Lost my drone today
- Thread starter Zentg
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Hey man! Seriously don't do it. Try to call someone to talk it out:
http://ptsdusa.org/get-help/hotline-crisis-numbers/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/wiki/hotlines
Like I said before, so many things go wrong in this hobby, so it has to be expected. Everyone of us has had so many issues and some quit and some stick around and just keep building and building and replacing continuously to stay in the hobby. Honestly, I think the videos online lie. The hobby really isn't mostly about flying. It's 85% build, repair, charge batteries... and maybe 15% flying. That's unless you buy a Phantom or something else that does the flying for you. But even then, you still may crash. My co-worker got a Phantom 4 and had two days of good flying, then smashed it into a concrete wall and it fell straight down into a huge puddle of water. In this hobby, you're guaranteed to have a lot of what most people look at as setbacks. I think the ones who stay with the hobby look at them as challenges, experiences, etc.
Either way, getting disappointed over crashing/losing your quad is no good reason to shoot yourself because those things are something that everyone experiences in this hobby. Sometimes I think I want to get into buggies or something that doesn't leave the ground so I don't have to worry about all the things that come with flying quads. That might be a better route for you. You'll might still crash, but it won't be as bad. Or just buy super cheap quads and/or build something super cheap so you don't have to worry when something goes wrong. Even if you lose it, you'd still have your biggest investment in your hands (your tx) and you can just rebuild and you won't be out that much money (comparatively to a more expensive build).
Either way, I know you're not in a good state of mind, but I can't think of one good reason to let a disappointment from this hobby be worth shooting yourself. I know you have a lot of other stuff built up that almost none of us would be able to understand or comprehend, but some things take a lot of time to battle and resolve. Even though you're having a hell of a time now, you have to just take one breath at a time and chip away at the things that are causing you to hurt and suffer. Again - I would have no way of comprehending what you've been through, but there are certainly people who have been through a lot worse and made it through to a point where they were happy and content and had things under control. And I'm sure when they hit that point, it was the greatest feeling imaginable. I'm a true believer that people's appreciation for happiness is even higher if they've been through tough times that they didn't think they'd make it through.
I know things don't look very bright right now, but the first step is really to just get the underlying issues out on the table and to just battle through them so you can take control of your emotions and feelings. I really hope that you can find someone to talk to that understands what you're going through. It will be a long journey, but in the bigger picture, you have so much more life to live, so the struggle will certainly be worth it if you just fight through the healing process.
Sorry if any of this came off as cheesy or cliche, but I really mean it.
Mike
http://ptsdusa.org/get-help/hotline-crisis-numbers/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/wiki/hotlines
Like I said before, so many things go wrong in this hobby, so it has to be expected. Everyone of us has had so many issues and some quit and some stick around and just keep building and building and replacing continuously to stay in the hobby. Honestly, I think the videos online lie. The hobby really isn't mostly about flying. It's 85% build, repair, charge batteries... and maybe 15% flying. That's unless you buy a Phantom or something else that does the flying for you. But even then, you still may crash. My co-worker got a Phantom 4 and had two days of good flying, then smashed it into a concrete wall and it fell straight down into a huge puddle of water. In this hobby, you're guaranteed to have a lot of what most people look at as setbacks. I think the ones who stay with the hobby look at them as challenges, experiences, etc.
Either way, getting disappointed over crashing/losing your quad is no good reason to shoot yourself because those things are something that everyone experiences in this hobby. Sometimes I think I want to get into buggies or something that doesn't leave the ground so I don't have to worry about all the things that come with flying quads. That might be a better route for you. You'll might still crash, but it won't be as bad. Or just buy super cheap quads and/or build something super cheap so you don't have to worry when something goes wrong. Even if you lose it, you'd still have your biggest investment in your hands (your tx) and you can just rebuild and you won't be out that much money (comparatively to a more expensive build).
Either way, I know you're not in a good state of mind, but I can't think of one good reason to let a disappointment from this hobby be worth shooting yourself. I know you have a lot of other stuff built up that almost none of us would be able to understand or comprehend, but some things take a lot of time to battle and resolve. Even though you're having a hell of a time now, you have to just take one breath at a time and chip away at the things that are causing you to hurt and suffer. Again - I would have no way of comprehending what you've been through, but there are certainly people who have been through a lot worse and made it through to a point where they were happy and content and had things under control. And I'm sure when they hit that point, it was the greatest feeling imaginable. I'm a true believer that people's appreciation for happiness is even higher if they've been through tough times that they didn't think they'd make it through.
I know things don't look very bright right now, but the first step is really to just get the underlying issues out on the table and to just battle through them so you can take control of your emotions and feelings. I really hope that you can find someone to talk to that understands what you're going through. It will be a long journey, but in the bigger picture, you have so much more life to live, so the struggle will certainly be worth it if you just fight through the healing process.
Sorry if any of this came off as cheesy or cliche, but I really mean it.
Mike
glowingturnip
Well-Known Member
please please please don't do anything hasty, it's just not worth it.
Mike's right, it's a very frustrating hobby - great when it's going right, but things do get lost, break, fail, crash, fly into trees etc etc and that's all just part of it - those things won't change, it's just part of the hobby, and they will happen again and again. And it is just a hobby, it's just fun playing with stuff, that's all, it's not anything more serious than that, and not worth doing something regrettable about.
You'll come round, you know you will, and chances are you may buy another one and have just as much fun with it, or look at alternatives like Mike says, a buggy, rock crawler or whatever. Until then, please just hang in there and get over the down patch.
Stuart
Mike's right, it's a very frustrating hobby - great when it's going right, but things do get lost, break, fail, crash, fly into trees etc etc and that's all just part of it - those things won't change, it's just part of the hobby, and they will happen again and again. And it is just a hobby, it's just fun playing with stuff, that's all, it's not anything more serious than that, and not worth doing something regrettable about.
You'll come round, you know you will, and chances are you may buy another one and have just as much fun with it, or look at alternatives like Mike says, a buggy, rock crawler or whatever. Until then, please just hang in there and get over the down patch.
Stuart
LoneRCRanger
Well-Known Member
I say that all the time and never pull the trigger or down the sleeping pills. Unless that was a very expensive quad, buying a gun will cost more than just buying a new quad. Get over it, buy a new quad and chalk up the loss to inexperience. Keep on flying. If you fall off a bicycle, what do you do? Get back on and remember not to do what your just did. Same with the quad. Get a new one and remember not to do what you did to lose the last one. Life is too precious to lose to a lost drone.
Bradmadison
Member
Church always helps
Wildwelder
Well-Known Member
- Dude if your still alive lemme tell you I've lost some quads( builds not buys) due to complete stupidity on my part then spent days walking through snow looking for it. Bite the bullet and build another. All you can do. Good luck. Let us know what you build!!
Altsickeness
Quad Addict
I lost my very first hobby grade quad. It sucked but its not the end of the world... or shouldn't be. Hope Zen is okay. Not really fair of him to tell us he's going to kill himself when we can't do poop about it, because we dont know real identities here and cant call anyone near him to help him. Hope he told someone who knows who he is that could get him some help.
Altsickeness
Quad Addict
I'm kind of on the edge of losing quads all the time. I fly over woods and swamps and corn fields. I cut through holes in tree limbs under and over stuff, I fly high and far till the controller gets splashy and delayed and quick turn back. The lost quad alarm has saved me 10 times or so. Last crash I found the quad but lost my dang runcam. Got another on order. What sucks was the last flight was kick butt til I crashed and my runcam has the proof.
Altsickeness
Quad Addict
Well if he is lurking, he could be a good guy and let us know he is fine. In the future it would be nice if he would go for help instead of drop the suicide bomb on us strangers on a quadcopter forum. Yes Zen we do care if you are safe because most decent human beings care about their fellow humans, but we really cant do a thing to help you besides direct you to local help. So if you are still alive, it would be nice if you come back and let us know. After that apologize hopefully for the last time and stop threatening suicide on my leasurely quadcoptor hang out. If you need help, get it. I wont converse with you anymore if you keep doing that. Its not fair to us because we can't help you or stop you and most of us are not trained to handle suicide threat people and try to talk you out of it. All we can say is don't do it and feel helpless across the internet.
Wildwelder
Well-Known Member
Ditto