Recall is carried out at GoPro's first drone "Karma"

The company's first drone, GoPro released in October 2016 "KarmaWe announced the recall of.

GoPro Official Website - Capture + share your world - 2016 Karma Return
https://gopro.com/2016karmareturn

GoPro is recalling its Karma drone - The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/8/13569730/gopro-karma-drone-recall-announced

GoPro announced the product recall on November 8, 2016 of the American time, as there is a problem with Karma's flight control device. The cause of the recall is that about 2,500 Karma that have already been sold is targeted because the phenomenon that suddenly loses power during the operation of Karma was confirmed.

According to GoPro, the problem was confirmed in only a few individuals, and damage such as breakage of injury and goods accompanying this trouble was not reported.

Karma is a drone that can be loaded with a GoPro camera mounted on a 3 axis gimbal, with four arms with a rotor attached. Besides being easy to carry, it is designed to make operation easier, and it is designed to be easy to use even for those not familiar with children and drone.

GoPro 's first all - in drawn "Karma" is foldable and easy to carry Portable and easy to operate with children - GIGAZINE


Karma is a drone that incorporates a 3 axis gimbal in the drone body and incorporates GoPro to enable camera shooting.


Since four arms can be folded like this, it can be compactly stored when not in use.


You can put it in a special case and take it out easily.


GoPro is dealing with this recall in cooperation with the American Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration in detail. In Japan, it seems that there will be only a small number of people who will be influenced by models that have not yet been released, but in the future it will be a remedied model when launching in Japan.


◆ 2017/02/02 additional note
On February 1, 2017 GoPro announced the resumption of sales at GoPro.com and American retail stores of Karma that was recalled.

GoPro Official Website - Capture + share your world - Karma Is Back
https://gopro.com/news/GoPro-Karma-Is-Back

A promotional movie is newly released for resuming sales of Karma.

GoPro: Meet Karma - YouTube


The sale of Karma outside the United States, such as Japan, is planned for the spring of 2017.