AWESOME AWARD granted! I've been flying my M4P around my house and neighborhood but have a busted leg I can't put weight on, so all the "fun" stuff I want to try has to wait until Spring. It was great to see this test done right. I appreciate you doing this for us!

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Dang, man! You're gonna be stuck until Spring? I hate to hear that, man.. We'll be praying for a quick recovery. Hopefully you can get out and enjoy the Mini 4 Pro before spring rolls around... Thanks so much for watching and for the awesome comment, buddy. This was nerve racking because I had no idea how to use active track before I hit that button... lol We did have a couple malfunctions but they were both user error (as always)...

A most excellent video. You TOTALLY did a test that NO OTHER HUGE youtuber did! CONGRATS!!!

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol thanks, man! I think it may have been original but it’s so hard to tell nowadays. Everything’s been done!!! Lol. I’ve not seen anyone do it with active track yet but that don’t mean nobody has right? Lol. If only we just would’ve made the 5 miles! We got hosed. Haha Thanks for watching as always. God bless!!!

Great video Kevin! That Active Track is so cool, and so is the wheel, where you can move the drone around the tracked object for a different view. I've got to keep saving my pennies and get me one of those Mini 4s! Love the display on the RC-N2 controller too. I was hoping you changed the home location so it wouldn't take off for where you started from. It's so nice to have a driver so you can control Dwight. Even though he didn't make the full 5 miles, Dwight did a great job, and so did you. Another fun video, Kevin. Great job!

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Yea, man you need to save those pennies!!! This drone is amazing and I'm really happy we decided to get one... I was really surprised though, it didn't make the 5 miles... I know the wind, the slow speed (10 mph), that darn dog at the beginning and the fact that I had no idea what I was doing with active track all played a role in the poor distance, but still, I figured it would at least make 5 miles with no problem. That RC-N2 controller is awesome!!!! I gotta admit, Gary, I still am partial to Jack and Rose. I'm thinking I'm more comfortable flying the Mini 2 because I'm way more familiar with them. Maybe the more I fly Dwight the more comfortable I'll be, too... Time will tell!!! lol

How cool being able to drive on the beach ⛱️ 😎. Great video buddy, I love when you 2 get together 👌👍. That beeping at the end brings back bad memories from sat 😢😬🤣

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol yea man driving on the beach is pretty cool this time of year. In the summer it’s crazy!!!! I couldn’t do this in the summer. Way too busy. Lol. I should’ve muted that beeping sound. Sorry man!!!! Hahaha I know…. Not funny.

Fun video. I dropped one of my sticks in the car and never found it. I guess your truck is cleaner than my car😂 "Go". "Stop". "Go". "Not you". Hilarious. I've seen every Psych episode multiple times and never would have guessed that's where you got "Dwight".

@CarryTheTruth

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, that was sooo funny!

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

hahahaha!!!! Man, if your car is dirtier than our truck, I must commend you. Now we have a goal to work towards!!!! lol I made sure to put that clump of hair and dirt back under the seat when we finished. I ate the M&M while I was still out of camera view so that wasn't captured... hahaha Now, about Psych, I watched that series once years ago (I think it was on when Monk was on but I'm not sure). Kristi started watching it on Prime a couple months ago and died laughing at that part. Then we got the Mini 4 Pro and voila Dwight was born... Poor Kelshaw got pretty confused, didn't he? You're right, that was hilarious!!! If i'd just learned how to use this active track before we came out for this test... lol

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

hahaha!!!!

@PickleFaceProduction

7 ай бұрын

@@WeretheRoberts 😂😂😂 "I ate the M&M while I was out of camera view". No M&M left behind. Too bad it wasn't on camera... On second thought.. Probably better that it wasn't. Haha.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Hahahaha. Maybe we could reenact it?

thanks for the video !!! excellent humor of both !!!

@WeretheRoberts

4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so much for watching and commenting. We definitely had some fun with this test. God bless! Kevin

*0:10** Back seat driver on a whole different level. **0:58** Train A is leaving its station and traveling at 35mph and train B, which is 70 miles away, is traveling at 45mph. How long before Kevin changes the subject to drinks on sale at the convenient store? **3:47** When I purchase my Mini 4 I'm going to call him Lee (General). So cool you can drive on your beach!*

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Hahahaha. Don’t you feel sorry for Kelshaw having to put up with someone like me? No wonder Kristi is still on strike. We got ourselves in pretty deep here and I’m surprised there wasn’t some sort of mishap. That had to be one of the longest flights I’ve ever been on. Driving in the beach up here is awesome and I totally get the 10mph speed limit and all, but man, that’s what cost us the goal I think. If we just could’ve sped up to 15 or so I think we would’ve made it. I’ve seriously seen videos with the 4 pro where guys flew it out 5 miles and it even had battery in reserve when it got home. Maybe those guys were lying or something but they all seemed legit. Oh, and I love your future Mini 4’s name. Classic! Eventually, we will have Bo and Luke and maybe Kristi will have a Daisy. That would be a dream come true, eh? Lol. I may be in la la land though because Kristi has named all 3 of the drones. I don’t think Bo and Luke are even on her radar. Did you know you could get 3 Mountain Dews for $5????

@DavidLorenzoFlorida

7 ай бұрын

@@WeretheRoberts I began getting really worried around 9:47. LOL 9:57 blame the wind. Kelshaw is your "wonder twin" brother. Getting in troubled moments together. 👍

Great vid! You guys looked like you had a good time making it Thanks!

@WeretheRoberts

5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Yea we had a lot of fun making this video. I just wish we’d hit our 5 mile goal. Lol. I think if we retried it we could hit the 5 miles with battery to spare. Just need less wind and less people slowing us down. Hahaha. Thanks for watching!!! God bless.

Great video glad to see you to together again 👍 love the beach man we are in snow over here lol.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol yea when Kelshaw is in town he has to make an appearance haha. Driving on the beach is pretty cool, especially this time of year. In the summer, forget it. It’s way too busy. Lol. Sorry about your winter, man. Boooooo!!!!! 😂

Nice test and video 👍

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment... We really appreciate the support and kind words. God bless!!! Kevin

Being THAT CLOSE is actually MUCH MORE disappointing than not getting near the goal... you know? Question: Standard Battery? Or Plus. I have 3 Plus ones, planned to buy a 4th - but wanted at least one standard. Know why? Im glad you asked! Because the standard battery makes the Mini 3/4 noticeably quieter. Negligeable on the DB meter, its because the drone works harder to lift the extra weight/load of the heavier batteries. Not only quieter with the light battery, but really obvious pitch difference. The drone literally sounds way chill 😎 with the load off its props.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol I agree man. I think we were less than 600 feet away but I forget the exact numbers. Did you notice when I called it and got out of the truck and started to pull it to the truck, the emergency landing had started and he was coming down? I didn’t even notice that. If we had waited a few seconds longer he probably would’ve landed in the sand and I would’ve been confused yet again. Lol. We only have the regular standard batteries. I haven’t compared the sound between the 4 and the 2 but the 4 seems quieter to me. At least with this battery. Lol. Thanks for all your advice, John. Seriously I do appreciate you taking the time to help us out.

Love your test Kevin. great job.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Heck yea!! Thanks for watching, Fred. This was a fun one. Nerve racking, but fun. It's always a lot of fun hanging out with Kelshaw. He left this week for a camping excursion with his wife so it's good we got this flight in when we did, eh?

@fredmunson8952

7 ай бұрын

It was good to see you did not have a crash or flyaway. I always enjoy your drone tests and sense of humor, lightens my day Kevin. @@WeretheRoberts

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Awesome stuff, Fred. Thanks, brother!

Haha that's awesome 😂 I can't believe it made it that far. Your videos are very entertaining to watch!

@WeretheRoberts

6 ай бұрын

Holy crap thank you, man! That’s a huge compliment coming from you. Very cool that you checked us out, brother. I think we were hosed on this test. Those people who held us up at the beginning kept us from reading the 5 mile goal. Lol. I’ve seen videos on the Mini 4 where these guys have gone out 5 miles and hit RTH then have battery to spare when they get back. Either they’re fake videos or the wind and our little hold up took it out of the battery pretty bad, eh? Man, I can’t thank you enough for your kind words. God bless!!!! Kevin

Thanks for your comprehensive (I had to spell check that word) reply. I bought a set of filters for my mini pro4, and I am currently using the ND64 filter. I live in Arizona so the sun is very bright out here, as it is in Florida (when it's not raining). A friend recommended that I use the filter. From viewing your video, I don't think the ND filters are necessary except to protect the camera lens as you suggest. Anyway, your video was hilarious and enjoyable. It brought back memories of our vacations on the Gulf Coast.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol I use spell check all the time. Hahaha. The SD footage was even more spectacular, too. I probably should’ve incorporated some of that footage in the video but editing was tough enough with that thirty something minute flight. Lol. I’m really glad you enjoyed the video, man. That’s awesome!!!

How cool that you get to drive on a beach! Another fun watch Kevin!

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol yea there’s a few beaches over this way you can drive on but they’re limited for sure. I think this one is the longest stretch of beach (8 miles) to drive on so it was the perfect spot. If it wasn’t for that wind!!!

@TC_Conner

7 ай бұрын

@@WeretheRoberts And it didn't look like there was much traffic! Tell Dwight that Aerith says hello. 💜👋💜

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Hahaha. Dwight said hey back. Maybe they’ll meet eventually, eh???

Great videos and amazing drone! Have subscribed to you 👍

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Awesome!!! Welcome to the family. It’s always great to hear when someone enjoys the videos. Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment. God bless! Kevin

@Drone.vision

7 ай бұрын

@@WeretheRoberts your welcome mate, it’s great to join you and enjoy your videos! Keep up the good work!

Job well done love it thanks

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Awesome!!! thanks for watching and commenting as always, brother. Even thought it's a Mini 4 video!!!! lol

From a Roberts to We're the Roberts Thanks for a great video 👍🇬🇧

@WeretheRoberts

29 күн бұрын

Hahahaha. Welcome to the family. AGAIN! Lol. Thanks for watching and for the awesome comment. God bless!

I've watched your channel many times and just subscribed, but I thought I did already.

@WeretheRoberts

6 ай бұрын

Oh wow man, thanks so much for that. Sorry for my delay in responding by the way. It’s been one of those weeks. Lol. I’ve done that many times then wondered “Where have those people been?” When I go to their channel to check on things I realize I’ve missed their last 10 videos. Lol. I think KZread delete’s subscriptions sometimes too though so maybe it’s not always user error, eh?

Excellent video, would have been nice to see a compiled version of the video at the end! Good memories of old days when i lived in africa and we also drove on the beaches!

@WeretheRoberts

6 ай бұрын

Oh wow that’s cool! Driving on the beach is totally something not everyone gets the chance to do. It gives you a whole different perspective on the ocean I think. My favorite time is the winter when it’s empty. Lol. The summer? Forget about it. It’s packed!!! Can I ask what you meant by a compiled version of the video at the end? Thank you so much for watching and commenting, brother. God bless you guys! Kevin

Well gone as aways my friend. The M4P looks like a nice drone. Enjoy it as I'm sure you are. I wish we had somewhere around here I could drive 10 mph for 5 miles. If I tried that around here I'd get run over by a combine or an oil truck something like that 😮. Thanks for sharing. Be safe and God bless.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Hahahaha. The beach is the only place around here you can drive that slow and not get run over by a crazy, impatient speed demon or a fire truck. Lol. I sort of with the speed limit was 15 cause I think the slow speed in addition to the wind and dogs and pedestrians in our way at the beginning were a recipe for disaster. I’m just glad we didn’t crash. Hahaha. Thanks for watching, buddy. God bless you guys as well. 😊

First time seeing your channel, Kevin. Great content. I too have had some difficulties getting the drone to stay in front of me while using active track. Maybe a firmware update will improve the behavior. Good luck and thank you for the content.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Awesome!!! Welcome to the channel, Ken. It’s always neat to welcome new viewers especially when they enjoyed the video. Lol. I was sort of frozen for a second when I realized how quick the drone flew around the front to the passenger side like that. I don’t think it was the wind but that was the only thing that made sense in my moment of terror. Haha. I’m getting a little more familiar with the mini 4 but I’m no where close as comfortable with it as I am with the Mini 2 drones we have. It’ll get there though. Just takes time. All those features!!! Lol. Thanks again for watching, brother. God bless!!! Kevin

I hardly fly my mini 2 anytime we are in Yuma, Arizona. Military air space is almost everywhere here. And we are here all winters. It was 91 a couple of days ago. And I'd like to buy a new gopro 12. I have a gopro 9, and it is fun as heck. I must take over 1,000 pictures a year with it. The last two summers we spent in Washington State.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Yea that military air space makes it tough. We live in a farming area and there’s a small airport down the road for the drop dusting planes and stuff so I can’t fly at home either. Booooo!!! We moved from one air space to another lol. I wasn’t even aware of this small airport out here until after we moved in either. At least here they’re small planes so it’s not nearly as loud as the place we lived at in the camper. We use the GoPro 9, also and since we’ve figured out the quirks it has, we like it enough to keep it till it breaks. Our main issue with the 9 is it likes to overheat which I’m sure you are familiar with. And we’ve had 3 batteries go bad on us for no apparent reason. What’s funny is that the batteries that have gone bad are the GoPro batteries. The after market cheapo batteries we’ve gotten from Amazon have lasted the longest. Disposable world, eh? Ron, it’s always great to hear from you, buddy. We hope you can stay warm this winter but 91 is way too hot. Hahaha. God bless!!!!

Nice upgrade Kevin. That was a cool test. Like # 134!!!

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

lol. Thanks, Dave! I was really disappointed how it ended though. Sooooo close!!!

Great video, as usual. Where is this beach that you drive on? Nice to see your friend again.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Thanks as always, Cheri!!! Kelsahw always brings some extra humor to the videos... lol He was on an episode of Letterman back in the 90s with his dog, Fred, doing a stupid pet trick segment. It's funny watching that because he was in his early 30s and had no gray hair. But his voice was exactly the same!!! We have a few beaches we can drive on in northern Florida but this one is the longest (I think)... This was in St. Augustine Beach but we could go to Daytona and there's a shorter driving beach in Jacksonville. I'm not sure how many other states allow it but it's pretty cool... :)

A "flight with Dwight". This was a fun video! how do you keep coming up with ideas? :) You, for sure, would have made the 5-mile distance, if you hadn't have gotten stalled. Keep'em coming, Kevin!

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

hahaha... Maybe we'll add a playlist called "Flight with Dwight"... lol That's funny, man. I agree 100% with you that we'd made it if it wasn't for the wind and the delay at the beginning. Those people just kept getting in our way!!! lol

Awesome! Cool stuff!!

@WeretheRoberts

4 күн бұрын

Sweet! Thanks for watching as always. This was a really fun test but those people at the beginning screwed us! Hahaha

@dronelandingzone

3 күн бұрын

@@WeretheRoberts It was still an awesome test....the wind probably didn't do you any favors either. Very cool test though! Good thing you had the containers of PVC elbows just in case things went south! hahahaha!

Dwight. You have a great sense of humor. 😂

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

hahaha... Thanks for watching and noticing his sense of humor... When we first got him, he was pretty stiff but he's fitting in pretty good now. Awesome comment, brother... God bless!! Kevin

Had mine follow me through my neighborhood, at 22 mph. Active track will follow faster than 10. Try that next time. Thanks for the video, awesome test.

@norsehabanero2920

7 ай бұрын

I think the beach speed limit was 10mph

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Yea, the speed limit on the beach is 10 mph and we passed that cop!!! lol I was really surprised the battery died so fast, but that wind was ridiculous and the slower speed may have really screwed us up. I've heard in the past normal mode speed gets more distance out of a battery than cine mode speed so I reckon they're right. Did you guys notice when we landed and I was looking at the drone and not the controller, the "Emergency Landing" activated? If we'd waited a few seconds longer he may have auto landed in the dirt... That would've sucked!! lol

Hey Kevin. Im.not all the way through (but I will, since it matters to the all powerful Oz... er, uh... Algorithm, yeah. Thats the ticket. Anyway you know I try to send a tip whenever I hsve a useful one. Here you go: You dont HAVE to track in Trace Mode - with Active Track 360 it will keep TRYING to track from the 8 directions on the compass wheel inner outter 360 tracker direction thingee. But Alternately, you can STILL fly Parallel- where the drone with Stay put exactly in relationship to you, no repositioning, circling etc. Yes it CAN be from the side, but really from anywhere within reason, and Parallel Tracking will not Pan/Yaw the drone. It will stay, for example to you right front, if thats where you put it. Heres the big tip: HOW TO PUT MINI 4 PRO IN PARALLEL TRACKING MODE: In Video mode (doesnt have to BE recording, but in video, ready to record) draw a box around the subject, you, car, etc. Watch right above the Focus track Bar [TRACK SPOTLIGHT POI] When you tap track, just above the bar, you will see TRACE - PARALLEL. Tap Parallel. Now you will not have the distraction of the Aircraft trying to stay in a position, movibg around as needed, bit staying in the position chosen very consistently, always wuth the same position in relationship to the subject. Its not "Better" or "Worse" - just a different behavior, with less need to constantly adjust. You wont see the "Strong Environmental Interference message where obstacles are keeping it from flying in the chosen position (it has NOTHING to do with signal strength, the translation to English was quite confusing on this one. They mean "environmental stuff is in the way" -lol.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol I have to admit, John, your advice comments are my favorites. Lol. Don’t apologize for offering advice because you totally know I need help!!! The only part of active track I tried before we went out for this test was watching all those videos everyone made before us. Lol. Maybe I should have tested it out in the yard first. Hahahaha. Naaaaa. Where’s the fun in that? Lol

Great video! I wasn't sure if it was going to do it in those winds, but it was awfully close! I was going to mention to change the return to home to the controller but that would've screwed up your test of the distance. However, I'd retest it and instead of using the drone distance because that's not 100% accurate, use the trip odometer in the pickup. You'll get a better idea because the drone distance is going to be the straight line flight back to the home point. Unless you already did that and I'm an idiot lol. Love you guys!

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

hahahaha!!!! You're not an idiot, man! You're just looking out for us, brother and you're right about the truck being more accurate on distance... With the beach being so straight though it could be close. Those winds killed that battery. I've seen videos with the Mini 4 Pro flying over 25,000 feet one way then returning home with battery to spare. I was afraid it would lose a lot of battery when I moved from back to front to the side and stuff, but the wind did way more damage that that. I was surprised we didn't make it 5 miles. The slower speed of 10 mph may have also played a factor. I remember someone mentioning a long time ago cine mode is harder on a battery than normal mode so they could be onto something. Wonder if the Mini 2 could still go 5 miles with its older batteries. hmmmm lol

@JJDrones

7 ай бұрын

@@WeretheRoberts look everyone, we've seen a new test video being born! Lol

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Hahahaha. Oh it’s in the book.

Liked the sped up parts where you can see the clouds going past

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol so basically you liked the parts where we weren’t talking!!!! Hahahaha. Kristi said the same thing, brother. That’s hilarious. Just kidding, man but that was pretty funny. I got some of that footage on the SD card in 4k and that was really nice footage. This little drone is pretty amazing.

God Bless you too !

@WeretheRoberts

6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment. Hope you enjoyed the video. 😀 God bless! Kevin

Interesting video. You know that you can change the home point as you travel by going into the three dot part and updating the home point to your controller. That way it won’t return back to the original home point .. odd to see the East Coast beach scene (North Carolina ?) where you can drive on the beach. That is verboten in California unless you are a rescue vehicle.

@WeretheRoberts

3 ай бұрын

Lol yea I’ve updated the home point in the past and it’s an awesome feature for sure. We’re in NE Florida and there’s a few driving beaches in the area we’re in. I know it’s not a very common thing anymore but it’s pretty cool. Hopefully it’s not taken away any time soon. This is the only way we go to the beach anymore. Staying in the AC is the only way to do it. Haha. Thanks, Fred!

Kevin, I am wondering if to fly legally under the FAA rules you have either the TRUST certificate to fly under the recreation flying rules or the Part 107 to fly drones commercially?

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Hey, Don! That’s a really good question and I’ve been asked about my status a lot lately. Lol. We are purely recreational at the moment and I’ve gotten the TRUST certificate to be compliant. All of our drones are registered including the sub 250 gram drones just to be ready when I finally am able to take the 107 test and become a real professional. Lol. I’ve actually studied like crazy and signed up for the test on 2 separate occasions, but both times, I was notified a day before my scheduled test and was told it was canceled because the “instructor wasn’t available”. I was refunded both times but that has really put a damper on my spirit of being studied up just to be cancelled. Anyway, yes that’s an excuse. Lol. Once I do get the 107, our plan is to finally monetize our channel here on KZread and see where it leads. Kristi keeps telling me to buck up and get the test done because we are just giving our KZread money away to someone else. I don’t know who it is but I’m sure they’re rich by now. Hahahahaha.

Drones, toys for the Big Boyz 😁

@WeretheRoberts

6 ай бұрын

Hahaha. Some people might get upset with you and say, “Drones are not toys! They’re aircraft and need to be treated as such! It’s people like you who have caused the FAA to crack down on us so much lately so I may report you.” Me on the other hand say, “Heck yea! These toys are a blast!” Lol. Thanks for watching and commenting, buddy. Means a lot to us. God bless! Kevin

hmm, wonder how well it would track a grizzly up in Alaska. Great Road trip idea. Oh that right, it is cold up there.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Hahahaha. I’ve been told it’ll track a Sasquatch but I’m not sure about a bear. Bigfoot better look out!!!!! Haha

Excellent video Kevin. In my opinion, you made it. The stops did not help for the test. Excellent verse. God Bless my friend!

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Hahaha. I’ll take that, Doug. It was really close and that wind screwed us up, too. If it wasn’t for those rotten kids! Hahaha.

What beach is that? Looks familiar but can't quite remember the name. Awesome video, thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

This was St. Augustine beach area. We got on at Matanzas Ave and drove all the way down to the Fort Matanzas ramp. I remember once you mentioned you visited the fort at Fort Matanzas I think, right? Thanks for watching as always, buddy. This was a fun one to make but I probably should’ve learned how to use active track beforehand. I may have made the 5 miles. Hahahaha

@MrRaymond1021

7 ай бұрын

@@WeretheRoberts yeah, okay. I knew it looked familiar. I was in the area for a few days. Thanks again for sharing. 👍👍👍

I think you would have made it with battery to spare. You were over 10% batter and only 1/4 mile to go. If it starts to force land push up on the stick. THanks for sharing

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol you may be right, brother. I’m not sure if you noticed at the end, the emergency landing started just as I was pulling him to the truck bed. I didn’t even notice until I was editing the footage. I remember the Mini 2 didn’t start the emergency landing until 5 percent (I think) but the 4 started it at 10 percent. So if you push up on the stick will the drone go up or will it just maintain its height? I remember someone told me that before but I forgot. Lol

@joeamericauavfordav1096

7 ай бұрын

@@WeretheRoberts It should climb unless it it totally dead

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Ahhhh ok. Great info. Thanks man!

Great test...Where is this beach by the way ?

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Awesome comment! Thanks so much for watching. This beach is just south of St. Augustine Beach in Florida. There’s a few beaches in the area to drive on which is pretty neat. There’s one in Jacksonville and one in Daytona Beach but this is the only one long enough to do this type of test. Are you familiar with St. Augustine?

@kpappa

7 ай бұрын

​@WeretheRoberts Thanks for your answer, sorry I am not from USA, even my best friend lives in Miami, the landscape on the beach is great. Greetings from Greece.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

@@kpappaoh wow!!! Welcome from Greece! We are about 6 hours north of Miami. Their beaches are way more blue than ours. Lol

Great video. Makes me wonder what the most economical speed is. I reckon it's somewhere between 15 and 20mph, or maybe even up to 25 mph. With the truck going a bit faster, maybe it would have flown even further?

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol yea you’re absolutely right on that. I’ve read that cine mode uses the most battery out of the 3 modes regarding distance. We did a Mini 2 battery test and it went 5 miles no problem but we were in normal mode and going about 20 mph the whole time. Speed definitely makes a difference and the wind didn’t help us much here either. Lol. We chose a bad day to fly. I’ve seen videos with the 4 pro showing the drone going out 5 or 6 miles and being able to return home so either we had bad conditions and speed or those people are lying. Hahaha.

@gregb1599

7 ай бұрын

Did I miss something in the beginning as you can override the forced landing, I have seen another video where the mini 4 drone landed on 0%, it actually was less than 0% by like a minute.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

@@gregb1599lol no you didn’t miss anything. At least not that I know of. Maybe I missed it too? Haha. I believe you can override the forced landing and totally drain the battery. I think how it’s done is just keep pushing up on the left stick to gain altitude because once the forced landing is activated, the drone is constantly trying to lower itself and land. Honestly I didn’t even notice the forced landing had kicked in. I wasn’t looking at the controller at that time so I was fortunate we called it when we did, eh?

Bonne job merci pour le beau vidéo tu demeures ou moi je suis au Québec Canada

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so much for watching and commenting. We are in Florida in the USA. It’s a lot warmer here than up in Quebec right now. Lol. God bless!!! Kevin

Nice what a Normal speed of a car for a drone continue tracking

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

That’s a great question. I’m thinking it’ll track pretty good in sport mode so the car could probably be going 35 mph or so and the Mini 4 could probably keep up. Not so sure it could overtake the car though. Lol. The speed limit on the beach was 10 mph so we were sort of limited on our speed. Plus we passed that cop! Lol

The wind may have been a factor too. That will eat up a battery fast.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Yea I totally think that was a huge factor here. The wind, the slow speed, the dog at the beginning and the couple of minor issues we had because I haven’t fully figured out active track all combined to make Dwight fall short. Lol I do think the wind had the most to do with it though. I’ve seen videos of guys flying out 25000 feet then returning home with battery to spare so I was really surprised to see the battery drop so quick. Maybe a retest is in order. In better conditions? Lol

I may have missed you saying, but did you chnage the home point to the controller nd not where you took off?

@olabergvall3154

7 ай бұрын

He did not. It can be changed, but there's no dynamic home point, I.e. not continuously set to controller location, as the controller keeps moving with the truck. So he'd have to update manually every so often.

@user-xt5ly3yi3r

7 ай бұрын

@@olabergvall3154 --My point if somehting went haywire where would it go back to? And at the time he was forced to land...how did it know where if he lost sight of it?

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

@@user-xt5ly3yi3rlol no you didn’t miss anything. I kept the home point at the spot we first entered the beach so I could keep an eye on the distance. If I’d reset the home point I’d been confused on how far we went (I’m pretty much always confused when flying lol). If something went haywire and he started returning home I probably would’ve been screwed. I was keeping a really good eye on him though so I wasn’t concerned about it. Maybe I should’ve thought of that though. Lol.

Love the hat.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Heck yea!!! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. God bless! Kevin

If it wasn’t for that dog you would have done it brother haha. Looks like a retest eh? 😅

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

hahahaha.. No doubt, man. That dog, all the pedestrians, the wind and the "Kevin don't know what he's doing factor" all played a huge role here... lol I've seen videos of the M4P flying 25,000 feet then returning home with battery to spare. I thought this wouldn't be a problem to finish at all but that wind got serious. I bet on a calm day I could've gone 6 miles or more..

Great test thats a mini 4 1st im sure

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol thanks, Johnny. I haven’t seen any other videos going a long distance with active track so it could be original. It’s hard to say. Lol. Everything’s been done now!!!

Very informative Video Bud. Howa been?? We still have to collaborate on a video.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Dude!!! Long time no see! Thanks for watching as always and for the comment, brother. We've been well down in our neck of the woods. Just busy like always. Hope you're good also, man... We should try to meet up one of these days up your way. We deleted our Instagram (trolls and stuff) so it's not so easy to communicate, eh? lol Send me an email, brother... it's listed on the about tab on our homepage... I think you have to be on a computer to see it though.. it's weird...

What type of nd filter are you using.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

I haven't gotten any filters for the Mini 4 Pro and honestly I really don't plan to, unless of course they send us some... lol I don't understand enough about the photography part of this stuff to really know how to pick the right one and all that manual setting stuff is just way above my head. I have some for the Mini 2 drones and have used the CPL filter quite a bit and it seems to look really good even in auto mode. I would like to get one of those clear UV filters for the Mini 4 pro though to protect the lens. Nobbygreen brought it to light to me that the cover on the 4 pro's camera doesn't have any lens in it at all... It's just an open hole which is strange if you ask me. What are your thoughts on that?

If your battery was 100% when you started the test, it could have gone further away. Plus the strong wind ate up some of the battery

@WeretheRoberts

6 ай бұрын

Lol yea I agree, brother. We got held up for quite a while at the beginning of that flight and we’re only a few hundred feet from our goal. Oh, and the wind was crazy at times. It’s always windy at the beach but sometimes it’s just worse than others. Lol. I do wanna try this again on a more calm day and see if it can make 5 miles. I’ve seen videos of guys flying these things out 5 miles and hitting RTH and the drone makes it back with power to spare so there’s no doubt in my mind the wind took it out of Dwight, eh?

@rcrahul3657

6 ай бұрын

@@WeretheRoberts absolutely. People do like 8km easily and come back. So 5 miles one-way is definitely possible.

@WeretheRoberts

6 ай бұрын

We’ll give it another shot. Lol

Funny, good entertainment video. Isn't the distance you drove irrelevant? The RC2 is moving and the Mini 4 Pro is moving relative to the truck (RC2). The true test would be if your Home Point (RC2) was stationary and you had the mini 4 Pro Active Track the moving truck? Your demonstration was more for Active Track being utilized for the duration of the battery 30-35 minutes? Can you explain? I have subscribed, so I want to read your response. You can drive on the beach??? Crazy..???

@WeretheRoberts

6 ай бұрын

Awesome comment! Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment, buddy. I guess the reason for this test was 2 fold. Basically I wanted to see if the drone could track us for 5 miles but also to see if it was capable of tracking over a long period of time. The distance was relevant to the test and accurate because the home point was located back where I launched the drone. I never updated the home point so it stayed where it was originally set. If the home point reset itself to my current location, the distance displayed at the bottom left would have been reset, too. We may have had a problem if we lost our signal and it started heading home though. Lol. I probably should’ve set the signal loss thing to “hover” instead of RTH. Lol. I hope this helped, man. Anyway, thanks again for watching and giving us your time. Welcome to the family!!! Oh, and yea the beach here is a driving beach. Or at least part of it is. There’s a few of them along the east coast of FL and it’s pretty cool!!! God bless! Kevin.

@AZ-OFF-ROAD

5 ай бұрын

Did you disable RTH ?

@WeretheRoberts

5 ай бұрын

Lol no we didn’t but we probably should have. I never even thought about it. Good thing we didn’t have any signal loss, eh?

Seems to be shaky in the wind. That is a bummer. I wish active track could track while under 6ft

@WeretheRoberts

6 ай бұрын

Oh yea it was really windy that day. I’ve noticed the Mini 4 seems to move around a lot in the wind but the footage is really stable. The Mini 2 doesn’t shake in the wind near as much as the 4 from what I’ve seen. Maybe that would be a good comparison test?

@DatingElevated

6 ай бұрын

Would love to see that comparison :)@@WeretheRoberts

@WeretheRoberts

6 ай бұрын

It’s now on the list. Lol.

I bet it would track a boat also🤔

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol oh I’m sure it will. It’ll happen man. It’ll happen.

Guess what happens when half the battery is used..... Game over.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

Lol I guess you’re right if you’re flying away from the home point and not following the drone, eh? I was expecting to be able to go alot further than we did here, man. That wind and delays in the beginning really screwed us. Maybe next time. Lol

@Stefan_Boerjesson

7 ай бұрын

@@WeretheRoberts Even when following the drone battery-level-RTH will kick in as it's based on the distance to the home point. I'll post a link to a very special flight I did when I come home.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

The first time we tried a test like this with the Mini 2, that RTH thing kicked in and I had no idea I could cancel it and continue on. We stopped the test and regrouped and finally figured out how to continue the flight. Lol. Yea, we are pretty much losers. Hahaha. I’m looking forward to checking out your video, buddy.

Back when the Dinos roamed we could drive on the beach on the Treasure coast of Florida. Then we were invaded by mass immigration of old people moving to Florida to Die. They brought some evil rules along with them.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

hahahahaha!!! Everytime we go to the beach and talk to anyone that's older than we are, we hear those stories, man... "Back in my day, we could drive up the beach from Miami to Maine!!!" lol We've lived in northern Florida since the early 90's and we've always been able to drive on the beach around here somewhere. Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Daytona all have some sort of a driving beach which is pretty cool. There was part of St. Augustine Beach that was closed up back in the early 2000's because of an accident where a couple girls were struck but. I know it's only a matter of time before that happens again and more beach will be closed up to traffic, eh?

@Jamarqusmalikii

7 ай бұрын

I live in Florida and the beaches are so much nicer and cleaner without vehicles on them. I grew up in Texas and those beaches are awful due to this.

@WeretheRoberts

7 ай бұрын

@@Jamarqusmalikiioh I definitely hear what you’re saying. Driving on the beaches definitely comes with some consequences. There’s a long stretch in Ponte Vedra south of Jacksonville Beach where there’s no driving and that beach is a lot nicer to visit. Only issue is it’s hard to access lol. There’s limited parking in that area and a lot if it is residential. Thanks so much for watching and commenting, Sarah.