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GoPro is recalling its first drone just 16 days after it went on sale due to some of the quad copters losing power a GoPro representative provided no further details on the power failure such as whether or not it was losing power mid-flight GoPro says it sold about 2,500 of the Karma drones in the recall announcement the company said no injuries or property damage was reported due to these defective models GoPro is not replacing the unit's just offering refunds but the company does plan to keep making the drones once they fix the problem anyone who owns a karma can get a refund by returning it to GoPro or to the place they bought it from details are on the GoPro website the $800 karma drone was designed for the GoPro camera but it was simple to use with a handheld controller that had a flip-up touchscreen and the drone was very portable and could be folded up into a backpack and in case you are wondering about power loss sophisticated drones like the Karma are designed to not simply fall out of the sky when they lose power they're generally programmed to land themselves when power is low first giving off a warning when the battery is running out I'm Bridget Carey you can stay on top of the biggest tech stories at cnet.com slash