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Lost drone

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  • 31-03-2016 7:06pm
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    kave2
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭


    Lost my drone Tuesday evening, XK X380 in Roscam, end of Boireann Bheag area and possibly the fields. I'll give reward if found. Here is picture of it
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    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 10,445 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    Again? Are you sure it's not a homing pigeon you bought?

    Sorry, couldn't resist.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    As drones get more popular I suppose we'll see more threads like this.


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    kave2
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭kave2


    thesandeman wrote: »
    Again? Are you sure it's not a homing pigeon you bought?

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

    Not funny at all.


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    [Deleted User]
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    biko wrote: »
    As drones get more popular I suppose we'll see more threads like this.

    Never been a fan of lost and found threads on here tbh.... Chances of someone finding it and skipping the usual options(guard station) are remote.

    Hope you find it anyway OP, my rant above isn't about your thread per se.


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    Casshern88
    Registered Users Posts: 804 ✭✭✭Casshern88


    kave2 wrote: »
    Lost my drone Tuesday evening, XK X380 in Roscam, end of Boireann Bheag area and possibly the fields. I'll give reward if found. Here is picture of it
    80353(3).jpg

    not being funny, but dont some models have a feature where if they go out of range / battery reaches a certain level they will automatically return to a pre defined base area.... obviously i presume your doesn't have this?


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    [Deleted User]
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    Casshern88 wrote: »
    not being funny, but dont some models have a feature where if they go out of range / battery reaches a certain level they will automatically return to a pre defined base area.... obviously i presume your doesn't have this?


    I think they all have that feature, but if you crash land, you're in trouble. (ie; if it lands on it's side or upside down or such, it can't take off again).


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    Yardleys Lavender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭Yardleys Lavender


    If you keep loosing it and it doesn't have GPS, you should consider sticking a Tile on it so at least you have some hope of finding it.


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    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    kave2 wrote: »
    Lost my drone Tuesday evening, XK X380 in Roscam, end of Boireann Bheag area and possibly the fields. I'll give reward if found. ...

    Have you made contact with landowners / farmers in the area?


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    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 82,629 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Hope you find it. Too late now but labelling them with a mobile number is a good idea.


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    kave2
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭kave2


    It does have GPS, it was coming back where it took off from(rth function) and around 20m from that spot it changed it's mind. I found it few minutes later hovering over the near by houses. Try to regain control, but wasn't able to and few minutes later seen it going down.

    Talked to all house residents, searched the field for last 2 days.
    Unfortunately I didn't have my name and number on it.


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    Lissavane
    Registered Users Posts: 542 ✭✭✭Lissavane


    kave2 wrote: »
    It does have GPS, it was coming back where it took off from(rth function) and around 20m from that spot it changed it's mind. I found it few minutes later hovering over the near by houses. Try to regain control, but wasn't able to and few minutes later seen it going down.

    Talked to all house residents, searched the field for last 2 days.
    Unfortunately I didn't have my name and number on it.

    I hope you get it back. If it was flying over houses, you're lucky it didn't cause damage to people or property when it fell, or that, if one of those householders found it, they didn't make a false accusation of injury / damage against you.

    I don't want to be a killjoy and I hope to get one myself soon but you need to be careful with them in populated places.


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    kave2
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭kave2


    Lissavane wrote: »
    I hope you get it back. If it was flying over houses, you're lucky it didn't cause damage to people or property when it fell, or that, if one of those householders found it, they didn't make a false accusation of injury / damage against you.

    I don't want to be a killjoy and I hope to get one myself soon but you need to be careful with them in populated places.

    I didn't mean to fly over houses, quad itself flied there. I was flying over the fields. Luckily it didn't injured anyone.
    Even if found after all the raining today it's probably ruined by water, so is the camera.


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    mmmull
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭mmmull


    Sorry about your drone, kave2.

    Do you upload the drone footage to the web somewhere?


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    kave2
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭kave2


    mmmull wrote: »
    Sorry about your drone, kave2.

    Do you upload the drone footage to the web somewhere?

    You tube


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    mmmull
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭mmmull


    kave2 wrote: »
    You tube
    I was hoping for a link :p


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    #17
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,398 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    mmmull wrote: »
    I was hoping for a link :p

    He's as elusive as his drone :D

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    kave2
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭kave2


    mmmull wrote: »
    I was hoping for a link :p

    Hehe. Here you go. I know, not great, only my second video ever.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC6ojpNGbWg


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    misstearheus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭misstearheus


    Do ya reckon it's definitely weather-damaged? Is there any chance someone found it soon after and tried to sell it on or anything?


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    kave2
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭kave2


    misstearheus wrote: »
    Do ya reckon it's definitely weather-damaged? Is there any chance someone found it soon after and tried to sell it on or anything?

    Depends when they found it. It didn't rain for 3-4 days when it happened. I lost all the hope anyway. Maybe someone kept it just for the camera.


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    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 10,445 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    Can it be used by someone else if you have the control thingy?


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    kave2
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭kave2


    thesandeman wrote: »
    Can it be used by someone else if you have the control thingy?

    Yep, you can buy the controller for 30e.


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    Sofa King
    Registered Users Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Sofa King


    I would have assumed that Drones would have had some sort of GPS attached to them.


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    #24
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Nah, the basic models don't. You need to splash the cash if you want gps/camers/chainsaw/whatnot

    Also, if it's on the main battery it'll stop working when the battery dies.


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    #25
    kave2
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭kave2


    Sofa King wrote: »
    I would have assumed that Drones would have had some sort of GPS attached to them.

    Mine did have GPS, but for some reason drone malfunctioned and didn't return home. The GPS is used just for RTH and obviously flying, there is no tracking for user in case it goes down. Many people are using GPS trackers with it's own battery especially on the more expensive ones.


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