I've just lost my second UAV to Lake Erie. What's going on?!? It has a bit of history as a ship graveyard, but I haven't heard any Bermuda Triangle like stories along the lines of what I'm experiencing.
First time I took a DJI hex up and got it about 50 yards over the water and it started dropping and would not respond to transmitter. Even though I used a battery from my 'charged' LiPo bag, I chalked it up to pilot error for not doing a voltage check before take off.
This time, I was going up w/ my Y6 (pixhawk) and had 16.4 volts on my 4 cell. I got about the same distance over the water and kerplunk, same thing happened. It just dropped w/ no response to transmitter. No low voltage alarm. This was actually the second flight for this mission. First one out was no problem. Brought it back, swapped out batteries and disaster that second time.
I have never had that response or experience any of the many times I've flown over land. Would there even be anything salvageable other than maybe the frame if I could recover it? I'm thinking not, and it's why I never went diving for the first one down.
- Possibly hanging up my Tx after this
First time I took a DJI hex up and got it about 50 yards over the water and it started dropping and would not respond to transmitter. Even though I used a battery from my 'charged' LiPo bag, I chalked it up to pilot error for not doing a voltage check before take off.
This time, I was going up w/ my Y6 (pixhawk) and had 16.4 volts on my 4 cell. I got about the same distance over the water and kerplunk, same thing happened. It just dropped w/ no response to transmitter. No low voltage alarm. This was actually the second flight for this mission. First one out was no problem. Brought it back, swapped out batteries and disaster that second time.
I have never had that response or experience any of the many times I've flown over land. Would there even be anything salvageable other than maybe the frame if I could recover it? I'm thinking not, and it's why I never went diving for the first one down.
- Possibly hanging up my Tx after this