The most insane DJI Phantom 2 fly away, crazy, out of control!

My nightmare flight with my DJI Phantom 2 and GoPro Hero 3+ Black Edition. I realize now that the calibration i did right before takeoff must have been done nearby something very powerful that really messed up my system. I have never experienced such horrific behavior from my Phantom 2 ever before...! I am so happy no one were harmed by this crazy flying lunitic :-)
This happened in Stokmarknes, Vesterålen, in north of Norway.

[@emacrz2561]

I had a similar experience with my Spark, once you have a flyaway you'll never have the same confidence, you become aware that your next flight might be the last.

[@dosomestuff1949]

Is a fly away when h lose control of the drone and none of the controls work and it just flies away

[@nativetraveler4528]

Lol as a matter of fact my spark is sitting right in front of me ready to fly but I'm not confident enough to take off 🤣

[@charliedallachie3539]

I would go as middle of nowhere as possible and give it another try so if it does happen it won’t hurt anyone.

[@CoolYoutubeRname]

so so so truee and it gets worse when you crash ! you become aware you may actually hurt somebody if it falls out the sky and on themn or their car , like the kids who drop rocks on the freeway at that speed both things come in contact and it turns into a projectile!

[@m14beta]

someone should investigate the oil slick coming from the gas station....lol

[@Redbeard42069]

Thank you! I wondered about that, also!

[@Aidan13547]

I saw that

[@stephenstrassen1135]

same here i saw that and kept looking for it . thats bad ..if i lived there id point it out

[@Smokey420Greenleaf]

lol glad i scrolled down, i almost said the exact same thing.

[@ytaky]

Smokey420Greenleaf yup lol same here!

[@Chances1957]

I had the exact same problem with my Phantom 2 about 2.5 years ago. The problem was in calibrating the compass in an area that had strong magnetic fields. I had the same rolling motion, 180 degree turns, etc, but mine crashed and smashed. Nobody or property was hurt/damaged thank God! You were very lucky to get it back in one piece!!

[@232wakeboard]

Did you report the fuel leak you have on footage?

[@jo3fpv532]

I know this is a old video now but Idk what all the dislikes for, stuff like this could happen and you handled it very well. Glad you got your drone back!

[@mclovin583]

Go home Phantom you're drunk.

[@nileshbehari]

maybe the pilot was drunk and later when got home made up this nice story! Well done Mrs!

[@Redbeard42069]

You're subtitles were so funny! You got some pretty footage there, and also some crazy stuff. I'm so glad it finally ended well, but that was a crazy fun suspenseful flight!

[@smudgiebear6451]

omg dude, my heart would have been pounding and I'd have been screaming and swearing. so glad you managed to regain control and land it safely. beautiful scenery shame about the boat fuel/oil floating on the water.

[@HistoryandReviews]

A fool screams and curses

[@AlainSainz]

That oil spill by the peer though! That's some serious issue right there!

[@Drone-Pilot]

Yeah I was thinking that when I saw it and thought oh man what are we doing to our water ways

[@HistoryandReviews]

@@Drone-Pilot drink it

[@6figs]

Hey Jenny great video and glad you got your phantom back!! I just did a 1.6 mile flight over water myself and I can only imagine the anxiety you must have felt with the fly away!!!

[@jennynor]

+kegstandkyle - Hi, thank you for your support :-) Yes, I was shaking when I finally managed to land it...!

[@musicrealm007]

I was feeling every moment, well done for getting it back safely 👏👏👏🙏😊👍

[@ShadowHerder]

I think your drone was trying to alert you to the massive fuel leak into water, call your officials, show them your footage! lol, good vid, made me anxious. felt your pain.

[@smprfly]

If there was interference, I would put my money on the radar and navigation systems of the ship anchored near your location.

[@ThreeMagicalBros]

One of the main pointers that pros say on all forums is stay away from piers and big ships, some have 5.8ghz signals which are used in your P2V which is what i have as well! Most of the guys upgrading the antennas say that even then the chances of mixed beams from strong high dbi antennas are likely. I kept reading "avoid ship masts" - now i understand why! Great luck getting it back a good friend of mine didnt get his back unfortunately. Cheers

[@mustang2005]

Holy crap... bruh.... this was better than any suspense movie i ever seen really had me hanging on the edge of my chair!! That was nuts glad u got it back safely

[@jetpackstudios3089]

That was absolutely insane. I'm very glad you got the phantom back to you safely. Safe flying

[@majorbrighton]

Amazing luck mate. Looked as if there was some serious wind up there too.

[@stevengrant7263]

I had a similar experience last week with my P3A. Wasn't thinking, but I was standing under high power electrical feeder lines. The EM from that must have been hell on my transmitter.

[@dharvell]

That is crazy! I would have absolutely panicked. Good on you, for keeping your head about you.

[@Bill_CBR]

What a spectacularly beautiful place to be able to fly in. Technology has certainly improved over these past years. Your P3 is a significant improvement over the P2 that you used here. Not that P3's are immune to fly-aways. I'm glad it did ultimately land safely. Cool video.

[@bpunlimited]

When I lose control, I just use Return to Home and it's fine.

[@friktionrc]

That's if the drone follows that instruction....if it doesnt follow the input from the joysticks, whats to say it wont do the same for return to home function 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@miaowzerz]

@@friktionrc turn off the radio it will activate failsafe

[@friktionrc]

@@miaowzerz Thanks for the tip mate…I’m gonna try this next time I’m able to head out for a flight. Much appreciated 🙂👍🙏

[@miaowzerz]

@@friktionrc not so sure in this situation tho and idk about other drones rather than the phantom

[@ebaystars]

i'm an engineer, compass calibration, check not near metal structures the waterway may have sheet pilings along the side, the ships are big metal objects, the port radar may have interfered with it, (yes I know the frequencies are very different but cheap drone receivers can be overloaded by many local signals from cell towers, point to point links etc) cement has rebar matting in it, check all your connectors and I use water repellant silicon spray on some connector parts (not oil or wd40 ever as this will dissolve rubber). Unplugging a multiway connector then plugging it back again can cure contact problems. On the edges of plug in boards it may not be gold plated (usually a cheaper metal,) a pencil eraser will clean the gold looking flat connectors. ETC..etc....

[@DennisMathias]

Despite the compass wouldn't GPS have functioned properly? I'm thinking front end overload..yup, like marine radar.

[@hudster80]

Holy crap! My heart was racing!!! Thank God you got that back...

[@lucashinch]

I can sympathize 100%. The anxiety was almost overwhelming as the phantom (clone) quadcopter flew off erratically, ultimately to the great beyond, never to be seen again , eventually landing somewhere between Gold Hill Mesa and Sand Creek, Colorado Springs. Now I will try a tethered drone. Conversion is 90% complete. Provides almost unlimited flight time , (fly away proof), no batteries.

[@joecro8463]

You were one lucky guy to get it back! Thanks for sharing with us all. Joe

[@KlemenPrepeluh]

Guy ?

[@zeroin8157]

LOL. That was intense bro. I was hanging on tight and on the edge of my seat. 😂

[@auxpower13]

This is insane! SOOOO glad you stuck with it and brought it home! This exact same thing happened to me Memorial Day (one week ago today). An awesome nice kid from my neighborhood found mine and returned it...it took off into clouds and we lost sight of it. It would respond and I started turning it around to come home but then it would just go bananas. I am using a Hero4 Silver but I have heard both have issues when you use the camera Wifi with a phone or tablet.

[@DroneManiac]

Holy crap, that's crazy. I'm glad you were able to get it back safely.

[@bkgsr]

I know that you must have been freaking out when this happened, (I've been there too) but you kept your head in the game and landed it without damage to person or property...RESPECT to you!

[@jennynor]

+bkgsr - Thank you :-) My hands were literally shaking after I managed to land it, and to be honest, I waited for months before I had the nerves to get it in the air again. Last year I got a Phantom 3 Professional instead, works much better ;-)

[@BlueSkiesTruthRadio]

Did we ever get a consensus on what happened during this flight? Was it a calibration error or high winds or maybe interference?

[@oahuforjustice]

Definitely not high winds. This is what happens when you fly without enough satellites linking to the drone

[@campbellsaerialphotography2702]

This was the best but scariest footage of ever seen fair play to you for getting it back

[@Tannermortimer]

my p3p just flew away today. luckily I was able to bring it down near enough i could grab it and it wasn't harmed but it flew extremely fast away from me like this video. i think it was because I calibrated it on a slant. the compass was trying to right itself but it was wrong. what do you think?

[@davidclark2733]

Jenny, the erratic behavior can be explained by what can be seen in the video - running from your launch point to the island across the 300m channel is a cable on the sea bed. There is another running north from where that cable goes ashore on the island and a third on the south side of the bridge. All of your flight was over these cables. Normally one would think these to be data cables, but the island has to get power from the mainland grid, so these are most probably power cables (if you live there you could check this with your local authority). These would set up EMF fields that probably also interact with each other. Watch the video to observe where the worst behavior is and you will see that it starts between the two cables and then increases each time it passes over a cable. Once these fields upset the GPS receiver and sensors and compass in the flight controller, it would behave in this erratic fashion in attempts to compute rational response to rapidly 'changing' and irrational data. If it wasn't fields out there over the water, it could have been your control transmissions being distorted. You were standing only a few meters away from where the cable meets the shore, so your commands would at times have been partially or completely jammed as well. You only got some control back when it had passed over and north of the northern cable, but because your launch was very near the cable you had to fly back into the field to get home and so lose control again. These fields would not be constant, but change constantly with fluctuation power demand. The cables can be seen at 1:54 at top right coming ashore and going to the small facility buildings with grey roof, and at 2:53, 3:59, 4:30, and 5:43-56. A very scenic location, but probably not the best conditions for flying RC and FPV !! Failsafe and return-to-home would not work here, either.

[@jennynor]

+David Clark - Hi, and thank you for your comment. Sounds reasonable.... :-)

[@richardhyde6418]

That oil slick from the pier was more concerning......Good job you got you copter back though.....

[@theinnerpalacemind3825]

Veldig bra !!! Glad you could land it safely, was a scary flight! :)

[@screach]

can someone help me? all the time when im flying high and i try to go down, my dji just go so fast to ground and cash it so hard. what can i do ?

[@PJGGolfer]

Some crazy ideas of what happened. I think the winds just messed with it. Though the Ship radio sounds like a good reason. However, maybe there is a secret underground military base nearby. lol The shots that were under control were awesome.

[@bubu090]

You were extremely lucky... Next time switch to manual mode and try bringing it back. In manual mode it should not have any problems from gps interference. If you can't (because maybe you can't fly a multirotor in acro/manual), then just try sending it into the ground or water (still in manual), intstead of doing crazy pirouettes above populated areas trying to get your stuff back. Better to loose it than get in trouble, cause injury. Be safe!

[@aliwehdawe443]

I agree with u 👍

[@DattaGroover]

I agree with bubu090. Hit Atti (manual) at the first sign of trouble. A good argument for having a spotter with binoculars! Otherwise, unless you have excellent FPV, you many not know where you are going. These things DO fly away. Sometimes it is operator error, but sometimes they just get a wild hair and go. I highly recommend a GPS tracker- but that won't help you if it goes down in the water.

[@Hofstader007]

***** Dont work if you switch to Altitude mode. My phantom did go crazy too. I switched from GPS to altitude mode. Did see it in my Fpv goggles that it switched. But it started to tilt on way. If I did let go of my controller it would have crashed. Something buggy in the software I think

[@landonjohnson1782]

What about using home lock? I had that set up on a toggle on my P2...

[@rvalyfe7780]

Nice!!!! I’m new to drone flight which is why I started with a drone under 200. I won’t get into the more expensive models until I’ve had adequate flight experience. I’ve heard that water effects the drone? It almost seems like u have some interference, maybe magnets?

[@BrandonLund]

Damn! I was stressed watching this! I'm glad it made it home safe. Great video!

[@WhiteDragonflyMedia]

Never calibrate next to a pier, trust me. I think all the rebar under the concrete messes up the compass.

[@freedom281]

+WHITE DR4GONFLY MEDIA Why, what happen???

[@WhiteDragonflyMedia]

+Free dom There's reinforcing rebar all underneath the pier for support, so it will jam the compass.

[@ezridr1234]

yep, this is true. people have posted videos of this very problem causing the compass to aim backwards on takeoff. I've seen it on the flight data recorder on replay. be aware!

[@rjmprod]

+White Dragonfly Media That sounds like a valid issue,,Thanks..

[@PintoBlades]

+ezridr1234 - Would an Iphone compass also be affected by the rebar? If so, might be a good preflight check.

[@12Achilleas]

why didn't you try turning return to home on ???

[@mag1c938]

They said in the video that nothing worked

[@PUPPETFILM]

What mode were you flying in? Did you try to switch to manual at any point?

[@justinbuchanan8883]

Do you think the antennas on those ships where you seem to be located could be effecting the signal between your controller and your drone?

[@ShaneCarles]

Was the GoPro transmitting WiFi? If so it transmits at 2.4GHZ - the same frequency the quad is transmitting and receiving on. This causes interference/noise in the RX and it can't receive the TX.

[@jennynor]

No, it was not transmitting WiFi...

[@filmgbg]

If the go-pro would cause interfearence, then almost every fucking wi-fi network in the whole world would too.

[@ShaneCarles]

No they wouldn't because if you knew how WiFi signals fall off in strength very quickly after you get so far away from them then you would know that this is false! When a GoPro is right next to your receiver antennas then its saturating the signal in high number.

[@Systems1]

+Shane Carles Yea thats a huge problem.

[@Systems1]

+filmgbg They do. If you have a directional YAGI antenna set-up, and fly your Phantom through it, you will have interference. Wifi is the #1 problem with signal interference.

[@Jcool721]

Thanks, I had a flyaway with full tilt to right and full speed. Bye, bye P2!! The P2 crashed nearby neighborhood about 250 meters distance. We tried to find it without any luck. I was lucky and printed my name and number on top of the quad. The quad landed on top of the tree and crashed in front of the friendly house owner. He called me after 1,5 hours search operation. I lost gimbal and some probs. The P2 flies again but I'm going to sell it. I believe that the gimbal/gopro may caused the flyaway. After the crash I added better RF shielding between compass and controller. I enabled the manual mode and I have been training to fly! At least when the next flyaway happens I hope I can crash to nearby with manual mode :-) No more flyaways for me, thanks :-)

[@lauriliiksonen9313]

This is exactly what happens to others too. I have had my faulty unit been flown by a "DJI fanboy expert" who claimed that the flyaways are all "pilot errors". You should have seen the wan***s face when it hit him! He was staring the controller with disbelief when the Phantom took over and had its crazy moment. I laughed my ass of. He couldnt get a word out of his mouth for a good ten minutes. Well my crazy phatom made its last fatal crash that time and is now officially buried... but boy was it worth it.

[@philippeaimar3980]

Lauri Liiksonen It is not a pilot error! It is DJI fault. Please come and join us! facebook.com/pages/DJI-FLY-AWAY/360241650803013?ref=hl

[@ToddKron]

Jcool, EXACTLY like mine. Started it up, went full throttle and to the side/up.....then flipped and pile drived into the yellow line on the street.

[@Drone-Pilot]

I had a similar experience and it was because where I went to take off it said calibration so I did, then it went nuts when I took off so I went into sports mode and landed it, what I found was that there were power lines buried right below the spot I decided to take off from, so now every time my drone says calibration I try another spot to be sure its genuine and not induced by a power line.

[@Tinga_]

Gostei muito da qualidade do vídeo. Foi gravado pelo GoPró?

[@robertlam4502]

What happens when you press the return home switch ?

[@style-review]

for everyone out there this is a bit misleading - there is not such a switch...unless you mean the off button.

[@jtbernier]

Style Review You can program the bottom position of S1 to be RTH on the DJI remote control.

[@LetsAllLoveLain_]

Style Review u dont know anything about dji phantoms

[@style-review]

Noble Tabibian and what ? Did you have a point beyond simple trolling ?

[@pimpdaddii05]

Style Review How is Noble Tabibian being a troll?

[@roberthoneysett7168]

Did you chuck that out and trade it in for a typhoon?

[@jennynor]

+robert honeysett I now have a Phantom 3 Professional ;-)

[@360videovrpanosdotcom4]

+Jenny Nordby - lets hope you got for $999

[@Systems1]

How is your P3 working out?

[@hashusx]

4:13 "What happens when a Phantom 2 tries to behave like an FPV drone?!" 😅😂 All seen was breathtaking. I'm so happy that you were able to land it without any harm.. 👍

[@70Marc]

My DJI Phantom 1.1.1 flew great. +200 flights no problem. If it got too far out of sight, I’d turn off the controller and it would come back. Then 1 day I lost it, crashed in snow, no damage. Flew it several more times no problems, then it crashed real good. Now I have a DJI Mini2, flies awesome. OcuSync2.0 is awesome!

[@bob8619]

I'm so glad that my Phantom 3 doesn't include a microphone.

[@HarryInEdi]

+Bob Downey They don't? So useful on GoPro to analyse what went wrong in something like this/numerous occasions for talking to public and recording our conversation without them knowing as evidence for my legality.

[@ezridr1234]

+Harry Goodwin Say huh/What!?? lol. I can promise you a mic on the phantoms will not serve that purpose whatsoever. All you would be able to hear is 4 engines roaring the entire time. phantoms are LOUD! At least in that respect.

[@HarryInEdi]

ezridr1234 I have a phantom 2 w/ GoPro. Very useful

[@darksideofthedrone8260]

On my inspire 2 the mic is in the controller. So it records everything the pilot says.

[@SPEEDERT12]

Dark Side of the Drone nah lad it's in the phone / CrystalSky

[@tonyh0905]

Wow, you were lucky to get that back! Next time calibrate over grass and not a concrete road! The steel in the concrete messes up the compass. Nice scenery BTW :)

[@SinkyYT]

I'm wondering if that big blue ship had some sort of electronics on board that was causing the problems as it seemed to fly fine when further away from it.

[@cyrielgaemers]

+Sinky Totally what i said to my roommate too!

[@ripo4562]

+Cyriel Gaemers I suspect you are onto something. One boat with the Decca Radar on would jam it just fine.

[@timkerssing]

Why did'nt you made a emergency landing on the other side of the water?

[@blahplayhard4092]

Fake video is fake. Cool story bro.

[@BenFourman]

Yeah...I'm no expert cause I've had mine all of 1 month but it looked like some kind of wifi interference.

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Ben Fourman not a WiFi drone 👍.

[@Salgueroos]

Did you you trow the RTH switch ON? I just bought my and my fourth time making short flights and the second one I lost control of it and went straight UP maybe about 35 feet (with no controls from me) I turn ON the RTH and came back to me bouncing in two houses roof but I got it even before it landed. My third time I went to a National Park here in TX and i was flaying it and suddenly start bouncing in the air was all too fast I forgot about the RTH switch and from about 100 feet went straight to a cactus nothing broken butt two propellers. Have you find out why? -I have the latest firmware, -Drone was receiving 11 satellite signals -battery about 85 % charged -I was not even 100 feet away and @ sight of the remote and drone. Any input is appreciated because is kind of scary to see over a thousand dollars flying away.

[@Internetubebroadcast]

Bit late to reply here. You RTH altitude needs to be higher than anything around it. Keep in mind this altitude and not height from ground.

[@5473572]

I'd be freaking out!! Glad you got it back, but did you ever find out why it did that? And if not, are you able to fly it anymore? I'd be too scared to send it up again.

[@onaircy7584]

I don't believe the whole story is true

[@mag1c938]

The wind just messed with it that's all

[@kyrkbymannen]

why not?

[@TheFlyingKiwi]

It's a fake.

[@TheRapDawg]

I agree.

[@wilderg88able]

right!! thats exactly what i was thinking. i dont see why the phantom would do all these crazy maneuvers. when they fly away. they just go.

i think its real.. same thing happend to me.. but mine crashed after it was finished showing itself off : p

[@marijnpelsma423]

i think so to dji is a really good company

[@Twinmold2]

The Flying Kiwi It might not be fake. If the radio frequency was being used, he would have had a hard time fighting for control. He is in a port of some kind so the radio traffic would be relatively high.

[@bekarutreeservice]

awesome video - more so for the happy ending. you got a strong heart, mine might have given in during such a scenario. great skills - well done

[@19Neil67]

If you look in the middle of the sea, is that a form of transmitter or just a light? Could be both but that could interfere with it

[@BlueSkiesTruthRadio]

At 1:25, 3:22 and 4:55 you can see a nasty oil slick coming from that gas station. Is that normal?

[@MuahMan]

I thought it looked like it was coming out of the water from something submerged.

[@TheLucky1967]

OMG thank you finally I started at the top and have been reading each thread hoping someone would have noticed it as well. I've already forwarded the video to someone at a company with some experience in these matters. They will investigate the location further based on the we've pointed out.

[@chrismillersrcfamily]

@ 4:50. looks like something was leaking into the water.

[@mustangken]

Did you have the WIFI connection on the GoPro camera turned on? That is on the same frequency as the Phanton controller and will cause radio interference.

[@mickeyg.c.1654]

I believe for some reason it was real. It was the most exciting prettiest 4K video I think I've seen in a while. anyway I was glued to the hole trip something that doesn't happen normally. thank you for posting that.

[@blake3376]

im guessing the wind was throwing it around

[@spicegoblin]

You've clearly never flown a drone :D

[@blake3376]

no sir

[@hazardousfromage]

Asmatik kush wind destroys Mini-quadcopters, does nothing to large drones unless you're way higher

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

I hope that you gave it a firm spanking. "Bad Phantom! Never act like that again!"

[@jennynor]

+GregoryTheGr8ster - Haha, yeah I grounded it for a long time for doing that to me ;-)

[@Chevyteddy]

Det så helt gal ut. Gratulerer til din "andre Phantom" :-)))) Har en riktig godt nyttår med mange vakre filmer.

[@arthursalarini9600]

Great that you managed to land it safely!!! Nice resolution of your footage. Please, can you share the camera model and settings?

[@rp4b449]

Looks like the electronic compass went berserk and the flight controller followed its directions and ignored yours. When you fly around a port with ships they all have navigation radars, and so does the port authority (for tracking ships in the estuary). If you see something rotating on a ship/boat - run away. I bet the drone and the electronic compass microchip got radiation burns.

[@paulkazjack]

xcPiratePetex it was only ONE SHIP!! hardly Rotterdam!

[@Maxumized]

xcPiratePetex You said it! Radar micro waves are causing these fly aways.

[@davidtolassi2921]

Yeah!! You were LUCKY!! I had a Walkera Scout "fly back to China" and I never found it!!

[@DangerDavefpv]

+David Tolassi lol sounds like my ares ethos fpv lol

[@rosairelemay]

Where did you made this fabulous ride ? Thank You.

[@Luv2ripFPV]

scary stuff!! Wonder if the radar and electronics from those ships had anything to do with it? I similar issue with a TBS pro using the Naza M in a marina. I also got it back safely once I switched to ATTI mode.

[@DirkaDirka07]

it became self-aware

[@drudownhubsanflyer8380]

It was probably momentarily caught in the tractor beam of the drone mother ship. It has captured many of drones my own included.

[@droneqld]

It's interesting that you chose to fly over a bridge with cars on it, then the problems begin. It looks like you did the calibration next to that big lamp post and metal picnic table. With all of that concrete and steel reinforcing in the concrete that could affect your calibration too. Thanks for reminding me not to do that.

[@coskuarsiray]

i bought a used phantom 1 and i flew away after a correct calibration. i did it in another place and it flew like a rocket to up, and decided to drift to side and hit a building and crashed. I removed everything and decided to sell parts. I now have a second hand fimi a3 drone with integrated FPV system too, it has everything to calibrate the drone on it transmitter and it flies as if the user has lots of hours of expeirence. When there is something wrong it returns back to starting point. Few years more on electronics make a huge difference on final product.

[@TSGEnt]

Wow exciting footage. I've had mine freak a bit fro time to time but nothing like your experience. Ah the fun of drone flying!

[@theonethornq]

mine did the same thing but it flew all in the air spinner around and when straight and now i don’t have it anymore it’s gone and the GPS keeps changing

[@alexcordero1459]

There is absolutely no subroutine in the quads computer that would result in such movements. This is obviously fake and was under control the entire time. A simple solution if the Phantom was out of sight would be to turn off the controller, then the Phantom would have climbed to a desired altitude and it would make its way back to the home point (where it lifted off). In conclusion this was fake!

[@carlylestechreviews6702]

Alex Cordero Not disagreeing with you...but you assume the tech works. I tried to shut off transmitter and it ignored me.

[@alexcordero1459]

Carlyle's Tech Reviews lies

[@TitArtDesign18]

+Carlyle's Tech Reviews same thing happened to me , I shutt it off and ignored complettelly ... and then i shutt on , and same thing ...

[@04red6]

Lol, look up how a compass and GPS work together in an autonomous flight controller. Even DJI admits that bad compass readings due to magnetic or magnetic material and interference (wifi, radar, high voltage lines etc) cause crashes.

[@Chris_t0]

Exactly, the movements in this video are all user input. If there was something wrong it is INCREDIBLY unlikely it would resemble user input like this.

[@pecktec]

Wow that's crazy. It looked like skynett took over

[@mrbrent62]

You can really tell how much DJI drones have advanced. I have a Mini 2 and Mini 4 pro. I did have the mini 2 lost one time but it was my fault and I stayed cool and flew it back.

[@ceciliealvrpedersen4705]

Beautiful view from my hometown though :-) I'm so glad it turned out ok in the end. You where pretty shaken up right after, I remember :-)

[@tuwhitcombe]

so fake....

[@toyshanger8945]

I agree this feels made up just spinning it for fun.

[@BuildBreakFix]

Well this is why you calibrate you compass kids in new locations. But even after that being said. I don't think this is a fly away at all. DJI flight controllers either work or have a total meltdown. I think it's a classic case of kid wanting attention and making videos on youtube lol

[@lickalotame]

The only thing I can't believe about this video is the number of space cadets that have commented on it. You did a great job and I have had a similar experience on my Phantom 3 Standard. I was miles from any type of electrical interference. It has never happened again but I know that feeling.

[@fpvrc9829]

I had a parrot beboop 2 do something weird, it went up, and then started spinning, the controller did nothing, if went out of sight, after a few mins, i turned off the controller and packed up, expecting id never see it again and hoping it wouldnt hurt anybody or cause any damage, as i was about to go inside, i heard it, it came back, it was still spinning so i have no idea how it managed to get back, it crashed into my building about 15 ft up. broke the frame, i could easily fix that but would never be brave enough to fly it again.

[@joshbaker8647]

This is obviously fake and contrived but cute. I'll give you an "A" for effort anyway.

[@Chris_t0]

So fake

[@VolkswagenNut1969]

High winds can make my P3 fly irratically as it tries to maintain its course, and if it was combined with a stuck compass from a bad calibration, I could see it behaving that way. Perhaps the system is upgraded for the 3, but if I'm near some interference it says so on the screen and won't let me take off. Every once in awhile a calibration results in a stuck compass, but again it tells me and won't let me take off. I do know that if the signal is getting weak for whatever reason, the RTH doesn't always respond.

[@Toboldlygo721]

I had a DJI phantom two and about three years ago I had the same experience as you. After that I put it away for a year and the batteries were dead when I took it out so now I bought the mini too and the DJIFPV cause I have more confidence in them nowadays with the Accu sync two and 3

[@Exploroman]

So let's see. You decided to fly over built up areas, streets and traffic. Then just for something extra dumb, you thought it would be cool to fly a phantom in an active marine vessel environment, where there is lots and lots of VHF, and UHF interference. And I know, the box told you 2.4Ghz signal hopping and that must have sounded pretty cool. But what frequency do you think the GPS is on? And have you heard of signal harmonics? You can still have your signals stomped all over by more powerful signals that are close or at a half wavelength. I think you were picking up all kinds of interference. Hopefully, you'll plan your next flight.

[@airbornemediapros4308]

***** @ FreakyHydra, I know what you mean man. This can happen to all of us. I fly large single rotor collective-pitch Heli/UAV for a large UAV company and we occasionally have these issues around certain installations to. But our systems are designed so that the operator can turn off GPS, Magnetometer and Accelerometers and fly in full manual. This saves us all the time.

[@airbornemediapros4308]

***** Because he has nothing better to do with his life. Poor guy.

[@airbornemediapros4308]

***** Cool Dude's one an only video is of himself harassing a birds nest full of chicks with is silly Phantom. Hopefully he will get a very serious visit from some very serious people.

[@paulkazjack]

Airborne Media Pros I fly manual all the time! don't really need the gps.

[@tomaszrudkowski9563]

Good response William Wegenast. When I got my certification, we were lectured that 89% of error's are actually Human not Machine. Calibrating over Concrete is a bad idea also.

[@hmongadventures8106]

You just need more training.

[@RICHOWASP]

great flying what drone do you have now

[@Julia-LetsPlays]

Greetings from Germany. Congrats for this happy end. :-) I wish you good luck for future flights. LG

[@unforgiven101inc]

fake...

[@VforVictor]

A girl flew it...

[@AbrakadaBaris]

indeed funny

[@nexxusty]

Noah Bromberg Of course it's funny. What kind of Man are you pal?

[@ageniusclimber]

shouldn't be funny to me but it is :))

[@tdesaul]

Hahaha...now we know why you don't have a girlfriend!

[@Getfuqqedfedboy]

My GF flies drones and she knows how to fly her inspire 2 in Atti mode and could have recused this drone.

[@CoolibriPictures]

Hi, I just saw You fight with Phantom, and have question, what software you use to made end credits?

[@ProRylan]

DAMMMMM !!! My Heart was pounding watching that, looked like the Camera was spining around, Good Job getting it back, Think i would of put it away for about 1year then go back looool . Did it ever happen again ?