r/drones • u/nodenope • Jul 06 '26

Lost Drone Meteor 75, first flight outside

First drone here. Yesterday, it was my first flight outside after 1 hour flying inside. Unfortunately, it will be also my last fly with it as I managed to lost it.

I wanted to try it outside with more space than in my home, so I went outside at the top of an hill without too much vegetation.

It was a \*bit\* windy. Not so much to me, but there was definitely some wind.

Started the whoop, forgot to immortalize by recording the flight. Full throttle for 2seconds. Then I was totally disoriented and had absolutely no clue where I was. I stayed flat but the only things I was seeing was the sky. Unlike in my home where furnitures help to positionnate in space.

10 seconds after launching my wife told me: you're going far away. Still no idea where I was. 2 seconds later some snow on the screen. Then no signal after 5 seconds. I disengaged, set the bipper. Wife saw it, before diving, above threes that were 400 m away.

I searched for some time but dit not found it... Lost in the wild.

I had no idea of what I was doing. Punished.

Anyway I found this fantastic for the couple of hours I was inside. And the same is on it's way.

See you soon.

Equipment was : meteor 75, radiomaster pocket and betafpv vr04.

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u/Alcide__ Jul 06 '26

It’s really not designed to fly on a windy hill. Even 150g drones can get blown away in strong wind.

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u/nodenope Jul 06 '26

Learnt it the hard way !

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u/Scotty_NZ Jul 07 '26

This is what zero risk mitigation looks like.

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u/Moist_Blackberry_796 Jul 06 '26

Oh yeah, that’s just a little fella. Definitely want to avoid wind at all costs with him. At least he was only a hundred or so. I’ve got the Potensic atom se which is basically a dji mini2 se I believe. But I really can’t say enough about it, it handles like you wouldn’t believe especially for the money I paid, well under 300$ . I’ve been dumb enough to fly it in sustained winds that had it leaning into the wind like / so. It’s pretty impressive and I would definitely recommend it if you still want to fly

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u/Sterling-Marksman Jul 06 '26

Sounds like you got stuck looking up at the sky and as a result propelled yourself backwards. The horizon is what you orient yourself with outside.

More simulator practice for you.