The company acknowledged his failure with drones Karma.
GoPro withdraws from the market 2,5 thousand drones released Karma, admitting his failure. It is reported that the reason of failures of devices that are in the process of flight can disconnect and fall. About it noted on the official website of the manufacturer.
It is known that the first drone Karma was presented on September 19. The UAV is able to reach speeds of up to 54 km/h, overcoming up to 4.5 km on a single battery charge. In General, it is enough for 20 minutes of drone.
One of the facilities Karma was able to control it from a distance of 1 kilometer.
In fact, immediately after the start of sales, users began to complain that bespilotnikov loses power, causing them to plummet during the flight. While the drone could fall, both alone and with expensive action camera, smashing it to pieces. Besides it is not excluded was the possibility of bodily harm to people.
“Safety is our top priority. A very small number of Karma owners reported no cases of a power outage during operation [drones],” said company representatives.
It is reported that far from the drone, no one was hurt, but accepted the decision to withdraw from the market all devices Karma. All returned the drone to the users of the manufacturer gets the money.
Currently the developers are working on the solution of the problems of drones.
