Ok guys I’ve been flying drones for 3+ years ima reporter , I just purchased a Karma set it up ,updated everything , went through all set up steps flew it first day went fantastic but only about 200’ distance . Yesterday at a news event I’m reporting on set up the Karma ... every step was done pre flight steps . Great launch sight everything was fantastic , took it up 143’ directly above me that’s all I needed everything going great vide feed clear contact to satellites perfect .... then I hear Lost GPS reading land now manually ... ok landing dropped about 14’ it stopped jumped up about 11’ still saying land now using joy stick and I’m doing that but Nothing is working . Suddenly it tilts to the SE takes off full speed no control what so ever . It should have hovered or returned but being no GPS none of it was working . The drone raced fast to the SE until we could no longer see it straight into the Ozark national forest . The drone flat failed to function at the very least it should have hovered . It flat took off full speed and I’m holding the controller at that point not touching anything hoping it would hover allowing the unit to do what it should . I called GoPro they downloaded my flight log .... the controller recorded my attempts but the drone itself failed to record a single thing it stated NA ...NA . So now they are reviewing the problem they can’t review the problem being the drone did not record a thing ... 90 day no fuss replacements I hope so I’m Not happy with this . I read a lot of stories of loosing connection but the drone would hover or return only 2 reports of complete loss of the drone itself . So yes it happens that drone flat failed to function yet the controller had no problems recording my attempts .
Again I’ve been flying drones for over 3 years and have commercial license my favorite unit is the 3DR I have 2 of them fit with GoPro cameras , range extenders , WIFY extender chips installed in the 3DR . Real shame 3DR abandoned their drone because I’ve used them for 2+ years and had nothing but amazing success .
So the first full flight 4 day ownership the Karma drone itself failed terribly . The other reporters standing with us wide eyed one also a drone pilot was shocked it would not respond or hover or return it flat took off on its own and flew far far away .
Please think before you reply I’ve been building drones and updates for television stations for a good while I know the in and outs of upgrades installations so on . I read a lot of manuals and other pilots reports . I still am blown away that drone just shot off the way it did .
Now mind you I’m not giving up on this drone I want the new unit to work properly I have great trust in GoPro they have built one fine drone despite reports I see mostly pilot errors not failures of the system other than the recall when they were dying in the air . So I’ll update this event as soon as GoPro sends me a new unit . I i don’t surrender im a Navy VET i dig in and work with any advice except this one is weird indeed . I have my YouTube page feel free to go look at my movies I’ve done outside my television shots I can’t post them they are licensed . All my cameras are GoPro I have a 3 , 4, 4+ and decided why not upgrade the entire drone unit to the newest drone which comes with the newest camera and GoPro stick . I’ll let ya know what happens and I trust GoPro they are amazingly great people as well . I enjoyed my long discussion with tec support folks real nice folks
Here’s my YouTube name. Lyle Stevens My videos will appear . Thanks and please feel free to comment .. sometimes hardware simply are defected but I got to say I felt helpless watching that unit raceaway so far we could not see it at all
Again I’ve been flying drones for over 3 years and have commercial license my favorite unit is the 3DR I have 2 of them fit with GoPro cameras , range extenders , WIFY extender chips installed in the 3DR . Real shame 3DR abandoned their drone because I’ve used them for 2+ years and had nothing but amazing success .
So the first full flight 4 day ownership the Karma drone itself failed terribly . The other reporters standing with us wide eyed one also a drone pilot was shocked it would not respond or hover or return it flat took off on its own and flew far far away .
Please think before you reply I’ve been building drones and updates for television stations for a good while I know the in and outs of upgrades installations so on . I read a lot of manuals and other pilots reports . I still am blown away that drone just shot off the way it did .
Now mind you I’m not giving up on this drone I want the new unit to work properly I have great trust in GoPro they have built one fine drone despite reports I see mostly pilot errors not failures of the system other than the recall when they were dying in the air . So I’ll update this event as soon as GoPro sends me a new unit . I i don’t surrender im a Navy VET i dig in and work with any advice except this one is weird indeed . I have my YouTube page feel free to go look at my movies I’ve done outside my television shots I can’t post them they are licensed . All my cameras are GoPro I have a 3 , 4, 4+ and decided why not upgrade the entire drone unit to the newest drone which comes with the newest camera and GoPro stick . I’ll let ya know what happens and I trust GoPro they are amazingly great people as well . I enjoyed my long discussion with tec support folks real nice folks
Here’s my YouTube name. Lyle Stevens My videos will appear . Thanks and please feel free to comment .. sometimes hardware simply are defected but I got to say I felt helpless watching that unit raceaway so far we could not see it at all