# HELP needed in Banbury area
**URL:** https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498
**Category:** General Drone Discussion
**Created:** [12 September 2026 14:13 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498 "2026-09-12T14:13:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@BRIAN\_BILLING](https://greyarro.ws/u/BRIAN_BILLING)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 14:13 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/1 "2026-09-12T14:13:57Z")
Is there a competent drone flyer in the Banbury area who can help locate my crashed drone. Brian BANKSIDE
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### Author:  [@Rocket](https://greyarro.ws/u/Rocket)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 14:16 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/2 "2026-09-12T14:16:00Z")
What drone (Make and Model) is it thats lost?
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### Author:  [@BRIAN\_BILLING](https://greyarro.ws/u/BRIAN_BILLING)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 14:28 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/3 "2026-09-12T14:28:30Z")
3-axis gimbal gps
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### Author:  [@Rocket](https://greyarro.ws/u/Rocket)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 14:33 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/4 "2026-09-12T14:33:28Z")
I meant is it a DJI drone or another make? If so what model eg: mini 5 pro. Neo 2 etc.
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### Author:  [@DeanoG60](https://greyarro.ws/u/DeanoG60)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 14:36 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/5 "2026-09-12T14:36:51Z")
Hi @BRIAN_BILLING, it looks as though you’re quite new here 👋🏻
Why not nip over to the #Introductions category to say hello and tell us a bit about yourself 😃
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### Author:  [@BRIAN\_BILLING](https://greyarro.ws/u/BRIAN_BILLING)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 14:42 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/6 "2026-09-12T14:42:02Z")
Really new don’t understand question or reason for it. My drone has crashed. I have pic of it, I need a competent drone operator to examine the area to try and match crash zone if possible Brian
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### Author:  [@Rocket](https://greyarro.ws/u/Rocket)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 14:45 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/7 "2026-09-12T14:45:16Z")
Lots of modern drones have a “find my drone” function. Thats why I asked what drone it is. It sounds like you know where it is and want help retrieving it?
Is this the case?
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### Author:  [@BRIAN\_BILLING](https://greyarro.ws/u/BRIAN_BILLING)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 14:52 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/8 "2026-09-12T14:52:38Z")
I know area, small housing estate on edge of Longford park,
The pic looks like it landed in shrubs possibly a back garden?
I have a pick of its resting place, I need help identifying if possible.
I have been to one house, very helpful but not there, also left a number notes through doors, to no avail. Thought another drone might spot where it’s at from my photo!
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### Author:  [@Rocket](https://greyarro.ws/u/Rocket)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 14:54 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/9 "2026-09-12T14:54:55Z")
If the drone still has some battery in it the find my drone function will make the drone bleep loudly. If I knew which drone you have I could advise
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### Author:  [@BRIAN\_BILLING](https://greyarro.ws/u/BRIAN_BILLING)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 15:00 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/10 "2026-09-12T15:00:40Z")
I 91 hearing not good. I hope that someone local might be competent enough to fly in the area, not like me first time flyer.
If in a garden would not get any where near to hear it.NAFYRE
3-AXIS GIMBSL GPS DRONE WITH 4K CAMERA. AEROC 20. is all I have. Sorry
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### Author:  [@Rocket](https://greyarro.ws/u/Rocket)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 15:07 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/11 "2026-09-12T15:07:42Z")
Let’s just hope someone local can help you. 😊
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### Author:  [@BRIAN\_BILLING](https://greyarro.ws/u/BRIAN_BILLING)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 15:08 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/12 "2026-09-12T15:08:04Z")
OK BYE
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### Author:  [@Rocket](https://greyarro.ws/u/Rocket)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 15:09 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/13 "2026-09-12T15:09:23Z")
I changed the title with your location so someone nearby can help 😊
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### Author:  [@TheJohnster](https://greyarro.ws/u/TheJohnster)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 20:34 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/14 "2026-09-12T20:34:50Z")
Brian, if you have the owners’ manual that came with the drone, or can access it online as a pdf, it should be able to tell you what ‘find my’ features your drone has and how to use them. A GPS drone can be located quite accurately, down to a few feet, but actually finding it on the ground is highly dependent on the foliage, ground cover and ambient light, and whether or not it is up a tree! If you can take somebody along with who has fully functioning hearing, they are more likely to hear any beeping noise the drone makes. I’m going to assume that you do not have ‘Airdata’ app, which will also show the GPS positioning on a map to within a few feet.
Other than that, it’s a matter of canvassing in the area by knocking on doors, which sounds a bit hit & miss at best. I had to do this recently in an attempt to find a lost smartphone, helped by friendly locals and a borrowed rake, and was not successful though I must have been within a very few feet! You know it’s down in shrubbery, which will make it difficult to see from overhead with another drone unless the drone is lying on top of the shrub; if it’s ‘gone in’ things become much more difficult. Hope it works out and sorry not to be able to provide anything a bit more hopeful!
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### Author:  [@DodgerFPV](https://greyarro.ws/u/DodgerFPV)
#### Post date: [12 September 2026 21:22 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/15 "2026-09-12T21:22:04Z")
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### Author:  [@BRIAN\_BILLING](https://greyarro.ws/u/BRIAN_BILLING)
#### Post date: [13 September 2026 06:16 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/16 "2026-09-13T06:16:04Z")
Thank you, I have put notes through doors, also one very helpful tenant surveyed area from upstairs window. To try and ascertain terain on crashed photo over local back gardens. It certainly looks as if it in foliage, but includes garden features, I hope I could identify from air. I am going to extend my notes today, but don’t hold much hope. Thank you for help. Brian
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### Author:  [@Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/u/Sparky)
#### Post date: [13 September 2026 07:31 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/17 "2026-09-13T07:31:56Z")
Your CAA operator ID you put on the drone might help
Contact the CAA to see if it’s been registered found
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### Author:  [@BRIAN\_BILLING](https://greyarro.ws/u/BRIAN_BILLING)
#### Post date: [13 September 2026 08:21 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/18 "2026-09-13T08:21:06Z")
Thank you, going to distribute more flyers. Will do that later, landed in some shrubbery, also part of a garden brick wall showing. Brian
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### Author:  [@Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/u/Sparky)
#### Post date: [13 September 2026 08:31 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/19 "2026-09-13T08:31:14Z")
The operator ID you put on the drone might help
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### Author:  [@BRIAN\_BILLING](https://greyarro.ws/u/BRIAN_BILLING)
#### Post date: [13 September 2026 08:46 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/help-needed-in-banbury-area/115498/20 "2026-09-13T08:46:54Z")
👍thank you Brian
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