I don't believe it!!! Short video with crash.

[JT]

 Another still morning had me rushing outside just after 7 this morning, I decided to try the gopro looking straight ahead again, I flew slowly around the field when suddenly the screen went blank. I hit GPS hold and gave it some throttle as I emerged from under my sunshade, but I couldn';t see or hear any sign of the quad. It took me a whole hour to find it, walking up and down a large area of a sugar beet field taking 10 rows at a time to search. The quad was a bit bent but ok, the poor gopro was covered in muck (again) and the lipo was sitting next to the quad. I really didn';t know what had happened until I watched the gopro footage back...

Strange quadcopter FPV crash

My lipo had fallen off!! I really don';t know how or why it was strapped on with a piece of anti slip matt beneath it! Still the pics of the disappearing lipo are cool 

[Biffa]

Awesome stuff

Glad there';s not too much damage.

[barneyg]

Ouch ... What battery connector are you using ? ... I';ve switched mine to EC5 ... I couldn';t imagine that coming apart with just the weight of the battery :)

[nub]

unlucky

velcro + a strap and that';ll never happen again

[Gav]

WICKED!  10 out of 10 for an entertaining fall out of the sky crash.

That is great you can see the lipo fall to earth followed by the quad. 

Seriously though - I hope there isn';t too much damage and you get out there FPV';ing again soon.

cheers
Gav

[Gaza07]

I always use a velcro strap since I had one fall off but luckily the xt60 held it while it swung about   

[JT]

Ouch ... What battery connector are you using ? ... I';ve switched mine to EC5 ... I couldn';t imagine that coming apart with just the weight of the battery :)

unlucky

velcro + a strap and that';ll never happen again

I';m using Deans, the damn things are really tight to get on and off! lol


Velcro is the way to go, I';ll get some.

[CurryKitten]

One of the weirdest crashes I';ve seen... it looks like a perfect bombing run, albeit unintentional.  Glad you had the footage to find out what happened, else it would have been a bit of a head-scratcher.

[Biffa]

I have had LiPos fall off my foamies before, but luckily the XT-60';s have always held fast and got me home.

[JT]

 The damage.....






Not too bad really lots of soil on it, the top bit with the GPS on it is a bit fu.....dged up but that was OTT anyway and I may dramatically reduce the height of it so that the antenna for FPV isn';t obscured by it. The soil came off the unprotected gopro lens too and there is no damage!! ::)

Gav, it';s lucky your skew planers are flexible mate

[guest325]

Velcro plus xt60';s - can';t go wrong; great vid, wish I';d got that sort of gear some of my Oops';s would be entertaining!
Glad nothing too serious broken!

[dp106]

Is the frame still intact? I crashed yesterday not nearly as high and snapped an arm

[JT]

Is the frame still intact? I crashed yesterday not nearly as high and snapped an arm

Didn';t even harm a prop ;D.....

[dp106]

Didn';t even harm a prop ;D.....

Jammy git :)

[Gav]

Well that';s the drop test ticked off the list LOL.

If that was a rc heli or plane there would be carnage and £££s of damage. 

[JT]

Well that';s the drop test ticked off the list LOL.

Does this mean I gett to charge you a testing fee!!  LOL

[guest325]

Well that';s the drop test ticked off the list LOL.

If that was a rc heli or plane there would be carnage and £££s of damage.

Heli - agreed; Plane - not always, having been practicing dead stick landings, provided you';re using a separate rx supply you can land safely. I use Eneloops for my receiver batteries on anything that cost a lot to buy or took a lot of my time to make, tempted to go that way on my quad when I put it back together.