Lost my drone during a speed attempt

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Been reading similar, you did crash the week before

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:rofl:

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No, that week I was fine. It was 29 Jan, Storm Malik at Pewsey Downs. And that was a 12 mph bump, nought to write home about.

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Just received this from DJI Support.

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I am being asked ā€¦

  1. If you wish to analyze the flight for a potential warranty service
  2. If you wish to make use of your DJI Care Refresh without doing an analysis

I am assuming option 1 is whether I want to try and claim this due under warranty, due a defect with the drone - i.e. potentially costing me nothing. Although I cannot see how this applies here, especially once they analyse the logs. Therefore, option 2 would be the only viable option here, costing me Ā£209.

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Iā€™d agree. You might just really get the response you created in Chinese if you go with #1.

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The deed is done. Now awaiting their next response.

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Without analysis :wink:

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Devils advocate, if it was due to an onboard ESC hardware issue, then this may apply. But after them seeing those logs ā€¦

:grimacing:

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if

Iā€™ve known them wriggle out of things saying they can retrieve more info from files than we can.

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I believe no experience in life is wasted if we learn from itā€¦ And Iā€™d hazard a guess you defo feel you (and many of us) have gained valuable insights here!I think taking option 2 is the safer option too!

And donā€™t look like itā€™s costing you Ā£209ā€¦ I had a DJI Care Refresh program that I never usedā€¦ THAT cost me Ā£209ā€¦ Youā€™re simply leveraging a return on a bet you already paid for :+1:t3::wink:

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The most used word in this thread.

  • If continued on its flight path
  • If it rebooted in mid air
  • If there was a bird strike
  • If it flipped on to its back
  • If its more than 1km
  • ā€¦
  • ā€¦
  • .

So many variables.

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If weā€™d bloody found it already! :laughing:

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If money was no object, then I think I would have humoured the warranty option for the shits & giggles.

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Thereā€™s that word "if" again. :wink:

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The response that I thought was real :roll_eyes: :blush:

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Ditto. :laughing:

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Chris,

You could always write a book on your experience and then sell that to recoup the cost

I can then see film rights in 12 months timeā€¦

:joy:

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Stranger things have happenedā€¦and stranger films have been made! Believe me, Iā€™ve sat through some of them! :rofl:

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Time for a fund raiser and go for Option 1 just to see the response!

Iā€™ll happily bung Ā£20 in the pot just for the laughs! :joy: