[fsloth]

And it's incredibly robust! Mine has spent total I think a week on a tree. First time it was climbed down. The second time climbing was not feasible. Luckily a storm blew it down after a week or so. The bad part was it landed on sharp steel debris. But it did not have a dent in it. I presume it landed on it's battery, which was missing, which probably then absorbed most of the energy from the fall.

After all this abuse it's still flying like a champ.

I think DJI probably had some quality control issues on at least on the original batch (first I got had lots of problems) but their service reps simply sent a replacement for no charge. The second one has had no problems.

[Filligree]

If you do ever damage it, you can send it to DJI and they’ll give you an itemised repair bill, which will be much cheaper than a new drone.

This isn’t the usual throwaway consumer hardware. The drone is designed to be repaired.

[TedShiller]

So you don’t think littering the environment with a battery encased in plastic is a big deal?

[fsloth]

Why would you think I abandoned it on purpose?

The crash site was a pile of steel beams and other debris from a demolished building.

Do you have suggestions what else I could have done except search for it?