u/odot777

Drone shot straight up and wouldn’t come down

Yesterday I had a very odd thing happen with my mini 5. I launched it, and soon after take off it started rising straight up, without me doing anything. It stayed up there, and wouldn’t respond to commands to come down. It could move horizontally but wouldn’t come down, even with return to home. I tried changing modes, and it helped a little, but not consistently. Eventually I was able to get the drone down at a very slow rate. Crisis narrowly averted.

Any idea what could have caused this? Could it have been strong updraft? Or maybe a calibration issue? I flew it three times yesterday prior to that, and no issues.

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u/odot777 — 6 days ago

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Broken rear arm

Not sure what happened, but my Mini 5 pro tanked into some tall grass and caused a fracture on the shell of one of the rear arms. I have DJI refresh. Should I contact them or is this something can be DIY? The crack has also made the shell loose at the connection point. DJI Care Express seems to be the quickest way to deal with it.

I’m actually starting to wonder if the crack happened first, causing the crash. The plastic shell on the arms is really thin where it connects at the body. It was hovering probably 15-20 ft in the air and I was starting to bring it back and then it just lost control and nose dived into the grass. 🤔

u/odot777 — 1 month ago