Drone orbit failure during flight
My drone was on a mission to fly an orbit of 75ft and then another at 25ft taking pics every two seconds. The first orbit went fine, but immediately starting the 2nd orbit, the drone lowered basically to the ground as it was starting to circle causing it to crash in a grass field.
#1- Does anyone know why this may have happened?
#2- Is there anyway to tell what the drone "though" it was flying at elevation wise by analyzing a photo or metadata?
Any help appreciated..
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The drone measures altitude with a barometric (air pressure) altimeter, which can drift up to 4-5m during a normal mission. Did you see what the altitude read-out in the dashboard showed when it was near the ground? I am guessing it was close to 25ft on the read-out.
A bit mote info for you. Flying that low especially using ATL which is based on the take-of location as Jim stated can be an issue if the areas elevation is different then the take-off area. Even if using AGL it’s not exact. You should be ready to take control of the drone at any time by pausing the mission a few ways depending on which drone. This may help for future missions.
https://support.dronelink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036830214-How-do-I-take-over-control-during-a-mission-
Thank you both Jim and Mike. Yes Jim, you are correct.. I did the map on google earth vs. the metadata after doing some research and it was approx 25 on the readout but just under 0 on the actual. I'm just starting to learn all this so i really appreciate the response. And to your point Mike, yes I was caught off guard and tried to take control, and failed. But later realized I needed to hit the pause button on the dronelink software first. I ended up crashing, but it was a soft crash. I'll be sure to be ready next time..
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