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VIDEO: Second In-Flight DJI Propeller Failure

Discussion in 'Multirotor' started by GPS, May 13, 2012.

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    Here is the video we made just before Rick and Tyson got there. This is the flight that the DJI propeller failed in flight but unfortunately my camera stopped about 15 minutes into the flight which must have been only a couple minutes before the propeller failure.

     
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    Great vid I think I saw my house! Car chase was great, Have a great day.
     
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    Thank you Richard.

    Here is a photo of where we found the DJI propeller half that broke off. My girl is holding it up on the left and the right arrow is where the F550 hexacopter went down. We measured sixty five or six paces so we estimated about 180 feet away from the point of failure.
    Keep in mind that the propeller broke only about 6 or seven feet in the air.

    This time I was able to get the F550 to the ground without breaking any more propellers, a skill I wish I did not need to have.

    broken-dji-propeller-distance-thrown.jpg
     
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    Very cool, I could see both places that I have flown at to the North and South of there. That elevation hold feature is something that I am going to have to have someday, too cool.
     

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