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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Croley" data-source="post: 42503" data-attributes="member: 3843"><p><strong>Strange thing happened! </strong> Today I set out to try the "map" function instead of just "patrolling" with the AP app. I flew two successful "Mapping" missions. The AC flew a course that the AP app determined all the while taking pictures or video of the scenery that was below. It was a straight down mission and it seemed to work OK although I have not viewed the pictures yet.</p><p></p><p>Then the <strong>STRANGE</strong> thing happened. On my third mission I elected to fly a simple orbit. I've done it many times before with no problem. During the mission, the AC was very wobbly during flight and the camera could not stay on the target. When the mission was over, I still had 60% so I started again after tweaking the parameters of the orbit a little. About 45 seconds into the mission, I got a "can't read battery" message so I aborted the mission and flew home using the sticks. </p><p></p><p>I was hovering in the field in a safe area and I wanted to descend but the AC was STUCK at 45 feet. It would not go UP either, but it would move around. It was like the left stick was missing. The mission was disengaged, but to be sure, I pressed the disengage button again.... a couple of times. Nothing. Still stuck. I began to worry that I would run out of gas and fall from the sky so in desperation, I shut off the AP app and booted up DJI. It was still stuck at 45 feet. Finally I tried a forced landing using the land button and that worked. It started to descend. I let it go about 10 fee then I aborted the landing and full control was restored. I landed and shut her down. At no time did I try the RTH button. I think that would have worked but I did not want it to rise to RTH altitude and maybe get stuck there and I just wasn't sure if it remembered where home was. </p><p></p><p>So.... chalk up a glitch for today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Croley, post: 42503, member: 3843"] [B]Strange thing happened! [/B] Today I set out to try the "map" function instead of just "patrolling" with the AP app. I flew two successful "Mapping" missions. The AC flew a course that the AP app determined all the while taking pictures or video of the scenery that was below. It was a straight down mission and it seemed to work OK although I have not viewed the pictures yet. Then the [B]STRANGE[/B] thing happened. On my third mission I elected to fly a simple orbit. I've done it many times before with no problem. During the mission, the AC was very wobbly during flight and the camera could not stay on the target. When the mission was over, I still had 60% so I started again after tweaking the parameters of the orbit a little. About 45 seconds into the mission, I got a "can't read battery" message so I aborted the mission and flew home using the sticks. I was hovering in the field in a safe area and I wanted to descend but the AC was STUCK at 45 feet. It would not go UP either, but it would move around. It was like the left stick was missing. The mission was disengaged, but to be sure, I pressed the disengage button again.... a couple of times. Nothing. Still stuck. I began to worry that I would run out of gas and fall from the sky so in desperation, I shut off the AP app and booted up DJI. It was still stuck at 45 feet. Finally I tried a forced landing using the land button and that worked. It started to descend. I let it go about 10 fee then I aborted the landing and full control was restored. I landed and shut her down. At no time did I try the RTH button. I think that would have worked but I did not want it to rise to RTH altitude and maybe get stuck there and I just wasn't sure if it remembered where home was. So.... chalk up a glitch for today. [/QUOTE]
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