Mactadpole
Member
Well, I guess it had to happen some day because I grew careless. I lost my FPV quad yesterday because the battery went dead on my MX-20 transmitter. I had just finished finally getting this copter exactly how I wanted it and away she went. I watched about $1200 fly away while yelling at my wife to get the keys and stick the baby in the car. Remarkably I found two people on a rural road who had encounters. One lady saw it fly across her back pasture while mowing and was able to tell me it was about 30-60ft. off the ground. As I followed the direction she said it went I ran into a group of guys sitting on their porch having some beers. They said they heard a strange sound like a swarm of bees but they couldn't see what it was because it was just below the tree line. This was a little over a mile away from the little park where I was flying. Well, I searched for 5 hours today until getting kicked off property for trespassing. Going to make signs now.This was totally my fault. When I got my new MX-20 I also got a LifePo battery to have a much longer time between charges than what the stock battery did. The problem is that I never setup when to have the low voltage alarm sound. I also never invested in the plane tracker I told myself I needed to invest in. I also did not have my failsafe setup on this copter because I was flying with my HoverflyPro board and needed to do it through the TX. Again, my bad. Luckily it drifted in the direction of pastures, oak motts, and cedar patches. So I am pretty confident it did not hurt/damage anyone/anything. That was my greatest fear when I realized I had no control and looked down to see the TX was off. I post this so that others realize they need to take all the precautions they can in case of a failure. I was lucky that it appears no one got hurt. But there is no way to replace the $1200 copter right now.So, range check your system, set and test your low voltage alarms, program failsafes!!!!Sad days,Shawn
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