First high altitude 331 meters FPV flight with Flycker 550 Scorpion Quadcopter that was going real well until something unexpected happened in the end and I saw the quad flipping and falling to ground from 127 meters altitude. I could not find the quad and gave it up after 1 and half hour of searching. But to my surprise, a phone call next morning brought me to same place and I got my quad back. How this all happened? Who called? To get the full story click the links below.
Updates Added below: Found the Quad, read full storyLost my Newest Quadcopter today. Flew first time at 350 meters…
Posted by Ali Mansoor on Tuesday, October 14, 2014
http://onlyflyingmachines.com/the-story-of-flycker-550-quadcopter-crash/
Enjoy the DVR and GoPro footage. DVR had the last moments recorded. While GoPro lost the last moments due to impact.
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R.I.P Poor Quad
Another Crash 😀 we love it. Seeing the ground coming towards you fast.
thats a sight
Oh No Ali! A hard way to learn lessons : – )
I agree bro these quads does random crazy shit after some flights
I’ve always been afraid to fly any of my quads that high tho
Truly shameful how some people will take advantage of your misfortune. Not
that it is an excuse, but the vast gap between rich and poor in China
probably has something to do with it.
Nevertheless, glad you got your quad back and the video footage which often
times is more valuable to us than the actual quad.
Seems like this Flycker frame is pretty heavy – won’t be in my fleet.
The human race is not as evolved as some of us think it should be, glad you
got your gear back but in general people are selfish self centered and
conniving, dogs have better morals than 90% of the population.
Actually you are wrong…. TYPICALLY, GENERALLY speaking RACE has a lot to
do with this. In WHITE countries, say Germany, people don’t naturally have
a tendency to steal you shit or try to sell it back to you. Ali made it
quite clear this is TYPICALLY how people in China act. The same goes for
most 2nd and 3rd world non-white countries except for maybe Japan but then
again they are a 1st world country. I know it must be hard for you to admit
this but GENERALLY SPEAKING (not always) people leave their houses and cars
unlocked in all white areas, NOBODY does that shit in all black areas so
recheck you human evaluations because most of us know better than to
believe the ultra PC mantra of egalitarianism but yet know hard truth that
all races aren’t equal. They have distinct different genetics,
characteristics, and certainly cultures (which are a by product of race).”
+Del Fam haha clearly you and I live on a different world, you must be
crazy if you think white ppl in white areas don’t commit crime. and
Germans! Are you kidding me! I can blow your theory right out of the water,
one of the biggest criminals in the history of man! all white master power
crap even killing white because of religion. I’d say it’s more to do with
economics, how many rich ppl steal? Doesn’t excuse basic morals tho, and
these morals are broken all over the world regardless of colour.
I guess we can’t have too much faith in one brand.
That glitch helps Xaircraft and DJI sells more drones LOL
Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter what continent you’re on, people are
people , and they all want to get paid…I’m happy you got everything back,
but sorry you had to deal with theiving assholes to get it.
It looks like your battery voltage is the cause of the crash…
ali, with a piezzo screamer on a selectable rx free channel, that’s may
save you trouble next time…;)
It is good that you did not hit anybody on the ground. This could have
ended very differently if someone gets hit by the quad.
Would you be able to drop the throttle?
A pity we didn’t see the quad in the end,you should have had the lite on
then it would have flew right to you,the death of super X
O…I feel sorry about that
Would it have been possible to dive and get to ground level faster?
Hello Alishanmao, I suggest you to install a radio marker on your machine,
it allows you to locate quite precisely. I crashed a few times at over 500
meters away this year and I found each time my quadcopter in less than an
hour. have a look at my videos rth vs tree on my channel
This is why in the UK we ban such flights near built/up areas/people, just
lucky that it didn’t fall from a good height on to a biker/car/child’s
head. It hasn’t happened to you but maybe it’s a matter of time.
fc 40 QUIERO VERLO
Whoa, Ali, what a show… Then what a read! Brother, I hate to even ask,
but do you think that if it were Maryam were doing the asking, that the
locals would’ve been more forthcoming with information? I wonder if the
xenophobia from days past still exists in your area? I’ll tell you what, my
pretty, red-haired fiancee is the one who does the talking here in Florida
in these situations, most locals think the short, black-haired small-eyed
guy (me) isn’t worth their time…
it would have been same if she did the talking
Just read your story on your website, what a relief it must have been for
you. It is quite sad about people who assume you fly model planes thus you
must have tonnes of cash. Last year a friend of my lost video signal to his
ranger and crashed, a day later a farmer ringed up and said he found his
number on the fuselage and demand a reward, so he drove down there with 10
pound but the guy blatantly demands 20, he eventually paid. Another story
comes from a friends friend who does skydiving in Cumbria. After missing
his spot he landed in a field, when he fetched his car and returned, he
found all of his gear missing. Turns out the land owner took them and want
him to pay a “landing fee” . I have never had these problems but maybe I
was just lucky.
LOL
if you need to quickly descend in a situation like this, could you have
reduced throttle till about 10% to descend quickly and maintain stability,
then at about 10 to 20 meters, give it full throttle to recover from the
decent and bring it down from there? Would that use less power rather than
a low-rate descent? Or is there a safety measure limiting the quad from
such low throttle at such high altitude making such maneuver impossible?
I cant wait for my quad copter,you give really nice and very useful
information.Thanks I like your channel very much.
Wouldn’t the go pro have recorded after the crash for a while capturing all
those involved? Was the go pro erased past the time shown?
What osd are you using?
can go pro camera take aerial photography help?
f u alishamao…you give everyone in this hobby a bad name
don’t know who said quads can’t dive down like planes, you haven’t flown one to often or to scared to go in manual mode. you could flip it upside down if you wanted like I do for a couple seconds as it fall quickly to earth then flip it back.. bam just saved your quad.. learn these tricks bud.
First sight of “LOW BATTERY” warning I would have went to RTL, no sense pushing it.
I dive my quad almost straight down like a plane all the time, not to sure if it’s because your isn’t a performance type drone? Anyways thought that was a strange comment.
I had a flycker MH850 hex that went nuts and crashed badly after takeoff, it was running a naza V2, I think the problem was my fault rather than the FC, but what a crash, shame I didn’t film it. 🙁
Reading the comments, something jumps out at me. No one seems to care that you violated FAA airspace. One person used the term “annoying the FAA”. Dude, I fly with MY FAMILY in a private GA aircraft. My 5 year old daughter and 10 year old daughter are in the plane. We fly between 3000 and 5000 most often. Your drone is NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. Do you realize that there is no possible way I can see your drone given your size and my speed? This is not about complying with the FAA, it about NOT KILLING ME. I’ve spent tens of thousands of dollars on training and FAA compliant equipment. Is your fun and $500 investment worth my life? Are you prepared to live with killing someone just to get a kick out of seeing big numbers on your little altimeter dongle? I really hope you stop doing this.
What a stupid place to fly.. good one..
You do know that if your in the US the FAA is going to come after you now . All they want is to give you a frickin huge fine for the proof you posted to You-Tube of being over 400 feet up . Oh yea thanks for helping bring on the registration for all drones now with your video from over 400 feet up . Cool video Thanks . Now they know right where to find you . Good luck .
Hey how did you built your own quadcopter? I mean did you make the program for the quad or something? And how much its cost?? Is it more expensive than buying fpv quad?
better to buy a phantom 3.
What happened???
Thinking about buying this frame!
What osd are you using?
Wouldn’t the go pro have recorded after the crash for a while capturing all those involved? Was the go pro erased past the time shown?
I cant wait for my quad copter,you give really nice and very useful information.Thanks I like your channel very much.
if you need to quickly descend in a situation like this, could you have reduced throttle till about 10% to descend quickly and maintain stability, then at about 10 to 20 meters, give it full throttle to recover from the decent and bring it down from there? Would that use less power rather than a low-rate descent? Or is there a safety measure limiting the quad from such low throttle at such high altitude making such maneuver impossible?