Steam & Excursion > C&TSRR = Drone Crash

I was shooting the C&TSRR Pile Driver For The Friends Of The C&TSRR and into the flight the Drone (Solo) became unstable and then lost contact with the drone. Nothing I tried did anything and the drone started down and drifting until it crashed. I cleaned it and put on new props to replace the broken ones and took it to a large clear area and tested it and it did just fine except the Gimbal was making a lot of noise. I tried another flight and it seemed to work ok. I am sending in the logs and also making the video available to 3DR.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

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Was the pilot able to eject in time?

Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> Was the pilot able to eject in time?

LOL!!!

Martin

LoggerHogger Wrote:
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> Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> > Was the pilot able to eject in time?
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> LOL!!!
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> Martin


We did not see any parachute and no body at the crash site.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Dang...Sasquatch must have nabbed him first, lol.

TrackGuy

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TrackGuy Wrote:
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> Dang...Sasquatch must have nabbed him first, lol.
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> TrackGuy
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I think you figured it out.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Nice to see your drone crashed safely.  Last fall, my son had one crash into his Jeep, destroying his windshield and actually knocking a hole in it.
The drone, camera, etc. was scrap metal/plastic.

 

"Pull up, terrain, Pull up,terrain:,  D'OH!!!!!!!!!!!! Any landing you can walk away from..................

skstone Wrote:
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> Nice to see your drone crashed safely.  Last
> fall, my son had one crash into his Jeep,
> destroying his windshield and actually knocking a
> hole in it.
> The drone, camera, etc. was scrap metal/plastic.
>
>

I am still testing to figure out the damage if any.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

SP4360 Wrote:
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> "Pull up, terrain, Pull up,terrain:,
>  D'OH!!!!!!!!!!!! Any landing you can walk away
> from..................


Thanks for making me smile.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Chama we have a problem!

czuleget Wrote:
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> Chama we have a problem!

I tried that but chama could not hear me from Cumbres Pass.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Somebody from North Korea hacked into it and started giving it weird commands!

CA_Sou_MA_Agent Wrote:
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> Somebody from North Korea hacked into it and
> started giving it weird commands!

You might of figured it out.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

I'd be looking for an ME-109 or A-10 Wart Hog!

DavidMKetchum Wrote:
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> I'd be looking for an ME-109 or A-10 Wart Hog!

Thanks for a big smile.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

I hope Roger's videos help convince you all to get involved with railroad restoration projects.  I never thought I'd get to do many things like this.  I overheard someone say "I thought I'd never see a steam powered pile driver work again".  Volunteering can make things like this possible.

Bill Kepner

drgw0579 Wrote:
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> I hope Roger's videos help convince you all to get
> involved with railroad restoration projects.  I
> never thought I'd get to do many things like this.
>  I overheard someone say "I thought I'd never see
> a steam powered pile driver work again".
>  Volunteering can make things like this
> possible.
>
> Bill Kepner

Thanks for your post Bill. You and I are on the same page.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Roger, I thought you had a Phantom?  What happened?  Is the 3DR much better than the DJI?  Love your videos, keep them coming.  See you in two weeks.  I think I'm booked in your penthouse!

Ed Burggraf



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Auburn_Ed Wrote:
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> Roger, I thought you had a Phantom?  What
> happened?  Is the 3DR much better than the DJI?
>  Love your videos, keep them coming.  See you in
> two weeks.  I think I'm booked in your
> penthouse!
>
> Ed Burggraf

Hi Ed, I have two 3dr Solo's. I chose Solo cuz I want to do preflights from my office and then go and fly them.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff