Funny story, I have a cheapo drone, it's a lot of fun. Took it to the field behind an elementary school to get some fall foliage photos from above tree level.
Thing has GPS position-holding. I flew it straight up, it was holding steady. I'm like, dang, I'm an expert aviator!
But it was using all it had to fight a slight wind current, then the wind increased and I had no control. Plus it only comes down "so fast" so I couldn't bring it down at "panic fast speed".
Stuck it in a tree just 20 feet from the field. It ejected its battery, like cargo from a C-130. I held onto the battery and remote.
I tried recovering it with a wrench on some string as dusk fell. Threw the wrench up into the branches but it was mostly crashing down and nearly missing my head. It was a Pittsburgh wrench from HF so I wouldn't have minded losing it too.
There was then a week of wind and rain. I figured, hey, maybe it shook out and I could recover it. Went back and there it was on the ground! Guess the elementary school kids didn't jump the fence for some smokin and jokin.
Recovered the SD card, there was my video! Plugged the battery in, it still works.
These things are fun AF.