I was flying my drone and taking some nice pictures of Hanging Rock for my photo assignment.  The battery was getting quite low and I lost vision of where my drone actually was.  But I thought no need to panic, all I have to do is hit the home button on my control and it will fly right back to me.  If only it was that easy.  I hit the home button and I could see on my screen that the drone was slowly making its way back.  But suddenly I noticed that the drone was starting to land on top of a tree.  OH NOOOO!!!  I went into panic mode and tried to press the cancel button.  But CRASH, it was too late and the screen went black.

I heard the noise of the drone hitting the tree and my gut churned.  These drones aren’t cheap to fix.  I went over to find the drone in the group of trees to evaluate what damage had been done.  All the propellers had snapped, the camera had fallen off, the shell was slightly damaged and luckily there was no one around.  But at least I managed to take some decent pictures.  Next time I never lose the line of sight again and make sure I have adequate power for my drone to come back.  It is a costly mistake but all part of the learning process.

A few of the photos captured before the dreaded crash.