Drone GONE in 20 Seconds! My Sharper Image DX-4 HD Video Drone Debacle
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- Опубліковано 7 гру 2016
- My wife, Kathy, got me a Sharper Image DX-4 Video Drone for my birthday in November. According to the instructions, the drone is supposed to initially hover about three or four feet in the air. Mine didn't do that, though. It took off and kept climbing higher. It was supposed to only have a 150 foot height range to keep it from having to be registered with the FAA. Again, not so--this drone kept going up, went into the clouds, and was GONE! Captured here is the drone's maiden and only voyage. Footage by Kathy Mansfield, Sonny Orren, and the drone posthumously named "Icarus." My thanks to Jason Ebeyer for editing the three video streams together. No, the drone was never found. If my wife ever lets me have another one, I'll put my name and phone number on it before I fly it!
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Legend has it that these DX-4 Sharper Image drones are pre programmed to fly back to the factory in china. Where they are secretly repackaged and shipped out for resale! The perfect business model? 😁😎
Yep i just bought stock in it lol
@@michaelbrown5237 Yeah once we all buy flying cars China will hit the "Return Home" button, and it will be known as the Chinese Rapture.
@@JonesDrones lolol I never flew a Drone but i sure know not to fly one this high till i had control of it. Good Morning
@@michaelbrown5237 Good Morning! Have you gotten a new drone yet? Hope that didnt knock you out of the hobby, my wife bought me a similar sharper image quadcopter and mine flew away (my own fault) also. My life has never been the same LOL!
@@michaelbrown5237 Yeah, its always good to fly them indoors first and get to know them first! Hope you end up getting a drone of your own!!
That was definitely worth $80 best drone video ever
It's because the video size was shortened, making the video hd.
haha I don't get who a drone that's two inches wide climbed above 150 feet.
Best 80 bucks i didnt spend ctfu
GOAT drone
mine left 3 days ago...i'm still waiting for it to come back😭
Primetime 🥺🤣
What drone did you have?
You named it dad
What a great video. Great sense of humor. Love the family's reaction. Sorry you lost it.
Thanks!
i took my grand daughter out to fly her drone two days after christmas and it took off into the heavens and never came back. now i have to buy another one for her today.
"It's right up there at the top of the sky"!!!! LMAO!!!!
lol
GW Hunter haaaaaaha😂😂😂😂
That was funny!
That Was Hillarious
LMAO 😂
Thanks for sharing this! I found a drone at a garage sale and challenged my 5th graders to figure it out. They had to create a plan for ensuring all the parts were present and working, learn how to control it, research the laws and guidelines for using drones, and come up with ideas for using it in a school setting. The only bit of guidance I gave them was to show them this video and urge them to consider potential problems ("what could possibly go wrong?") with whatever plan they came up with! (They decided to take it into the gym to learn how to fly it.)
Ha! That's great! I'm glad my perils had a positive effect on someone else--and that it was used in a classroom. My retired elementary school teacher wife would be proud!
Wife - "Now how do you guide it"
Husband - "Beats me"
Right I’m dead
That's one of the most entertaining videos I've seen in a while. "It's only suppose to go three or four feet in the air" Lol...
DeepSouthPepe I just bought my son one. it just did the same thing as this one. And they will fly 450ft. We did get it back but it would not stop climbing
from drone pilot ot astronaut. well done. that thing went way up there
LOL ya they should market it as a spacecraft then noone can complain!!!
Use a cable tie and fishing line, just in case it decides to vacate the area👍
Honestly never thought of that, that's a great idea.
That is a great Idea!, if I had that on my, I would be able to retrieve it from the pond!
🤣
That's fuckun brilliant
Yeah but what if the wire gets stuck on the propellers?
I'm really sorry for your loss! I suspect your gyro was not calibrated. I got one for Christmas and tried it inside first. When I hit auto-takeoff, it would fly off at a steep angle at what appeared to be max throttle. I finally determined that the gyro was not calibrated correctly. I did a gyro reset: hold both sticks down at an angle before launching. I was then able to fly it successfully inside and get used to the controls. Once I got outside, I was able to fly it without having it launch into oblivion.
Based on the comments, it sounds like many others have experienced the same issue. Sharper Image needs to include a large yellow and black note in the box that tells people to calibrate the gyro as the first step.
Another factor to note: in low thrust mode, it can barely overcome a slight breeze. If it's at all breezy, switch to medium or high mode on the controller so you can deal with wind. Of course, that only helps if your drone has not already "flown the coop"!
same here.worked like a charm after the recal.
Bryan Voss wat angle to the right left? straight dowen wat? please reply need ur help thanks
With drone and controller powered up, sync the controller to the drone as usual (left stick up and then down until controller beeps and drone lights stay on steady). Hold the left stick diagonally down to the left (southwest). At the same time, hold the right stick diagonally down to the right (southeast). Hold in this position for a few seconds until the drone lights flash rapidly several times. This indicates that the gyro is reset. That fixed the issue for me.
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Its called reading the directions first before flying it to outer space! lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂 she keeps saying did u read the manuel did u read it did u 😂😂😂😂 obviously not mother shut up so i can watch my quad fly away lol
Starts going down hill from she said O Lord' there is so much material in this video Pure GOLD
Did you hear her at the end? I died when she said "I wonder if it uh... had any lost insurance on it". 😂😂
‘It’s right there at the top of the sky’ this made my week. Good dst sir!
This happened to a light RC Helicopter I had. Learned my lesson back then and haven’t lost anything else. This is hilarious.
Been there done that got the T-shirt as they say I have learnt that most of the better drones have return to home when either you hit a certain switch or the drone loses the signal so if you do lose sight of it you can either hit the switch (if you can remember which it is or just turn off the transmitter which most of us can remember. now when I get a new transmitter I just mark the return to home switch with either a bit of tape around it or just put a tag next to it.
I hope your next model stays with you a little longer.
You just have to think that it cost you around $80 for around 5 minutes of fun but you gave130 thousand of us a good laugh so maybe it was worth it.
Regards Poppy Ann.
That was great 😂 not the loss but the reaction
I have a ridiculous amount of drones; some cheaper toy styles like this, and then racing and photography drones. An older friend of mine got one of these for Christmas and I tested it for him and had this exact problem. Repeated indoors with the drone secured, and it's consistent. As soon as any throttle is given it takes off full speed. You have to hold the throttle all the way down and it will start to lower slowly. This wasn't a pilot error, these models have a defect. It reminds me of the issue with brushed motors and ESC style settings. If the ESC style is set to brushless, and the motor is brushed, the motors immediately spin up to full throttle. This obviously wouldn't be the case here as this drone is RTF and the pilot can't edit those settings. This was bad from the factory.
Charles Lawry-Martinez, thank you for this confirmation.
Rick Mansfield Not a problem, I found your video because I wanted to see if others were experiencing this problem. I didn't want you thinking it was something you did and get dissuaded from this great hobby!
thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i took mine back after 4 days it has a mind of its own its alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I bought one of these for a beginner, a child actually, who has absolutely zero issues with it. There may be some with a barometer issue, but his works perfectly and has since Christmas.
A lot of these work, but like most things in manufacturing there was a run of them that didn't.
It's Dec 2018 and according to neighbors Mike is still frequently seen out on his driveway looking up and pressing the bottons on some type of beeping remote control.
Hahaha, awesome video!!! "Did you read the instructons??"
I bought the same DX-4 drone for my son for Christmas. I played with it inside initially but didn't want to break anything so we took it outside to learn how to fly it. At take off it kept rising and then started to drift away. I tried to bring it back but had to run after it and eventually lost visual contact. Don't know where it went. Lost after 20 seconds... My son never played with it. Called the customer service number as it seemed to be defective. They offered me another one for half the price. They said that the lithium battery can only last about 10 minutes before it needs to be re-charged. My conclusion is that not being fully charged can result in a loss of communication between the remote and the drone. Thus, fly aways... Form the DX-4 fly away club and I'm joining...take care!
Wow. Very similar story. Mine was fully charged though. I let it charge overnight before its first flight. Yes, we definitely need to form a club. There are some others who have commented on here that lost theirs in the same way. I've had no luck with Sharper Image customer service, but I'd pay half price for a replacement. I'll keep trying.
just watched mine fly off into the night sky last night... it was quite depressing. ha
Jermaine Patterson mine did the same thing and the feed froze 3 seconds after recording so mine is long gone now
*DX-4* "Fly Away club"! Where do I sign up? XD
Same like mine. Is better invest the money in a good Drone
I have one of these and have been flying it now for almost a year. It flys great ! I also have the smaller DX-2 and several other toy grade quadcopter that I fly.. For those who have problems flying this or any other brand, there is nothing wrong with the quadcopters, but rather it takes time and patience to learn to fly. Biggest mistake is attempting to fly around the neighborhood without first learning the basics...
Sorry for your loss
I just had the same issue with my sons DX3. I was about 70 ft up and it just started drifting by itself on a day with no wind! We were unable to find it and am shocked to see so many people with the same problem. I hope customer service helps.....
Did u have inverted on?
Even if there is no wind on the ground there will always be wind higher up and it will be harder to control I fly alot of drones like that and ho really high up windy or not its always harderthe higher u go and if its small just use it inside
did u try trimming it
It’s a trash drone you don’t want to fly it that high
@@jerrymouse05gaming74 can’t drones correct themselves in wind
I think the drone went up into heaven. I wish the camera was working to finally get a glimpse of what heaven is like!
I got this exact one at the beginning of dec 2016 and first take off it did the exact same thing. I had no control or anything. Tried to contact the company and they said I have to do my warranty plan I got from wal mart. Tried doing that and they said they don't cover lost or stolen items. WTF?!?!!! I'm almost wondering if we need to get a petition going and get something done about this. These aren't cheap and idk about you but $100 out of my pocket makes a difference. And I'm extremely upset about basically watching $100 fly away on the first use.
Sleeper Junky if there is a petition then im signing up
Should tell them that the remote was not working properly.
CursedWarrior100 i told them that and they didn't care
I'd be pissed if that happened. I'd definitely hold them accountable for selling a faulty product. Have you called sharper image yet?
Mine just did the same thing. Luckily I found it after about an hour and a half of searching. I came here to search for a solution. I loved your video by the way. Sorry about your drone but your video was great.
I lost mine kind of like he did. What a shame. That fiasco has kept me from getting another drone. Class action.
her commentary was priceless....super cool video!!!!
Best to always do an indoor flight check for the trim settings, as well as getting comfortable with the controls in case of an emergency. My DX-4 flys great. I always do an indoor pre flight check before a field test.
I reviewed your telemetry data and my findings indicate too much left stick in the upward position.
Most understanding wife ever! My wife: you did what!
If, indeed, it went to "the top of the sky," don't wait up for it. Or maybe, since this video is
5 years old, the prodigal drone has returned home where it belongs. Fun video.
Mine did the same thing at shot up into the air the wind caught it and it took it into some Farmer's field I'm out there wandering around in waist-high field with the Wi-Fi on my phone telling me when I was getting close to it. I did manage to recover it after 20 minutes of searching. When it loses the signal it should automatically land I would think
That's why I learned to build my own .
And set it up on my PC .
There's a lot of good videos on UA-cam showing you how to do it .
Having the satisfaction of seeing what you built fly .
And no I'm not a techno wizard .
Reminds me of when I almost lost my DX-3. The wind blew me and around and I got disoriented and didn't know where the front was facing. It flew to the next neighborhood and looked like a spec in the sky. I almost had it coming back until the wind made it do a 180 and it soared to the ground. I drove over there and somehow managed to find it. It landed in someones bush. Now i've been too scared to fly it because its always a little bit windy where I live.
love your video! very entertaining to see some older folk have some drone fun! did you recover the dx4?
I SO empathize with you - I lost 3 drones in all..... Secret: We MUST maintain control and site at all times! Start controlling it at 15' and below til we master the maneuvers and controls.... only then, go higher. Love the video!
i really miss mine since i had to return it after the 1 motor stopped working after a crash. and then i tried to take to apart to replace that little silver motor but i could not free it from the plastic case and gearbox around it. the 800 help number for the company was no help and just said return it and would not supply any advice or parts. looked into having it repaired and they wanted 60-90 bux to repair. i got a sky viper now but its not quite the same as the dx4
My son got the same drone for Christmas. We flew it for the first time today and it did the exact same thing. It flew straight up, into the clouds, and never came back down. I’m guessing it’s in orbit by now!
MR K my condolences! Misery loves company!
Haha. I reached out to Sharper Image and they basically told me to go scratch.
Love how everyone puts there 0.02 in when they all know the situation has gone outa there level of technology know how .... OMG , that's a great vid 👍
This is my favorite drone video on youtube..Ive looked at it everyday for 3 days lol
Glad you like it!
@@RickMansfield Did you ever see it again?
...once the signal is lost, the drone isn't coming back, don't floor it to take off, easy does it, inch it to desired height and steer, no need to go full throttle to get it up, if there's a stop or land button, hold it down before it reaches the stratosphere, but rule of thumb, don't fly the drone outside at first, get the hang of it and then enjoy.
Never hit auto land on dx3, i was testing auto land 2 feet off the ground and took off 200f got out of range and free falled into the forest😂
What was the beeping noise in the remote? I couldn't figure out what that was in mine.
Kevin Davis when you hit the land button it continues to beep until you have successfully landed and reengaged flight mode by hitting land button again. it's a lockout for the controls. once landed if there's still power you can hit take off button again and fly
me and the wife are crying over here because we know EXACTLY how you guys feel...lol8x
This video will never get played out
Yep.
I just bought and was playing with it inside today. On two occasions its stuck to the ceiling with none of the controls helping come down. Even if i hold down it didnt matter.
Yeah, it's supposed to be able to do that, but I think there's a whole batch of them that are defective. And Sharper Image doesn't seem to care.
I just purchased one of these the dx 4. works great very responsive fun to fly! This is my first drone/quadcopter. I have opperated helicopters before so i was some what ready for the responsiveness of this drone. This model has three settings for speed low med high. in my oppinion low is where you should keep it.. The lift off is rather quick on this setting and since this model must only weigh in the grams it doesnt take much for a breeze to sweep it out of control and out of your sight. My advice to anybody who is starting out with one of these is practice for a while and do not lay on the throtle.... unless you have another 80 doll hairs for the next one! ;)
I know this is an old video, but how did you get the rotors to start? I have one, and I can't figure it out.
I have a sharper image dx2 drone. I have had it for awhile and they are sensitive and I have some tips to help out.
Tip 1: read instructions and it will say slowly go up on the throttle.
Tip 2: don't use auto land. It sucks because all it does is go up and I couldn't control my drone. It nearly got ran over when i turned it off. Luckily it didn't and I was surprised it was still working. So in my words manually land it.
Tip 3: do it indoors first and get used to the sensitive throttle. Trust me you will need all the practice you can get.
Tip 4: don't fly it in winds that are two high. If your in a yard with neighbors around I would say you should fly it at 10 mph or lower winds and fly it at an altitude that won't effect it that much. If your in the open with lots of space 15 mph is ok but I would still be careful.
Tip 5: read about the trim in the instructions. The trim will help with stability and flight.
Tip 6: always keep your eye on the drone. This drone requires it because like I said it's got sensitive controls. Don't look at the camera either. Matter of a fact I took the phone holder of the controller because of that.
Tip 7: don't freak out. You will lose control of your drone and will make you nervous about flying it.
Tip 8: if you think your doing something wrong or your freaking out. Just take a break, land your drone(manually because auto land sucks) and put in an area were you can fly it again.
Those are my tips. Hope this is helpful.
Be sure to read the instructions real well to. It's helped alot.
Crazy this is the first video that popped up when I googled that particular drone. I just live a few miles up the road right across the Arkansas line.
This is in my top 10 fav videos on youtube.
"did you not read the instructions dear" darn I've heard that a few times lol
It's 2019 now. Did it come back yet?
It’s 2020 now did it come back yet?
It's now 2021 wonder if It has come back now
This was funny to watch at least. Good luck on your next drone.. :)
I think I'm going to save up for a DJI Mavick.
goodluck.thos are the best
imo
He was suppose to push the other button that says auto orientation not the land button because auto orientation would bring it back to you, land button makes it land exactly where it is hovering at. Land button won't work past 120ft because land button works only at like roughly 35ft auto orientation will land even at 400ft. Further if u point arms straight up at it!
Don't feel bad these are very cheap drones can happen to anyone lol I flew mine for a long time and one day it just kept going the opposite direction
😂😂mine just did that
It's like wasting money over a box of fireworks.
Mine took off on me too. I was really mad. $75 gone
DylPickleChips I flew it around about 10 ft off the ground the first several times up. For the record, I'm not blaming the drone in any fashion. I took it up too high and it was too windy. That's what I think happened at least
I have been flying mine since Christmas and I can barley go up 50 feet. I am slowly rising but it takes a lot of practice to deal with the wind. Good luck
Flying money bye bye😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I got mine and I loved it but it ran off😔💔
2:12 Surely it'll come back toward it's mother... motherboard.
LOL
Nothing beautiful moment than when wife saw her husband came back to a child😁😁
I just got one of these, my second overall drone. First few minutes out of the box and it has no control, it refuses to land and I cannot control throttle. Throttle does what it wants. Glad I only tested indoors, is this a huge problem for this brand?
I did recalibrate it as another post suggest, seems to have helped some. Now I can turn throttle off.
I just had that happen today. I bought a Sharper Image, DX- 2, for $30. Took it out for it's first flight. Flew great at low altitude for a while. Took it higher , then tried to land it. It just kept going higher and higher, until it it was out of sight
BRUH
Fuxk lol and I just bought a dx-4 for 45$ lol
Thanks, I needed that laugh. Sorry it had to be at your expense. Literally :)
Drone: 100s of feet away!! Wife: do we need to get the manual?😅
When you play with your kids christmas gift before you give it to them...they would of loved it too bad lol
Grandma and her Buick 😂
Where can I buy replacement propellers?
My friend, know that feel, it no the best feeling, very sorry this happened to you too.
Exactly what happened to my DX-3 just two days ago. lifted off and just kept going. I walked the near by field and woods for hours. It's gone....................
I got a DX3 and the same thing happened on the first flight. Luckily I found it after 3 hrs of looking. I read that other people had the same problem, so I took it back to Walmart and got a refund. I told them the controls don't work. No problem.
Gee, my next drone wont be a Sharper Image. Wife just bought me a Propel Sky Rider. Never had one. 2 weeks, still learning. Smaller area but I shouldn't complain about the huge power line towers almost straight up, hillside and houses. The wind blows about 95% of the time. I finally lost it on a neighbors roof. It sat there for two nights. I flew it once. Now it turns on as soon as I plug in the battery. Wont turn off. Anyone know how to fix this? Can't wait to use the camera.
"Did you uh... have any lost insurance on it?"
Nope.
I had that same problem but it was the one without the camera and it went so high that I couldn't get it back down to earth. It was long gone. Those RC's have a huge radius in vertical feet.
I might have an answer. My son received a Dx-4 for Christmas and we have put 2 flights on it. I noticed something rattling inside the radio and would interfere with the right control stick. I carefully removed the screws and opened it up. The first thing I noticed was that the antenna wire was cut. Only 1 strand of wire was holding it together. I don't have a pic but the antenna is soldered to the board, then goes up and over the sharp edge of the board, then is tucked into the yellow antenna cap. It's a very poor design from the factory. I imagine yours was probably like mine but cut all the way through. That would explain the loss of control. I'm trying to find a replacement antenna that I can solder on myself. Oh, and the rattle inside? It was an extra stunt button. I'm sure these things are put together in a hurry and the worker just grabbed another without trying to remove the dropped one.
If he got a Dx-4 for Christmas and you had trouble with it then you should have called Horizon Hobby and they would have taken care of the problem. They have excellent customer service. Their number is 1-877-504-0233.
This just happened to me (2017). Got one of these for Christmas (yesterday). Took it out and was flying it around - it went up and I struggled to control it - then it just went straight up and up and then took off towards the south then while I could barley see but a block dot - I saw it fall - but it was so far out there over a wooded area there was no hope in finding it. RIP Drone - probably will not get one of these again.
Dude I've lost 6 drones do the flyaways as a matter of fact I lost a sharper image dx-5 it wasn't even up in the sky maybe a minute and just sailed up up and away. I've lost a sky viper 100.00 Hubsan 120.00 Sharper image 55.00 Two Visuo XS809HW 160.00 Bugs 3 140.00 and an 8807 70.00. Around $650.00 gone quicker than it took to go online and buy them. Moral of my story of misfortune. Learn after the first fly away. Buy a GPS Quad or at least on with altitude hold my Bugs had neither. That thing shot up 200 feet plus then vanished. Trust me it gets easier pretty quick if you practice I dont know about you but me like most once you get comfortable flying its addicting. I bought a Spark and it is bad ass.
LOL you got some real bad drone luck, espectially if a Bugs 3 flew away, those dont just fly away, they must be flown away :D Spark is a good drone for serious beginners! amzn.to/2MVZMrW
@@JonesDrones woah $600 bucks, I'm pretty sure no beginner is going to buy that as there first drone!
LOL, that was funny, but it did happen to me also. Did you turn off the power and did you ever find it?
Decided to reading the manual was a good idea after it passes a quarter mile in the air hahaha !
It happened to me as well about 1 year ago and I'm still looking for it. I even have my dog helping me tracking it
Omg, laughed till I cried 😂😂!!
So I got the Dx-5 for my kids for Christmas and same thing. It was about 20 feet in the air and I yelled to my daughter to press the land button. It then went straight up and never came back.
_Drone malfunctions_
"Did you not read the directions before you started it? Seriously!"
I did! I promise!
Auto Land is for 30 feet high or less.
There is no "fly back home" button.
Lol
Hey I just got this as a Christmas present and we can't find directions on how to hook it to your phone could you help me out?
The instructions should be in the booklet that came with your DX-4. But essentially, you download the app "360 Flight."
If you're using an iPhone, here's the link: itunes.apple.com/us/app/360-flight/id1107233534?mt=8
DL the app FIRST, following the directions, it helps in recovery's...
Rick Mansfield thanks! I finally found it but my husband said it wasn't in the booklet but who knows how well he actually read it. He's one of those "i don't need instructions" types 😆
😂😂😂😂this made my day for the wrong reason, was so funny LOL
When people from Tennessee go exploring for alien life.
“Don’t lean back too far you could faint”
🤣
That's hilarious! I just bought this drone and now I'm scared to fly it Lol
At Lear yours took off.... I bought one almost three hours ago, right out of the box one if the motors didn't work.... Bright side is I have a security camera for my room now.
The off-screen commentary is hilarious. Love the accents.
Larry Dimmer-accents? What accents? ;-)
Hwat do yé mean àccénts!?
WARNING EVERYONE! Drone itself can go 450 FT, but remember, the WIFI interference with the controller, which reduces the range to ONLY 30 METERS!! DO NOT EXCEED 30 METERS, IT WILL LOSE CONNECTION AND MAINTAINS THE ALTITUDE AND FLEW AWAY WITH WIND. This DOES NOT have failsafe or gps so please don't exceed 30 meters!
Every drone pilot's fear: the fly away.
Man I'm really sorry for your luck but🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 silver lining, this video has 135k views!!! 👊😎👍👍👍
Sorry Rick. I've had the wind aloft carry mine away too. (Think yours was a flaw though)
Kathy asking if you read the manual over and over again made me LMAO!
Next time practice inside until you have the controls verified and the thing kinetically memorized.
Do they ever come back cus mine's gone
I had a drone fly away 6 years ago. I'm still hoping one day it returns..
Im tying kite string to mine when I try it for the first time LMAO😂 won't get me for 40 bucks that easy
R u still wating for your dron to come back?
love it..did u ever get it back ?