long range flight but I will soon going to do it to make sure that it is working. If I have this issue again, I will contact Autel customer service.

I would contact them now just to ask some questions and so there is a record of the problem happening so if it does crash later there will be a report of possible error and maybe a higher likelihood of replacement.

YuKay · Feb 16, 2019

Well, now I know that it's possible to sit in your car and land the EVO on the roof. I wonder how many regulations this pilot broke to make this video…