I want to take a minute to inform anyone here that is using UGCS about a software glitch that contributed to me crashing my DJI M300 into powerlines. I planned a simple mission that began a 120â, but then dropped down to 100â for the âlidar corridorâ part of the mission. When the drone began to drop down to the lower height, instead of stopping at 100â, she just kept dropping all the way down to 40â where it struck a powerline, and plummeted to the ground (with my beautiful R2A in tow).
I sent the flight data to UGCS support team, and they shortly responded with the following 2 emails:
I donât completely buy their explanation that âits a DJI issueâ It seems to me like an issue like that should be solved with the flight control software. Also, the drone dropped 60 feet below the elevation that the flight trajectory path should have regardless of the fact that I had âsafeâ trajectory turned on.
They then sent out this email to all their customers:
In conclusion: I still donât totally trust the software, I should have known how to flick the switch to regain manual control more quickly. I really just panicked and tried to override the mission using the sticks, forgetting that the sticks wouldnât give me back control until I stopped the mission. If youâre a new ish user like myself, BEWARE.