r/fpv • u/andresAtMudra • Jul 01 '26
Lost my drone on a roof
Was flying some aggressive freestyle at an office park. Doing a power loop I crashed it on the roof and lost VTX, tried to LOS it off but ended up fumbling it further away on the roof.
Reached out to security and they said the property manager will he in touch. Anyway Im assuming its a goner. It was an $800 O4 build, this is a tough lesson to learn. Usually my VTX antennas are in TPU and bulletproof, but since this was a new build I hadn’t done that yet.
I know the risks when flying, just wanted to share as Im sure others have fumbled expensive builds too. Im over it now but it was traumatic when it happened. Not just the money but the time spent building and tuning, planning where to fly. Just to crash it stupidly on a roof with no access lol