I think you may be misunderstanding the CSC shutdown by the way you've explained how it may be possible to "accidentally" initiate during "film making".
The shutdown only works when there is 100% (read full input) stick movement in the directions outlined on BOTH sticks.
No matter how much you wish it to be possible, there will never ever ever EVER be a time when you are filming that 100% stick input in those directions on both sticks would happen. Like I and others have mentioned, that video would be totally unusable. If you can show me video shot during even 50% input of CSC initiation and it is even remotely usable, I will eat both my shoes and ship you out both of my Inspires free of charge straight to your door in Kingston.
Secondly, you gave an example of when you get "close" to initiating CSC during "normal" filming. The example is:
"When we film events we sometimes hover over the subject, camera down fully ,and ascend rapidly while yawing fully right. This has the effect of spinning the event and is a very effective camera move. Once at altitude we will often reverse this and descend with full right yaw. The thought that during this manoeuvre ( remember the I1 is a camera platform), if the aircraft was drifting forward and right slightly and the operator were to correct that drift ,the aircraft could/would shut down and cease being an aircraft is a terrifying thought."
When you described this maneuver and said if the aircraft drifts and the operator has to correct, I could tell that you either don't fly the aircraft yourself to have knowledge of what you're talking about or that you are making things up as you go just to prove your point.
Let me explain why I think this: If you are descending at full throttle and yawing at full throttle, sure you have half of what you need to initiate CSC. However, the problem comes when you explain how the operator might have to correct for drift. Imagine that scenario, the aircraft is spinning and descending at full speed and begins to drift, if you don't stop at least the 100% yaw movement, how do you plan on correcting for drift? Any correction you make on the right stick will be pointless since the aircraft is rotating so quickly. The correction you make for forward drift immediately becomes sideways drift, which immediately becomes reverse drift and so on so forth due to the 100% yaw (rotation) of the aircraft. The only way you can even dream of adjusting for drift in this scenario is to ease off the yaw or get rid of it completely.
I understand that you are trying to prove a point, and you have it in your mind that CSC is "dangerous" and "unsafe". But honestly man, there just isn't any scenario that you can fabricate that would result in you accidentally initiating that command. If you do, I'm sorry to say, you were being an idiot or fooling around without knowing what you were doing.
Let me start by saying this.......... I'm discussing what I believe to be a serious point ..... I'm not a p***k that takes cheap, inaccurate , unnecessary shots at someone ability to fly, nor do I appreciate your insinuation that I'm not flying the aircraft myself, ergo ... that I am a liar. oops did I just call you a p**k .. maybe I am a P**k that takes cheap shots after all!
For the record I have been in TV and Film for many years having owned and run television station in both Europe and the Caribbean, secondly I have been
personally flying drones for 5 years, my first being a $20,000 Aibotix A6.
Also once again IT HAS NOT HAPPENED TO ME ....
Now back to the point .....
Can someone please point me in the direction of documented cases where someone has had an out of control Inspire and both felt the need to and been able to execute a CSC to kill the motors before an impact. While we are on it can someone tell me how shutting the motors down from such an out of control incident actually reduced the damage inflicted.
As indicated many times there ARE documented incidents of motor cut outs through inadvertent CSC.
Now back to the scenario where I can imagine, comprehend, foresee, anticipate ..... whatever word your would like to use an incident. and for the record this moment of imagination, comprehension, foresight and or anticipation has happened to me on numerous occasions, where I have found myself executing a move and had to consciously remember not to pull full input back and left on the right stick.
Your correct in your assertion that while the inspire is in full descent and full yaw ( not an extreme move to me) if the inspire has drifted out to the right of its ideal descent the pilot will not be able to affect directional control ........... HOWEVER ... and it a big however (hence the caps!) the human brain reacts to instinct. When we are seeing a small drone 500 ft up we recognise the drift more than we recognise the yaw. Therefore it is quite
possible or even plausible for a pilot to start inputting a little right and back stick to correct a drift. what happens when your braking and it isn't stopping ... you break harder correct ..... same here if you input a little and see no change then your next instinct is to input more ending up in a right stick that is held resulting in ..... youve guessed it CSC, brick, terminal velocity oh s**t ....
Dear DJI customer service,
I was flying my DJI Inspire one when the rotors stopped.
Dear NTSB
I was flying my .......
Dear Coroner
Dear Judge
Dear Prison warder .......
Dear God .... I just want the control to carry out this action moved to a SAFER location.
