if you joined the live chat stream when it premiered - HEY!

@KryptosChain

3 жыл бұрын

*Great video mate ! It's been very windy here in Southern Spain in the last few days so I didn't fly it too often but I like their latest firmware updates cause now I can fly it from my back garden further away since that update. Love this drone*

If you all would stop flying way way way out of line of sight, you wouldn't have this problem.

Looked like the Mini 2 was so happy to see you!

Drone hunting/chasing should be a sport.

So kids, that's why you should avoid flying far during high winds. Otherwise you'll be hunting for your drone. Happened to him, happened to me, could happen to you. And then you'd start blaming the manufacturer for problems you've caused.

@PN-80

3 жыл бұрын

Dont fly illegally and then you wouldnt have this problem 👍🏼

Wow that was touch and go, it’s great learning all this great stuff without putting my own drone in danger 😂

should have used the tacking method as used in sailing ships....you tack back to home in a zig zag line also altering you height up as well as down...everyone thinks lower is better but the wind can change hugely just a 100 feet higher up. Been flying DJI drones for 5 years and i use this method a lot....had my maiden mini 2 flight today and i had to use it just to get it back, works every time and I've never had to force land any drone and I've over 10k flights

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Nice I’ll try that !

Plus the freezing cold temperatures wouldn’t be conducive to the battery life. Thanks for sharing 👍👍

MY MINI2 DID A FORCED LANDING INTO THE OCEAN WAVES YESTERDAY AFTER ONE MINUTE OF FLIGHT AND BEING 200 FEET AWAY. I lost it 2 weeks after purchase flying in the area I have flown over 20 times before. I sent my old min1 drone over the water, hoping to look for it but it started force Landing that one also!!! This time I was lucky to quickly back out and land barely on the edge of the sand. The second time I realized that it had flashed a quick message about flight zone!! If there was a problem with the zone authorization then, it should've not let me fly many times in the past or at least should've not let me fly to begin yesterday instead of crash Landing it so quickly! This was ridiculous. Battery was full it wasn't that far but it crashed into choppy waves. I had not bought the warranty on it because it's cinematic mode was jerky and fast like the Sport mode so I was not even sure I would keep this drone. I had installed the latest software and firmware after I bought it. I doubt the company will care to do anything. You can see one of my videos here kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5eoqtCoY5S9iLw.html

Very tense flight! Dropping altitude makes a huge difference in the wind speed, the higher you fly the stronger the wind will be, drop well below 30m and you should make better progress.👍

Well done - keeping a cool head also helps......alternatively VLOS.

@pril250

3 жыл бұрын

@@liamprincetech I was being slightly sarci.........LOL

Yes wind gusts can be one of the problems with the mini being such a light drone. Hovering in place probably uses more battery & better to try & drop as much altitude as you can while remaining on course.

That was intense. Glad it worked out for you. Great advice on remaining calm and coming up with plans B and C.

Amazed how lucky you have been with the weather over the past few weeks. I live West of Birmingham and we have had very little in the way of sunny days. Roll on the summer. :)

I flew the other day to look at a large crane on a development about 500m away from my house. I had to fly at 70m to avoid any potential RTH issues hitting the structure. When I got to the crane I noticed the drone attitude indicator advising the drone was almost at 45 deg so encountering significant wind but as such no warnings at this stage. I decided to play safe and RTH. On the way back like you it got buffeted something chronic so I am glad I decided to play it safe when I saw the early indication of wind advised by the flight controls. Well done DJI for providing this info to the pilot. Mini2 rule of Mike don't fly in winds over 10mph :-) if your going any distance.

The moral here is, watch the attitude indicator as you fly outbound...This is going to tell you wind direction..🤔😳😳

Good idea about hovering in place. Thanks.

That was intense! I had that happen once to me. I actually had to fly the drone back at a 50' altitude and just made it back with about 2% battery. I was amazed how the wind could suddenly change at anytime.

@ewalk9465

3 жыл бұрын

Lowering altitude to avoid high winds --yes that's the manned pilot and correct procedure (not to say this owner might have hit wind shear at a lower altitude but that's another story). The Dji Fly app even gives instruction during the "emergency" to drop altitude then fly manually RTH. This guy kept his alt at 63 - 70m the entire time so no surprise this was the outcome.

Try keeping it VLOS and this wouldn't be a problem. Nice to see you got it back. Main thing is you stayed calm and kept your head. Well done. I live just up coast from you and have had similar issues.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Wind and the coast doesn’t go well lol

In high wind & low battery you should fly at a lower altitude to better your chances of getting back home.

Good recovery all the best from Vancouver

Great content

That was close call. The gap between the RTH calculation by DJI and actual performance was huge. Shows the temperature and winds can widen that gulf between dji calc and actual performance.

Fantastic job flying and then editing. Watching from Ontario Canada.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

I had my first flyaway two days ago, I was flying at around 70m high when the wind picked up, it blew around 70 metres away in less than 30seconds, i dropped the altitude as quickly and safely as possible and managed to fly it back at around 10 metres high, it's scary to watch your drone blow away and have no control, I'm so glad I'm in the middle of nowhere here in Ireland otherwise I would have lost it without a doubt. It has made me think twice and three times before flying in anything more than a breeze now tbh.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

lol did you manage to get it back tho ?

@bugnut01

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMProductions luckily I did, it blew over the few houses where I live and once I got it down to around 10 metres high I had a little more control and landed by the next field, what I've learnt in that scenario is try and drop the altitude as fast and as safe as you can and try not too panic, fighting against the wind seemed to work a little because it seemed to slow the flyaway down a bit, keeping the drone in line of sight is a must at all times otherwise you're panicking and running around in circles trying to find the direction it's blowing away in. I'm sure all of will come across something like what you did in this video so peoe should put their experiences in the comments so we can all learn a little from it. I'm sure we all think it wount happen to up but trust me it can happen In a split second.

My mini 2 last week went down to 0m/s and the remote lost connection with the drone but I just stayed composed even though I was bricking it, within about 30secs it came back still only travelling 3 to 4 m/s. But still a fantastic drone.

Thank you, great video. What music are you playing in the background. Beautiful.

Very helpful information in case I'm in that situation. I often fly at the beach (Florida) and wind does change quickly. Well done! I like your emphasis on a Plan B - good to keep in mind. Thank you keep it up!

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Would love to swap locations with you !

@drkevin3235

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMProductions Ha! We're about 45 minutes from Disney and an hour and 15 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico - this time of year is pretty much paradise. Hot in the summer - but I'm used to it!

I think I would have lowered my flight altitude as well.

Just wondering did you decrease altitude to avoid those higher altitude winds, also the cold temperatures would no doubt make for a difficult journey and battery depletion would increase exponentially. Cold weather and wind chill, stay close, stay aware of limited flight time, expect shorter hops, thanks for sharing. Cheers!!

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Good question, I did slightly yes, trouble being if you descend too low for calmer winds you then have a worse signal between the drone and RC so risk it being disconnected a lot when further away

Obviously you fly kamikaze and IGNORE LOS. protocols...lucky boy ..btw great video

Looking at the title I initially thought you had an issue with the drone (Glad it wasn't that). You were very lucky. Glad you managed to find it (and dry as well... Bonus)

Wow, super lucky with that frozen water. Well done for the recovery. Sadly mine blipped out on a descent yesterday and I totally lost it in a canal. Lost two days of quite nice footage as well. Gutted :( Glad you got yours back though.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Aw that’s so bad ! What you gonna do ?

Ha can see by your hair in the car how strong the wind was lol

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Haha certainly !

I've put some fluorescent orange tape on mine to help spot it on the ground, though I'm lucky enough not to have needed to make an emergency landing ( yet ! )

very imformative,,great vid thanks

Why anyone would fly this little guy in any type of strong wind is beyond me. That's what a mavic air 2 or a mavic pro 2 is for.

@andrewlee6152

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah and they don't ever have problems do they... yeah right.. His problem wasn't really the weather.. it was flying to far away and not having line of sight.. even the pro drones would be impossible to see at that dustance

@stringsattached67

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewlee6152 watch Dustin dunhill videos' he's flown the pro 2 over 6 miles and back with ease

@andrewlee6152

3 жыл бұрын

@@stringsattached67 Yeah and he should have been arrested every single time. Getting it to fly that far and back, is NOT the point. All drones, whether you are a qualified pro or a beg8nner, must be flown within visual line of sight, end of. The transmission range of 10km for the Mini 2, is NOT a target for other s to reach, it is confirmation that the signal is more than sufficient for the every day drone pilot. Posting videos like this, is only encouraging others to try it, making it harder for the majority of us, to get drones a good reputation, rather than the one they have right now. By the way, you can in theory, get permission to fly beyond line of sight, but I guarantee no drone pilot on you tube has ever applied for one. Flying out over the ocean for miles, losing it as it is forced to land, before it returns. Flying in ridiculously high winds, NO DRONE, was built to take, is an idiots game, no serious drone pilot would risk. If these people want to risk flying beyond line of sight, that's their choice, but posting it on KZread, is a whole different ball game. It's illegal and KZread is only encouraging illegal behaviour, by allowing such videos to be posted. Sorry but anyone, who owns a drone and thinks this kind of behaviour is ok, should have their drone taken from them, as they obviously have no clue and are a danger not only to themselves but everyone in the vicinity.

@stringsattached67

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewlee6152 Dustin doesn't fly over populated areas as far as I know. Not to mention he's on the big island in Hawaii. I have my part 107 license do you? We are held to a stricter standard than non license pilots. And you trying to educate me on the rules of flying drones is ridiculous.

Drop the height of the drone right down on the way back to clear the wind next time .

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Prob with that you loose signal and you don’t want it keep disconnecting on the way home

Phew - lucky - glad you got it back. Stay safe! Ian :-)

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

lol very lucky !

*What happens if your battery dies out on the drone ? Will you still be able to see the last location on the DJI App ?*

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it shows the last positions of the drone on the find my drone part of the app

@KryptosChain

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMProductions - That's great to know, thanks for all the videos you do on the DJI Mini 2. I love this little drone and it's good to see that DJI are constantly improving it. I know it will get left out once DJI Mini 3 comes out in the fall or whenever it does, but for now it's good

Wow! Lucky you, saved by the bell..🤪

It was very windy where I live and I was flying, low battery and had to land as I couldn’t fly fast enough. Should have landed in the park very near to the school, however it was night so couldn’t see anything, landed in my old primary school 😬 so had to ‘break in’ at night over a very high gate and find the drone which was easy with the light and then had to get out, sister came to help as couldn’t just throw the stuff over this big fence to get out. Conveniently at the exit of choice there were some esoteric boxes and a lock to step onto and jump over this towering fence 😯. Close one.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Oh god what a mission lol

Wow, close call!! Glad you managed to get the drone and glad I didn’t chance my drone in the wind too haha. If it had snowed today i think i would of risked the wind to get some low footage. My initial instinct in that situation would be to lower the the altitude to reduce the wind but like you said you would likely lose signal.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly that’s the risk you take, better signal but more wind ...

Sensacional parabéns 👏👏

Very lucky there m8 👍🏼

have you done your a2 cofc?

Check from where the wind comes from

Instead of having a map in the bottom left corner I would like to know how I get the display you have which shows the altitude and direction.

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean the data at the bottom of the screen ?

@Gadgetdad007

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMProductions I mean the little black box in the bottom left corner with the blue triangle showing the direction you and the drone are facing.

There was a Gale warning last few days

You have the luck of the Devil, could have been a claim for a water logged Mini 2. Cheers, great educational videos, keep them coming,

Any idea wat sort of wind speeds were around against the mini 2 great you got it back thanks barnsley john

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Around 30mph on that return

@johnwalker1

3 жыл бұрын

Thats still good for mini 2 i allways taught to fly upwind on parameters as its you straped in at 1000ft and verry slow around 25 mph in slight winds As if wind picks up you will turn around and get home same for drones but you as rightly said wind cam switch around near cost and in mountains A good tip is to look at the wind speeds for now but also in a few hrs if it looks like its all over switching on xc weather or other wind sites in next few hrs then dont fly far and get caught out having flown paramotors and rc aircraft and now drones for 20yr in total i have a bit more understanding about weather conditions as most new pilots need to maybe know why flying allways upwind on normal days is safe bet But its great to show how easy it can go all wrong and showing on this video wat you can do Keep the info coming for everyone flying you are dooing a great job informing pilots of the good bad and ugly thankyou barnsley john

You got lucky!

Hi, what constitutes a dangerously high wind for the mini2? Thanks

When do you think is the best time to buy the mini 2 between now and july? Do you expect any price drops anytime?

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I won’t expect a price drop until the next version is out , what you will see is bigger price drops on the Mavic Mini until they discontinue it

@mickrichardson4902

3 жыл бұрын

I bought mine from Tecobuy, based in hong kong I think, mini 2 fly more kit inc shipping was Under £480 GBP, about 10 days to the uk. hope this helps..

Thank god for the ice 🙏aha

Why drive a drone to base? Plant at any convenient place, then pick up.

What date was video taken

Glad you got it back! Is the only reason it didn’t go into RTH when you lost signal because you landed and kept the left stick down?

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

It activated rth on the return , I cancelled it as it was going in a straight line path and the wind was much worse to start with that’s why I turned it off and flew towards the school

@barryspiers6956

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMProductions so you had a signal with the mini 2 right up to when you landed?

Wow scary stuff whys this happening

Wow, this was amazing!!! Well done, very good and very nicely done... Don't you lose connection before it lands and then it doesn't land and it goes into RTH!? This has never happened to me, I hope that it never happenes! It did once almost try to happen with my Mavic Mini, I was very scared, same thing happened to me I was getting only like 1m/s but I just flew below 50m and I was able to fly home. I was near home though, like 500m.. Sweet I'm glad you recovered it and that it's in good health.. 😁🛸🇧🇬

@haroonvlogs5437

3 жыл бұрын

I think if you give it a command to land. Press the land button via screen then it won't go into RTH. So he missed an important trick there not to mention how to land. Because it's key that RTH does not innitiate.

@ivanjdrakov1957

3 жыл бұрын

@@haroonvlogs5437 exactly... I'm going to try that today hey.. I'll fly outside and tell my drone to RTH then when it's coming down I'll switch off my radio controller and see what it does... But I do believe what you said, I'll try that first.. Thank You very much for clearing that out for me.. I don't use RTH ever, but it's good to know in case I need to use it one day.. Sweet Keep well and be safe bro! 😁🇧🇬🛸

Great video and happy you got your drone recovered. I thought the new CAA rules from January 2021 state, You must always keep your drone or model aircraft in line of sight ?

@loftygaskell8239

3 жыл бұрын

It under 250g so no need 2

The problem was nothing to do with the weather. I guarantee it was more to do with flying the drine beyond line if sight.

That's the problem with this mini 250g Drone, eventually you will lose it, its just a matter of time& when? ;) will stick with my MA & MP...

@garyharvey7905

3 жыл бұрын

Great reviews by the way, so tempted to get the Mini 2 but cant afford at present. very much in demand at the moment, keep the great work up :)

Here in N W Fla......... lots of us put bright Orange reflector tape on the top of the Mini2. Once we had to go back out after sunset and with a bright flashlight, found it rather quickly 😄👋🏼😄

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Good idea lol

You have to also be careful when landing and loosing connection as the mini2 may go into auto RTH!!!

@loftygaskell8239

3 жыл бұрын

Very good point 👍

@TheCablebill

3 жыл бұрын

@@loftygaskell8239 indeed. Mi Fimi allows be to reset the home position while in flight. Is that capability provided by DJI?

@TheCablebill

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to see the entire flight. Would you mind posting it?

@gfrost61

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you can change the HP in flight, but I wouldn't like to try it under these sorts of conditions!

@TheCablebill

3 жыл бұрын

@@gfrost61 weigh whatever risk you perceive that represents against landing on a random spot not under ypur control. I would choose the former.

nice video

This has happened to you twice? What are you not learning?

Try this video. "DJI Mini 2 High Wind Test/Viewer Discretion Advised!!!!!!" PS there are lots of USA flyer with web sites, hardly any in the UK. Please make your footage editing simple. I don't even know how to down load music and save it, let a lone fit it to my great shots. (tonged in cheek).

@DMProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I love editing :-) I’ll bring out a guide soon

If I remember rightly, Ian of London lost his MA2 that way?

Je bent Nederlands en praat Engels ?

Mavic mini 1 is way beter then

Why fly so far out knowing the strong winds could change direction??? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️👎👎 Second time, shoulda learnt the first time 🤷‍♂️