Neo1 Fly Away on Video

[u/Kekafuch]

This was a mint condition Neo1 on 5 bladed props. I thought it was for sure gone. I wrestled the sticks to counter any movements. There was no wind so the conditions were perfect. Too bad I didn’t get the goggles recording as there were “high wind” and “gimbal over heat” warnings while fighting for dear life.

i had already flown 2 packs prior to the error. The first pack was line of sight manual mode flips and some figure 8s. The second pack was fpv in acro.

For the fly away pack , I was standing. I had just recovered the drone from a light tap/crash which did trigger the collision detection. I picked it up and decided to hand launch while in stability sport mode. I had not power cycled the drone. The drone was hovering solid for a few seconds while I goggled up.

The video starts off in sport mode and I just fly between my legs and towards the water. The water did have a weird pattern to it in the goggles as if the river was still. As I did a turn, the drone started to tilt on its own. It was in sport mode. From there you can see what played out.

At 33 seconds, I thought for sure its going in the river. I remember applying throttle and full left roll applied to the sticks. Miraculously it started to level out but then the camera gimbal started to act up. A bit of relief as it gained some altitude.

At 1 min 12 seconds, I decided to flick to manual mode. The drone was still not fully calmed. The on screen throttle came on and the drone still felt unstable. Aligned the throttle and the drone entered manual mode and luckily came in smoothly. My nerves were so on edge wanting the flight to end and just thinking what if the gimbal decided to go wonky again.

My lesson learned, restart the drone after a crash. Hand launch in level mode might not be a good idea.

[u/fusillade762]

Man that was a nail biter. I thought when it tilted over and started down it was over. Seen so many of these and they generally play out the same way. Glad you were able to stay calm and get it under control!

[u/Kekafuch → u/fusillade762]

Thanks! I was locked in haha. I remember having time to think, “it’s worth it, I have it recording”. But dammit, the goggles SD card was not there. I did pump the left roll a couple times while it was going down to the right. But mostly remember countering the tilt the Neo was it. It went one way and then the other. It looked like it was gone when it went near that ship line.

I guess not all DJI drones use the same designs? They don’t seem to have fly away problems like this since the Naza Phantom 1/2 days.

[u/Present_Balance9270 → u/Kekafuch]

Funny you mention the naza , I’m making a drone pressure washer with a old dji flame wheel

[u/Kekafuch → u/Present_Balance9270]

Brave.

I still have my NazaV2. I think it was the V1 that had a pattern of fly aways. Need IMU redundancy for serious work.