That'd be great. An out of control drone who's hapless operator is watching in horror at the dronecam screen and the unfolding news story on the tv. Fuck fuck fuck!
That does proper suck though Andy. Can you email the manufacturers?
I’m pretty miserable about it, tbh. I wanted to cry when I was relaying the story to my folks. I know that’s a bit childish, but I’ve known I was getting it for ages. I got the drone batteries charged last night, then got up first thing this morning to walk up to Tesco for opening time to get triple-A batteries for the controller. I was so pleased when it connected to my phone so easily, and needed minimal trim adjustment to hover in my living room. Trotted off to the park, all chuffed with myself, and got about three minutes of use before it went tits up.
I’ve uploaded the full video I recorded to YouTube, and emailed the manufacturer support with a link to the video. I don’t see that I did anything wrong, it must be a fault. Failing that, I’ll have to let my brother know, and see if Amazon can do anything. I feel sick at the prospect of telling him that the expensive present he got me has gone AWOL.
I’m back to work tomorrow. I’ll check the lost and found, and fir on a lost report, on the very slim chance it has landed somewhere, undamaged, and found by someone good enough to hand it in.
Aren't they designed to slowly come down to earth if they don't receive a signal? If not they should be. Obviously, that might not apply if its faulty but you never know.
Going for a no drink day, successfully dodged the Bailey's and went for milk in my coffee this morning. Might try for a no food day too, although we still have prodigious left overs. I may settle for a no bullshit food day, fuck you chocolate.
I feel worse this morning, despite not drinking yesterday. Probably because I had Diet Coke with my lunch and full-fat Coke later on. Too many carbonated drinks.
Drone update: the manufacturers are going to organise a replacement, but they need the Amazon order number. My mum didn’t keep the delivery packaging, so we’ll need to get the order number from my brother.
I’ve chickened out, claiming that being at work means I won’t have time, and asked my folks to do the needful when they speak to them.
Snaptain. The girl emailing me does not speak English as her first language and, from the appearance of the emails, is quite possible working from home on a tablet, but she’s been nice as ninepence throughout.
I’ve also been thinking; I have a TrackR GPS button which came with my wallet. I’m going to find it, replace the battery, and glue it to the replacement drone. Just in case.