$2000 DISASTER in China

I'm sad and embarrassed by this vlog, but hope that it can help someone else not make the same mistakes that I made. Flying a drone is an enormous responsibility and it's critical to study up on the laws where you want to fly and obey all regulations, but even when you do everything right things can still go very VERY wrong. From losing all my footage from the day before to multiple expensive pieces of equipment being lost over the edge of a cliff, this day was the biggest disaster I've had while traveling. If you have trouble understanding what I'm trying to say during the melodramatic sobbing, feel free to turn on closed captioning.

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[narf]

lens once told the drone, you jump i jump.

[sreenjaysen]

Justin laughing like crazy while you are being a cry baby.. Thats when you know he is your true friend..

[xinzhang]

you can contact the DJI if it was the software bug of DJI system and report the issue, they may give you a new drone for free. that was my experience. My drone was suddenly drop into the lake due to a technical issue.

[serena-yu]

3:24 That's a feature not a bug. It requires your phone number to pin point you personally, because all phone numbers are real-named.

[tikundan]

i feel so sorry for you, but i can not stop laughingXDDDD

[Daniel-plbd]

I'm trying to figure out whether you are crying or laughing the whole time.

[RobertKitchen]

Most intelligent thing said in the video was "I think while I'm emotional, I can't make any decisions". I like that you took the time to cry and to get out the emotions from the experience. I enjoyed that you even were making jokes to help lighten the mood. However, most importantly, you recognized that you needed to get out the emotions and move on from the experience (including mourning in all black) before making any drastic life decisions.

[morninghope]

The biggest thing is learning from one's mistake and so not to repeat the mistakes. No need to beat up yourself when unfortunate things happen no matter how big as we can try avoid all unfortunate circumstances but our foresight is limited. These are merely material things you lost, these losses can easily be replaced unlike other things such as one's health and loved ones. So dust yourself off and smile and enjoy what's ahead!

[_feather]

Report to DJI, they will give you a new one.

[doloreschien]

Dear Claire, I felt so sorry for you. It is good that you can cry out loudly. It will release your emotion. It is not healthy to bottle ip up. You will certainly be able to buy another one in no time at all. As long as you are safe and sound and healthy, you can recover the monetary lost in a blink of your eye. Keep Happy and Healthy. Justin is God send good companion for you in your sad and happy situations. Keep up your Up Beat Spirit !

[beaumontmuni]

Don't apologize for your behavior on this vlog. It's understandable. What a downer and my heart goes out to you for all that loss. I hope that you're doing better and recovered and that you will continue to travel and share with us.

[stewlawph]

Sorry for your loss but love your positivity & transparency.

[AlphaDuck]

And you just earn my subscription because of losing over $2000.

[blairpellatt]

I’m so sorry! And also thank you... I’ve been having a bit of a China day myself so I really appreciate this video!

[terrywbreedlove]

“ good news is that my bag is going to be lighter “ 😝

[BlitzOfTheReich]

I really don't get why people record themselves emotionally like this.

[turgonmiyantur]

Felt so bad for Claire and poor poor girl. I hope things get better after this yah... take care!

[carygreat]

Please forgive me, I couldn't help myself but back here and watching this vlog for the second time. I still couldn't stop laughing, even though I felt all your pain and feeling sorry for your $2000 lost. Love all your videos.

[minjiechen]

hahaha, poor Claire. show this video to DJI and they probably will give you a new one.

[voongnz]

Ouch that's tough, sorry for your losses. First thing I did with my mavic is turn off all OA and service and wifi when I take off, and auto updates when I have a good stable software version. OA is the source of many problems and f-ups tho.