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<font face="Comic Sans MS"> I tried for a high altitude movie with
my wooden Quad. I took off and ran at high throttle. It went up
pretty quick. I stopped climbing when the drone was a little dot
in the evening sky, maybe 300~400 feet. It drifted over a Cove
(near Saint Michaels, MD) as there was a light breeze. I reduced
throttle a good bit and tilted the drone towards me (and land).
It was coming down at an angle and all looked good. I leveled out
and was giving it some power to start to slow and flare out for a
soft landing when it just <span class="text_exposed_show">dropped
from the sky from about 50 feet up. It hit the water with a
loud smacking sound. The Styrofoam end pieces shot off it,
which is what they were supposed to do to break a fall. I
launched a nearby canoe to go get it, but in my excitement lost
it and it floated off. I ran around the little harbor to get
the aluminum row boat in front of my cabin, rowed over and got
the canoe, tied a rope to it and then towed it behind the boat
so I could pick up the drone remains. The picture is the drone
sitting on the rear thwart (seat) of the row boat, just as I
found it. That's sea weed.<br>
<img alt="" src="cid:part1.00090209.00080002@comcast.net"
width="960" height="720"><br>
I disassembled the drone, took off all the electronics and
rinsed them in fresh water, but haven't tested them yet. I
measured the battery voltage when I got to shore, it was way
below minimum so I guess I fried another battery. I think the
ESC's (Electronic Speed Controllers) did a low voltage cut off
causing the machine to just fall from the sky. The camera is
ruined and so far I haven't been able to recover the video off
the SD card. <br>
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