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Personal Drones Getting Lost, Driving Feds Nuts [picture]
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 11:19
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Homeward Bound: How We Lost and Found A DJI Phantom
The drone crash at the White House proved once again how easy it is for someone to both get their hands on a drone and, subsequently, crash it.
Several months ago, we were flying our Phantom 2 Vision+ at a golf course on a clear, but gusty, day. When we got up about 200 feet, the wind really picked up and started blowing the drone away. We tried to fly it back manually and by activating the return to home feature. We watched as the Phantom fought the wind, made a little progress, and then got blown away again. When the battery started to die, we again saw it try to make a comeback but it was not meant to be. source
