I honestly think that people who lose their drones either fly rashly or do not have the proper settings when they fly

@70Marc

3 жыл бұрын

Tracy Blyth , guess you've never lost your drone through no fault of your own, yet. , eh?

@70Marc

3 жыл бұрын

Brandon Consigliere , it is an argument. I agree that many or most do lose their drones when they fly rashly or without proper settings. But these things aren't foolproof either. I know from experience.

@tracyblyth2080

3 жыл бұрын

@@70Marc Proud to say that I don't because I always fly safely

@brianaoliver2675

3 жыл бұрын

Of course, if something's wrong with the drone (which is like 1% of the time) you'll crash. But if you have VLOS or are not flying above water you'll find your drone 99% of the time. It's those who "fly rashly" that tend to lose drones. I'm with him/her on this one.

@70Marc

3 жыл бұрын

Briana Oliver , I have a Phantom P330, that flew perfectly for 200+ flights. Then one day, no fault of mine, it took off on its own. Found it, sent for repairs, flew 100+ more flights, then crashed again. Hopefully these (esp Mini2) have better software, connectivity and it won't happen again. I do all my preflight checks diligently. Of course there's all kinds of people that fly, drive, etc recklessly.

Thanks for including the recovery and tracking the drone. Not many videos cover recovery, which is something we'll all have to do at some point. Lesson learned, always fly into the wind and come back with the wind.

This is really helpful. I am terrified of losing my drone especially as I live in a city with lots of flat roofs. So far, I have not flown more than 2,000 metres. It is also really cold - typically around minus 10 centigrade (although it can get to -40C so I am not complaining) so flight time is reduced to around 20 minutes

Reminds me of the Tom Hardy scene in Dunkirk lolololol

All good info! That couple @9:08 were definitely having a look around to see if the pilot was nearby, they definitely had spotted your drone, both looked back towards it!! 🤔😯😁😎👍

I very like your videos.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks !

Very good 👍👍🇮🇩

This happened to me yesterday on my Air 2, wish i'd watched this before !

Excellent vid once again and great that you got it back. I took the plunge yesterday and went and bought the mini 2. Did a little in house flight last night. All calibrated up ready for a cold flight. Glad to have my wings back. 😀👍🏻

@piee683

3 жыл бұрын

R u happy with it, I love mine great quality

It seem that you have enough time to direct the drone closer to land if just you do it sooner.

@JSolisHD

3 жыл бұрын

I dont know why, but if they dont have enough battery, they still forced it over the water on the way back, instead of flying to the nearest LAND so they can go over there to retrieve it instead. people loses their drones because it loses altitude after battery had being drained.

My DJI Mini 4 Pro auto lands at 10% now. So thats either on all DJI now or if your paying for the refresh, as im sure DJI want to reduce how many drones they have to replace.

Makes me very nervous watching this 👍🇬🇧😄

You were so calm!😮

@DMProductions

5 ай бұрын

Haha inside I wasn’t !

Thanks for a great video. Made me feel anxious though lol Got my Mini 2 Fly More Combo a couple of days ago and can’t wait to fly it once we’re out of full lockdown.

Hey bud. You could have pushed upward to get it to the completed dry land even though it was “force landing”. Try next time.

@samdorais4160

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he could of done that, however when my friend did a range test with his mini 2 he pushed upward while the battery was low (>5%). And once that battery hit 0%, he started to land. Then the drone just started crashing down.

Is there a way to turn off the tips from popping up? I find it to be nothing but a distraction

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I believe you can in settings I’ll check

We’ve not had snow, but it’s been cold here. Mini2 has coped well

Congratulations that everything ended well !!! !

The stock Lipo battery on the Mini 2 can travel another 800 meters or 3000' after reaching 0% battery. Pushing the left stick up can prevent forced landing well below 0%. I believe you could have made it Home quite easily.

@samdorais4160

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he could of done that, however when my friend did a range test with his mini 2 he pushed upward while the battery was low (>5%). And once that battery hit 0%, he started to land. Then the drone just started crashing down

@paleomanjim

3 жыл бұрын

@@samdorais4160 Might be the battery he was using. The stock Lipo battery hangs in there well below 0%, but the Li-ion batteries begin to land the drone at 0% regardless of stick position.

Holy Cow

Why didn't you just click the lil X and close the forced landing bro!? I mean you just click the lil close X circle thing to the left of the Forced Landing messages? Thus way you can fly with the battery past 0%, but in sure a million people told you that after watching the video hey, lol.. Sweet I'm really really happy and glad that you didn't lose your wonderful, beloved Mini 2! I really really love my Mavic Mini and my Mini 2, I fly both! Usually I have one flight with my Mavic Mini and get an impression, then I take out the Mini 2 as I have the Fly More Combo for it and fly 3 times for about 10 minutes! I like to always have my batteries at between 60 and 72 percent, storage voltage! This way they will get very very slow degeneration and will be healthy for a long long time. Of course you must fly them down to 20% but having batteries at 65% say will preserve them for sure.. 🇧🇬😁🛸🌃

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

You cannot cancel forced landings now bro

@ivanjdrakov1957

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMProductions wow really, that's amazing and crazy thought, why would there be a Close X button of the app won't let you use it!? Makes no sense at all... I myself will never, ever have my drone land anywhere except back by me hey! I watch all my telemetry all the time, and when I see my battery is at 30% I make sure to be less than 200m away from me at all times after that.. I've never actually had a forced landing, so I can't be sure hey. You may just be correct about all this. I hope you don't have anymore such landings bro... 🇧🇬😁🛸 PS: you're definitely way way WAY more brave than me bro, I'd never have the nuts to fly so far! I admire you for the fact you just fly out and be all calm always and chilled... When I'm 1km away, furthest I've been with my Mavic Mini over Sofia city, I'm like freaking out and being all afraid and stuff for some reason.. Sweet 🛸😁🇧🇬🌃

I found out that the Mini 2 actually has a little gas in the tank even though it may hit the 0% mark. I was able to fly 732m(2400ft) on 0%. The drone was trying to land but I was pushing up on the stick which kept my altitude and I was pushing forward on the right stick to keep it moving forward. I was over the middle of a river and was trying to get to the other side so that I could retrieve it. It just kept flying. The forward speed dropped to about 5.4m/s(12mph) but it kept flying so I kept bringing it home hoping to get as close to me as possible. Well it made it back to to me and I landed it in my hand and immediately shut it down so not to damage battery. Turns out the battery is fine and all is well, but there was a definite pucker factor during all of this. It was only my second flight of the drone. Learned a valuable lesson that day. I think DJI might have built in some padding on the battery info. They must know that some of us are gong to ignore that warning light on the dash that it's time for gas. At any rate I WOULD NOT recommend that anyone fly at 0% like I did. It was terrifying.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I think they have I’m going to be doing a video on the 0% battery life. I think if true they should have the option in settings to use reserve battery life

Could you see your drone at all times? New regs says you need LOS.

@drybiscuit

3 жыл бұрын

Of course he couldn't. No human being has eyesight with that acuity to resolve something the size of the Mini 2 at a distance of several kilometers. He was flying BVLOS and so breaking the law under CAP722

@darkelf1000

3 жыл бұрын

@@drybiscuit that was my point.

Glad to see that you really manage to flew back the drone in safe location 😱

Sports Mode killed your battery on the outbound leg too...Please calibrate your phone's Compass, you can do it inside Google Maps App..Just takes a few minutes...take your watch off...🤔🤔😳🇬🇧

Good video. I enjoyed it. well made. But if you are flying your drone like this may be you don't deserve it back (sending it in sports mode and having it fight wind on return is a recipe for disaster) @2.25 There is a message about "sports mode".

@michaelmassee4552

3 жыл бұрын

don't panic, just switch back to normal mode, and the rest 600 meter should be no problem.

@Airbag888

3 жыл бұрын

funny you call yourself duke of drones when you dont know that sports mode gets you further in a range test while normal mode keeps you flying longer

@haroonvlogs5437

3 жыл бұрын

@@Airbag888 read my post again. When it hits you like a ton of bricks then come talk to me. Getting further is not a sole goal of range test. Its also to get it back!

@Airbag888

3 жыл бұрын

@@haroonvlogs5437 I guess math is hard for some. It's ok we need all kinds of people in the world

@haroonvlogs5437

3 жыл бұрын

@@Airbag888 yes and common sense even harder.

What is that music at 5 mins its beautiful!

Had this very thing happen to me - was a long ways away and took 40% power to get there. Had 60% power so decided to come back - figured had lots. Wind didn't change so I put it in S mode and wanted to get back faster. At 15% it decided to go into auto-land mode! Thought I had till 10%! It forced itself down but got to the beach - but 1500 m away. And since I was in a remote area without a cell signal... had one when I started.... and I forgot to cache maps.... find my drone did not work. Thankfully I memorized the land it was going down to and found it... but was pretty nervous someone would find it before me... Not sure why it forced itself down at 15%, and I think it uses alot more power in S mode than N or C modes...

Mini 1 haves better signal we. It comes back

Good video, I like running ours along the coast as well just not brave enough to try distance testing. 😃👍

Nicely done. Not many safe places to put your Mini down in that situation, but you did the best you could

@user-Chikotillo

3 жыл бұрын

In that case He had more than enough space to land it, imagine landing like this in the city or forest?

I wasn’t aware any movement would assist the drone getting back, good to know

@ivanjdrakov1957

3 жыл бұрын

Wow really... Dude you need to read the manual and understand it.. Sweet Keep well and be safe bro!

Why is your app so different than mine with the dji mini 2 ?

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Are you on iOS

How are you calculating remaining flight time? Why is 35% only 3 minutes of flight time? Isn't 100% 30 minutes? If so, then 35% would be about 10 minutes and 10% would be 3 minutes. Or are you considering the wind resistance. If someone finds your drone, and keeps it, is that considered theft?

Great Video - My heart was beating so fast when it landed.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

😂 thank you

Good vid 👍

OMG I had the same scenario with the same metrics flying my drone 5 km in the direction of the sea to test the range and I was at 70% to come back but it never could make it! It crashed in the sea after 17 min of flying time. I think something is wrong, specially with the battery. Some people mention the battery was draining very fast. I contacted DJI to see what they can do. I'm glad you can get your drone back.

@drybiscuit

3 жыл бұрын

No - you ignored the low battery RTH warning and cancelled it. You were flying the entire time in sports mode which depletes the battery faster and you failed to take into account winds aloft for both strength and direction. Totally pilot error.

@nenobujas6567

3 жыл бұрын

You made mistake...as beginner pilot, ignored wind direction, and flying in sport mode booth direction...

How can it go that far the farthest mine will go is 5000 feet

That's a great video glad you got it back I lost my mavic mini and the batteries died and still didn't get it back that was in the summer time and had some amazing footage of my 3 children and and two of them are special needs and my eldest daughter is 15years old and has a life threatening condition that effects her life span even the common cold could be very bad for her and find it hard at this time with everything that's happening around the world so please keep safe and fly safe bud and I will catch you on the next video thanks for sharing bud really enjoyed it big like from me bud 👍👍👍

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Aw thanks

i was worried someone was going to take your drone

Man, that was frighting to watch. I crashed my DJI Mini 2 in a nearby creek last week. It was under about a foot of water for more than 2 hours. I had hit an unseen tree twit, and it crashed in the water (fresh water). Removed the battery and put it in rice for 5 days, and everything seems to work okay after a short test flight. Have you ever had to do this?

Its just dumb to run the batteries so low. Been flying for 2 years and not one time I have been in danger of running out of battery

Very helpful. Thanks

Hey buddy, very good tutorial for the beginner. Mostly show them how to not panick when into this kind of situation. Well done! Cheers and Happy New Year from Malaysia. 🙂👍

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you happy new year

So still has battery draining issue? I’m a afraid to update if that was the case.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Battery is normal now

Hey Buddy. You would have been better off flying in normal mode. Would have lost much less battery. Please redo test in normal mode.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

It’s coming 😊

Very good video bro, i heard the battery still has some power even if its 0% reserved for the rescue operation

@ivanjdrakov1957

3 жыл бұрын

True

@samdorais4160

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure that is true, when my friend did a range test with his mini 2 he pushed upward while the battery was low (>5%). And once that battery hit 0%, he started to land. Then the drone just started crashing down.

@ivanjdrakov1957

3 жыл бұрын

@@samdorais4160 well I've seen videos here in KZread and I've seen otherwise hey! I've seen people fly their Mini 2s for about 1 to 2 minutes after the battery hits 0%! So not sure about that, as I haven't myself tried it.. I'm not going to try though, I'm usually landed before the controller starts beeping at 20%! I really really look after my Mavic Mini and my Mini 2 and will not do anything crazy like fly it to 0%! Sweet Keep well and be safe bro!

You can fly further in N mode, you would have likely made it back if you did that 🙈

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Coming soon....

Well I disagree I've done video on this on my phone mini 1 give it left.stick.still have power on what it says on screen could have got alot closer to you

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Too much risk using the depleted reserve

4km up wow amazing👍🏿 try to landing in save zone

I would of been panicking but like you said anyone could had picked that up and where I am in Croydon that would of been the end of that drone lol but still always allow enough battery and really with a drone of this size fly it in good weather but good to see your taking all the risks leaving the rest of us to use our common sense lol looking forward to the Next one 👍😉😀

Click bait or what! 😁. You weren’t even over the water. Ether way you did well. Do recon you could of just made it back though with a bit of drip in altitude And possibly flying in normal mode? Glad you got it back fella

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you buddy! Descending is always advisable but from a distance you loose signal a lot lower

i bet you started walking towards drone real quick when you realized it might not make it😀

I'm glad that you were able to recover it, good news. I've been doing range tests with my Mini 1, 4220 m so far (I'm in Chile), and I have my plan B all set in advance. I've explored the emergency landing site, so I know the spot I'm going to land at in case the battery runs out. My only concern is, what if I lose connection while the drone is descending, with, say, 6% battery left?, will the RTH activate and send it away to land somewhere else?, is it possible to change the RTH setting to "descend" in mid-flight?. Well, lots of questions :)

Surprised you didn’t lower the height to eg 20 metres below the wind, also move across to the right above the sand rather than the water,

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Correct but Issue with descending too much like I mentioned in the video is you could lose signal a lot and gain more interference.

Great video 👍

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@DroneViewsMedia

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMProductions You're very welcome, who doesn't like a bit of drama 👍

Just bad piloting. Can’t understand why you continued to stay over the water with low battery warning.

Wow that was almost certainly gonna be a one way flight at that distance with a slight side angle tail wind. 16m/s on the outward flight and down to 10m/s on the way back. I reckon 4km is about the limit on a calm day to get back again. You sound calm on the voice over but I'm guessing it was a scary time for you.. Its a great what not to do video, being more aware and checking wind direction and shear, but keeping calm is key. Maybe you could of lowered the altitude even more and kept pushing up forward on the sticks to get you that little bit closer. Rather than running a quarter marathon to hope its not been taken 😱. Lets hope it doesn't happen again. I'm glad you managed to retrieve it 👍

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you buddy

Tense time !

Sqeeky bum time lol

Good stuff!! Wish DJI would not have taken the option to cancel the forced laning. Otherwise, you could have possibly gotten it back within in line of site. #ViZionZatBoydNetPhotography

Why do you out the phone in airplane mode?

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Helps with long distance less interference from WiFi and Bluetooth and you don’t want calls and texts when flying

General question Can we fly during national lockdown Anybody know Sorry to go of subject,great flight by the way👍👍

@DeeJayEll

3 жыл бұрын

I tend to keep an eye on fishing. If they’re allowed to go fishing, I’ll fly. According to the Fishing Trust (and Boris) there’s no fishing at the moment.

good you did not go farer

Greetings from Worcestershire dude 👍 did you see they send a separate battery firmware update yesterday? It came up for one of my batteries anyway when inserted. You know if you’re hovering in position and you yaw it all the way around 360, does your quad ever twitch a bit when it stops yaw’ing? I’ve noticed mine does (not normal wind stutter) so hoping when I go out to try it again it will have stopped. Doesn’t affect camera, you can just see the drone spasming almost.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I haven’t had that , I hope it get sorted for you. I’ve not had the battery firmware update message you but hopefully will on today’s flight

@LowryDroneography-Steve

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMProductions Strange, I’m going to test mine again too when I get chance in a bit and see if by chance the spasm was anything to do with needing the update. It only requested the update for one battery as I tried the other 2 and nothing....so guessing it must do it all in one, OR the others were fine and that one wasn’t 🤷🏻

@LowryDroneography-Steve

3 жыл бұрын

Just tried it again and no such luck! It sort of does a bigger circle than it should also just yawing in the same spot. Can’t see how it could be IMU as it was completely flat! However take off point was not entirely.

@samdorais4160

3 жыл бұрын

@@LowryDroneography-Steve Hi, I think I might be experiencing the same issue as you but with the mavic mini (1). Does it do something similar to this? kzread.info/dash/bejne/jKKcpdSjiam8d9Y.html

@LowryDroneography-Steve

3 жыл бұрын

@@samdorais4160 Sorry to see this! No not like that for mine, it was pulsing like a metronome like tweaking once a second maybe

Whew!

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