Ditching my DJI Mavic Air! Range Test FAIL!
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- čas přidán 30. 01. 2018
- **DISCLAIMER **
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME... Just testing DJI range claims and using the safest environment possible this is why I choose to fly over a unpopulated lake at low altitude. Please fly safe and responsibly
Yep it happend, let the criticizing comments begin! I deserve every one of them! Testing out the range of the awesome dji Mavic Air and things go horribly wrong!
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FOUND!
Michael Kincaid good job! Make us an update video on it's condition!
Good to hear!!
Looking forward to the search and rescue video!
Glad yoy found it my is still on his boxed travel from China.
Glückwunsch!!
Sometimes , the drones are far more intelligent than the pilots...!
SkySpirit No doubt!
Yes they are that was very stupid of him to do a range test over water🤔
Oh, snap!
@@a-1430 And with the wind going away! DUH!
Most of the times
His palms are sweaty
Knees weak
Arms are heavy
The drone is descending already
It’s just to windy
He’s nervous
And on the surface he wasn’t calm or ready to drop a drone
But he keeps on forgetting
To just go down
Where the wind isn’t blowing around
He opens his app
But the battery’s sapped
He’s chokin loud
The drones nearly broken how
Times up
We gotta find it now!
This was great! Haha!
I am TOO much of a nerd, I'm laughing WAYY too hard at this lmaooo
LOL!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
Lol 😂😂😂👌
Rookie mistake..Always fly against the wind and return with the wind.
how to identify wind direction. like my location you cannot identify wind direction. sometimes came from north west, then sometime from south to north.
DAILY SCHEDULE just test max speed in 4 directions.
@@dailyschedule_4077 ur stupid
Wind direction, u lick your finger and put in air. U will feel which way the wind is coming from.
Same rule goes when your flying with the gliders and I don`t mean RC ones, and the way we check at the airfield the wind direction is...grab a bit of grass throw it up in the air and you will see where the wind is coming from.
For any newer pilots multiple mistakes were made here
1. He didn't check wind direction, you always want to fly out against it and fly home with it.
2. Sports mode. For long range flights you want to stay in normal, less drain on your battery and you actually cover more distance.
3. He was recording, again, this drains battery, not something to do when hoping to god you make it home
Positive side: Very good video for a beginner. We can learn so much from this video. Thank you Michael for this video and it was nice that you found it back.
Michael, thanks so much for posting this video! Many people would not have done so because they wouldn’t want to look bad in front of a large audience!
We all have our embarrassing drone stories! You helped a lot of folks with this great video!!
That's EXACTLY what happened in my video but I lost mine for 6 months and when I found it hanging in tree above a cliff.....it still flys perfectly! Spiders made it their home and protected it from the elements. Technology and nature combined to create the amazing spider drone. Check it out! Cool video....nice ditch action!
Montana Mic Great recovery!
Actually I'm glad you posted this. I am a brand new drone flyer I just bought a mavic air and haven't used it yet. But I have learned so much just by reading through the comments! And having just purchased one ($$$) I certainly don't want to dunk it. So I am thankful for all the knowledge I have gained from this video and comments!
Glad the info helped!
lesson here is not to range test your mavic air. just fly it.
Always fly againt the wind first but you sbould know this.
Glad you found it.
Just been looking back on this footage totally amazing I'm really pleased youI got it back.. Nobody's Perfect.. you have most probably saved people loads of money with your video.top lad.:)
Thank you!
Glad you found it. Smart to find a safe place to land and recover it. A good lesson to always check wind direction and try and fly against the wind out so it’s with you coming back, and possibly fly a little lower where the wind would not be as strong as 100’ up. Looking forward to the next video!
I was hoping you'd get a Mavic Air and post some videos. Great work staying calm, establishing an emergency backup plan, and landing the drone safely. I'm glad you found it! Great camera work by Brayden too!
AA Photo Thanks! Brayden will be thrilled to hear this, I will let him know.... he did a great job! He was bummed last night looking through the hundreds of comments and not seeing any mention!
C'mon out of sport mode and descend to lower altitude to avoid the wind. Why attempt this over water?
The hills and mountains of Tennessee and I would rather not fly over residential areas.
Drones and Electric Unicycles
C'mon, write descent, instead decent, is more decent and have the right sense!
Descend actually...just saying.
Barry Smith UCBC
Right
Drones and Electric Unicycles because when doing a range test video you fly in ideal conditions ie minimal objects or interference in the flight path
Ok ! lol firstly i'm no drone pilot however I am a pilot. I noticed you returned averaging 150' of altitude. For something as small as a drone the effects of wind would be severe. On a normal basis, winds increase with height. As you had a clear run back with no obstructions you probably should of descended to a much lower altitude, the winds may of been at a lesser velocity. Secondly anytime one carries out a range test it's a good idea to use an app such as "Windy" as so you can determine if there could possibly be a headwind on your return trip. Regardless, I loved your video, keep up the good work.
Sir, thank you for the range test and posting this video. I consider this an excellent learning tool that even your critics will learn from. I didn’t realize that sport mode sucked so much battery during the return flight. Drone flying is not an exact science and I was able to learn several things from this excellent video. Please keep pushing the limits and sharing your adventures with us. Super glad to hear about the recovery!
Ooohhh mannn!!! I was thinking about doing a range test but after this noooope! Great vid man thanks for posting the “fail” wish alot more people posted these!
"Why do we fall Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up." 🦇
The whole way back I was like, turn left... turn left... head for the island little birdy.
Haha!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video, I was screaming towards the end yelling at you to land on the coast.
Thankfully you did lol. Great clip bro
Thanks for making this range test video and giving us this valuable info. Now we all know the actual max distance the Mavic Air can achieve.I see a lot of negative criticism in the comments section.. I totally understand that.. am sure they all have their own reasons for criticizing.. Dont want to argue on that.. I'm just glad you got back the drone.. Once again thank you for taking the risk to make this range test possible. The info will definitely help a lot of people who are planning to buy the Mavic Air.. Cheers from Malaysia :)
Much appreciated! Cheers from Chattanooga Tennessee USA!
Glad you recovered the drone! Thanks for the lesson!
I'm so glad you found it but was anyone else screaming at the screen. Go LOWER. GO LOWER.
the wind was to high and up 200ft is stronger you may have got it home that way. but still great decision to land and search 👍👍👍
Droning on again it's one of those things you just kind of in a panic and now looking at the video footage I see so many things I should have done differently! Thanks for watching
Droning on again yeah, the wind was taking my Mavic Pro once, I reduced altitude & thankfully remembered sport mode
Everyone can do something different and better afterward. Don t beat urself over it. In emergency hardly anything goes ideally - that's why emergency and even military practice a lot in mocked situation to get better in real situation. In this case it actually went well most people would have lowered and ended up in water. Try to head for land a probably stuck in a tree. It still crazy how fast that battery started drain at 30%.
All depends on the air currents, sometimes ascending can get you more favorable wind than descending
Simtube S we have all been there something goes wrong and out brain turns to mush.
everyone is a pro now. experience makes you better. I've learned from my mistakes too. Glad you recovered it and thanks for sharing the video.
Well done making it to the beach. Sorry for what must've been a highly unpleasant stomach pit dropping feeling along that trip home!
I was screaming at my screen for you to ditch it and not try to make it back. Glad you listened! 🤣🤣🤣
Justin The Creator I heard you!
Michael Kincaid lol. This was a great vid. Can’t wait to see the rescue. Sub from me!
Same here. Yelling at the screen. What a cliff hanger! Should’ve saved the outcome for follow up video to keep the suspense. But glad you found it. Subbed.
this is why you should use metric system. You can quickly divide the distance in meters by the the speed in m/s and get seconds you need to return, which you can compare with what you have left on the battery. In case the numbers are stacked against you, you'll have plenty of time to plan for an emergency landing.
Awesome job pilot 👨✈️ you made the best decision thanks for sharing as I own a Mavic Air and I fear taking it that far but it’s cool to see how far it went 👏🏾👏🏾happy you recovered it
I for one, appreciate how you put yourself at risk so we don't have to while finding the limits of the vehicles. You did a very fine job of not panicking and found a good landing spot, and creating a new adventure for yourself. Glad you found it!. I also agree with a few of the others... at your skill level you should know to start out flying into the wind. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves. :D
I don't know why people do test range over water. But you did the thing I certainly I wold do. Try to land on some of that islands.
Helderhugo Much safer, I'd rather lose my drone as opposed to risking injury or damage to ones property.
Because flying out of VLOS is in violation if FAA rules. Can't get more away from people and property than out over an empty lake. My complaint would be as someone that is a FAA Certified UAS pilot, why didn't you plan your flight. 1. Weather conditions. 2. Alt landing site... emergency procedures.
the air uses enhanced wifi not radio which is another reason for a location like this. No WiFi interference, which will basically cut you down to less than a km in a suburban area.
A sad day. That sucks :( Im sure allot of others would have scrapped that footage for fear of the comment section haha. Thumbs up and thanks for sharing!
Ha! Thanks! Going out tomorrow morning to look for it! I feel optimistic, we shall see!
Good luck please keep us in the loop, I think you will get it back, great skills there.....I think high winds against you played a big part here looking at the speed changing...Thanks Mike
There are a lot of critiques in these comments, but as someone awaiting his Mavic Air who assumed the best way to do a range test was sports mode, I'm glad you mad this video. I'm in a suburban/urban area, so I likely wouldn't get far enough to not come back, even on sports mode - but you never know. And I probably will test the range elsewhere too. So I appreciate you telling this story even at the risk of embarrassment!
In the future one thing that might have helped would have been dropping down to 5 foot so you might have got out of the strong wind!! Just a thought
You could of gone further and came back if you didn’t use sport mode. That’s what’s drained the battery in the first place. It’s not efficient in sport mode creating more drag too.
Ozzy Safa he was going at 42 mph with the wind on his back and coming back the wind was coming head on and that's why that happen
jose scroggins I know
Wrong
If he would not use sport mode he would not be able to fly back at all. The mistake was that he flew so far away with strong wind making the drone faster and then on the way back the wind made the drone very slowly.
Could’ve not could of.
Cool video. Wow I just bought a Phantom 4 & this is what I worry about. Glad you landed on shore & found it.
Glade you found it man i was feeling sorry yesterday but happy now that you found it wow
Lmfao this was great! Had me on edge the whole time!
These range test always make me nervous, case in point lol
the saying goes case and* point
Check out World Wide Words: "It’s usually case in point" and other URLs.
Haven't had a laugh like this for quite a while watching a youtube video, glad you found the drone nice :)
I'm glad you found your drone. The Genesee River ate my first Bebop 2, and it still makes me sad. Nobody needs that sort of aggravation. 12,000 ft is insane distance! I'm super impressed with the range, but not so much with battery life. The Bebop 2 is the opposite. I get over 20min flight time but the best range I've seen over open country is "only" half a mile. Bebops eat a 40mph headwind though, and they hit 60kph. The speed has saved my quad more than once. Now that the Mavic 2's are out, I'm saving for a Macic Pro Platinum to get the best of both worlds. I'm so glad your Air made it over land!!! Congrats. Nice to meet you! I signed up to follow ya. Cheers matey! Happy landings!
Advise you buy yourself an anemometer and keep an eye out for wind speed in the weather forecasts, especially gust speeds and bear in mind that wind at altitude is much higher than at ground level. Allow for 3x ground level speed when at altitude, and think ahead about what speed your drone can cope with in a head wind. When returning you should have significantly reduced your altitude to reduce wind resistance. Next, you are on 5.8ghz on a range test! 5.8ghz is a far tighter frequency wave, giving better bandwidth at close quarters but not at distance where transmission reliability can dramatically fall off. The longer the frequency wave, the further the transmission signal can travel, and as you have linear antennas in the controller and omni in the drone, you need to keep the antennas level to where the drone is or you will lose signal in -dB very quickly - just a few things to consider there... You needed to switch to 2.4ghz for your range test really. Over water, reflective path is an issue potentially too
If only the drone had some sort of warning mechanism, hahaha! Still a cool video, action, suspense, and a happy ending!
No doubt! Haha! Thanks!
That had me biting my nails to the nub, you did the right thing by ditching it to the shoreline!
That’s what I was really hoping you’d do too!
Glad you found it,
Definitely subbed & liked!
good morning 😊
and the first time I see the video footage of this drone. Incredible! !
the image quality is fantastic 👍👍👍
I hope you recovered your drone. really a wonderful machine 😊
Fabrizio Carner Thanks!
Hi Michael, glad you fond your drone. Being a boater, I would have lowered altitude on the way back to fly in the windshade of the trees on the right side of your flight path, to save energy. Not knowing your drone, I'm not sure it would have let you though...
Nice 👍🏻 I’ll get the Evo from Autel robotics , cheers man for the effort , at least u landed it man that’s gotta b good :D
I about pulled the trigger on the Evo...and if I had the money I would pick one up as well!
2nd that comment :D
Please please please review one mate !
nev Tk 1100 2 months in and the evo is still in pre order. Lol.
The worst possible place just water and trees.
great vid and awesome flight! hope you find it! following on this one.
Two words spring to mind whilst watching this: FLIGHT PLAN.
Having over 100 hours flight time I would have checked my wind direction and speed first. Then "sport mode" is the worse ever to flight away in. Always use then for return if you must but then think ahead and realize that the first priority is ALWAYS getting home. Sport mode should never be used for anything as it just kills your battery in record time.
I am sure you have learned but as you were flying I was looking for a place to land as I always do on my long journeys. Just down your craft and then pay someone $50 to take you out by boat. Better then loosing $1,000.00. Did you ever get your craft back? Once to set your craft down then just go to your flight time record and it will have your GPS last location for you. Then you have the settings and it is there waiting for you. Better to use a little battery for surveilling the area then you waste it on an attempt to fly back and fully knowing you can not make it back. What I did when it happened to me was I used the last 5% checking the immediate area for issues like people's land or a place that was posted. Then I landed safely, and marked the area on my map. I had a friend take me out to this remote area and I used the GPS coordinates and it took me right there. I was very lucky but I was shaking as well and freaked out but I panicked once I got it back. Safer that way. LOL...
I hope you are flying again and with THAT drone. Pre-plan your flights and use caution and at all costs, NO SPORT MODE unless you are over a football field. LOL. Be safe and have fun brother... We all make mistakes, that's how we learn, right????
Johnny Austin All good advice, I got way to comfortable with it and caught up in the moment! No wind at time of takeoff as it was running right at advertised speed, about 1 mile into it I did notice it hitting 4 or 5 miles faster but didn't think anything about it and wasn't to concerned with over 60% battery..... once I made that turn and noticed it wouldn't hit 30mph I knew I messed up!
Hiked out this morning at with GPS was able to find it right away! She lives on to fly again!
Michael Kincaid that's awesome you got it back. when you made your RTH turn and set your heading, I watched your air speed and was truly bummed as I knew you were in trouble and you did too. I heard your voice change and it was a matter of time on you solving your issue. glad you downed your craft on safe ground and were able to recover same.
as a safe guard, my friend placed a small gps tracking unit on the port side of his craft. reason he used port side was he took his apart and apparently DJI placed their GPS equipment on the starboard aft and this is the longest distance from affecting their unit. He lives life on the edge and likes to go the distance and not worry about RTH. he likes to fetch I guess. planning a redundant unit on the craft is always good back up. just fyi for ya.
I'm over here in Coeur d Alene, Idaho and love my area on its versatility and how many different environments we do have that are close by 4 flight use. Just out of curiosity what state are you in? Well again I'm glad that you got your crap back and you are probably now polishing up your skills for your next flight. if I were you I would seriously look into getting your commercial license and it always helps because sooner or later they're going to make all of us do it. If you go onto CZcams and look up the information on the test you will find Tony Northrup who is actually excellent on his narrative skills and will walk you through from opening your instruction book until you pass your test. he's a good guy. have safe flight time out there and take it easy. I bet there was no more relief in your whole self then when you put your hands on that craft again. that was all evident just when you hear your tone in your video as you were setting that craft down. talk to you later.
Lol, wrong
I love when idiots jump in the chat just give their expert opinion. "WRONG"!!! Idiot...
Johnny Austin But I am right.
Thats why i always fly out into a headwind, and return is always easier on the battery power. Glad you retrieved it
I know, I know..... I have see a hundred videos about that! It slipped my mind and at time of take off there was no wind and she was running 41 to 42 mph..... closer to a mile into it she picked up 2 or 3 mph in speed which at the time I didn't think anything about it but that was my downfall! Just got back after a quick 15 minute hike and I found it!
I gave you a thumbs up because that was kind of exciting. Glad you made the decision to head for the nearest land.
You are one crazy guy. Just watching it made me nervous.
Arden Bonto Thanks for stopping by!😎
So glad you got it back!!!
Fly into wind for distance test easier coming back
Use range extenders big difference
I would never fly over water on distance testing
Glad you landed that baby
Yeah also use 2.4 gig on distance as a ham operator lower frequency travels farther you were on 5.8
Thanks for video scared my britches off
Robert Taylor He needs more experience before doing things like this unless he gets the drones for free or has an endless budget and doesn't care.
Robert Taylor Thanks for stopping by Robert!
Sid Bitters Hundreds of problematic free flights with P3, Mavic Pro and Spark, check my channel.... I don't care how experienced one is you're going to have one of these days (didn't expect it to be my 2nd flight with the Air) 💩 happens. No wind at takeoff over 60% battery at turnaround.... I should have picked up on that after the mile range the wind picked up as it was flying 2 or 3 mph faster. I got what I deserved being way to aggressive not having a good feel for what the Air can do...oh well live and learn, hopefully someone can learn from my mistakes! I appreciate your input and stopping by my channel!👍
Very good information and very nice little presentation of the departure. I subscribe to your channel 👏 👏 👏
Thank you!
Love that you got it back- classic out too far and the realization that there is a head wind coming home... cheers man!
I am a novice, but that is possibly the dumbest thing I have seen, range testing over water, I am glad you got the drone back in the end, that was close to ending up in the drink
Here's my thing with the water.... I have been flying DJI products from the beginning and they have honestly never let me down so I have that much confidence in them.... outside of that I live here in Tennessee with a shitload of hills, mountains and trees all looking to lay claim to taking down a drone..... on top of that the lake provides a 58 sq miles of playground that provides a safe place to fly with almost zero interference without having to worry about injuring someone or damaging personal property, I'd much rather lose my drone out in the water and take my loss as opposed to the alternative!
do the drones float? or would they sink?
Michael they’d sink like a rock
Hope you rescue the Air. Please post some updates soon.
Gene Argues Will do, search and rescue here in a few hours.
O no...! I hope you recover the Mavic soon, good luck Michael.!
Javier Medina on my way now!
you did exactly what I thought I would have done great job and I see by the other post you found it your heart must of been going 1 million miles an hour:)
Man, what a rush watching this video! You are hoping he will make it even though you know the end of the story way before. Still I guess we are all experts sitting in our comfy sofas at home, so yeah, good luck with the drone!
15 minute hike and she's back safe and sound!
Michael Kincaid nice! Quite a story you got there Mike!
Many geniuses on here and criticising, stating the obvious, but... I think the real mistake made was cancelling return to home.
When it triggers return to home it does so PROVIDING you let the drone fly itself back as it knows how much power vs speed it needs to make it back. It has already taken into account the wind as it has made these calculations on its way out with tail wind. It is better to let it regulate its throttle, let it decide how much power needs to be fed to the motors. That's what it is there for not because a pilot is not capable of flying drones back
Nick N I pressed return home on 79% battery and had to land it 600m away from me with critically low battery. (4% left). Return home flys at its own set speed and if it’s windy it’s gonna be like peeing in the wind and your gonna pee your battery away and not make any progress on actually getting anywhere
glad you found it. how the hell did you get to that remote area to retrieve it, boat? how long was it gone?
Glad you found it! Always remember to fly out against wind and when returning with marginal battery - lower your altitude!
flying back should always be with the wind. that's 1.
so try flying away against the wind u would know from the speed achieved.
and if u flew slower and lower it would've made it for sure :)
Lol... you are very brave man. I can’t see myself taking out it this far! I’m glad you found it.
I’m glad you got it back , looks like a journey to get there , LOL !!
You probably heard this a lot but always fly into the wind going out, & with the wind on the way back critical,
Hope you find it Bro!
@ 3:04 This thing is amazing!.."Battery level is low" LOL
Jeff A Rollercoaster of emotion!
I bet you really miss your Mavic Pro now. Keep up with the good videos it helps us all out 👍
Learned more from this vid than most ! Glad you found it ,cheers !
Thank you!
Here is a tip what you needs to do next time TURN OFF sport mode when the battery are low 25% of life and the battery will give you extra mile time before 10 % of battery
Sorry to say it .. but if you are flying 40 mph one way, you are almost always going to fly slower coming back. Golden Rule.. when you hit 60% battery I would have turned around.
Steve P That's exactly what I did! 60+ % and I turned her around.
Sorry, but you were at 54% when you turned her around. Not sure if 60% would have done the trick with that wind.
The trick is to know the wind speed and direction. If the wind is giving your quad an additional 10mph, you can know that it will go that much slower and take more power on the return trip
Drone flyers have to realise how wind works .. If you watch a video on hot air balloons, wind travels one way and depending on how high you are the wind travels the opposite way, that's how they move around in the air just buy going up and down .. Possibly, of course testing would have be done for this but if you had changed your altitude returning back home, you might have had a better chance. Definitely something to test out so this can help from happening again. :)
Michael Kincaid the battery reading was 87% or so, at start of flight. Do range test when the battery is at full capacity.
I just bought one today. I'll learn from your mistake and the comments of others. Thanks for posting it was interesting to watch.
Long and short....don't be a dummy at fly your drone at crazy distances! Haha! Happy flying, thanks for checking out my channel! Cheers from Chattanooga TN
Thumbs up ere' Mike and having the balls to show this!!!! It happens and so glad you found it!!!! Many thanks for sharing - join our Drone Seekers FB page - Shaun
Thanks Shaun! Will do!
7:07
*READ THIS*
If im that position ill land over near land to my drone and ill screen shot the landed position of drone and ill drive over to that position.
And ill make sure to land in a safe position without any people or animals near me.
I wont think even ill crashnor safe crash to a tree without being spotted by people...
Is it a good idea?
I think there is only one choice so it is good idea...
Insted of falling into water in middle of sea or whatever it is........
That would suck.. Glad you recovered it. I have a Phantom 3 Pro sitting (LITTERALLY) on a wall next to a waterfall for over a year now. That video is on my channel. I also have the AIR and a Tello.
Glad you got it back safe and sound. Good job on not panicking...
I will never understand the whole thing of making range tests. I go as far as I need to get my shots and video done, not for a test.
because your not a drone pilot, your a photographer, that's why........
So what makes a drone pilot is testing range and possibly damaging or losing the drone?
OK
correct, for long range guys like me, THAT'S THE HIGH, the hobby is flying long and possibly losing the drone every time. Could care less about the $1000 camera and edit software. It's hard to explain.....
don't buy dji. you can build a drone that can fly over 60km. check the vid here on youtube.
Burt Bigelow the CIA have ones that fly much further than that LMAO
Wow...smart idea to ditch.
Jay Robert Sager You learn from the errors in your case your mistake was not to see that your drone was going at a speed in some moments 44.1mph is indicative that the wind is in favor in the direction that flies because its maximum speed according to dji is 42.mph more 200 feet to return for such a small drone to fight in the wind you had to go down to get back in Sport mode was going to half your speed. I congratulate you for knowing the decision to land it in a safe place of not doing so you were going to lose a like that and I subscribe to your channel.👍
OMG! This was so nerve racking. I have been there. I lost me P3 Pro in a windstorm in KS. Glad you found it.
Glad you found it, I learned to go out against the wind and comeback with it. Thanks.
This video was a great lesson in stupid.
1. Clearly wasnt aware of the wind speed and direction before flying.
2. The goal was stupid.
3. Especially stupid without a buddy standing by at the other end for a potential one way trip.
4. Behavior was similar to a gambler, "maybe I'll get lucky and make it". You should have landed it deliberately before critical. You got lucky that there was land near by.
5. The high wind warning was evident from the beginning of RTH. You were unaware of the winds because they were not present at ground level. Never RTH into the wind with low power at altitude, get down low. Your RTH altitude was also too high. Thats also what killed you.
I could go on but whatever. Your money.
6. Against the law and risking public safety.
7. Setting a bad example for other drone pilots.
Xavier Noted
@@PeltierPhoto 8. Name a person thats ever been perfect and never has made a mistake.
9. Are you that perfect person ?
10. Hell no you arent
11. Quit judging him because he isnt
You should of flew as low as possible 15-30ft you would pick up more speed
bushgreen I agree!
Michael Kincaid when are you going to retrieve it?are you waiting for daylight? Do you think the rising tide of night has taken the drone?
Not necessarily, small gusts of wind with that pitch and low battery could push the quad down into the water.
Should’ve not should of
No it couldn't.
I had the image of Ed Harris in my head screaming "We've never lost a drone and we sure as hell ain't gonna lose one to this lake" phew!! tension especially at the end, well done Mr.
I know this is a few months later but I just seen your video. Thank you for posting it. It's real world scenario. The tests that are posted I believe are and no wind conditions. I'm sure you've realized by now you have a Tailwind going out and a headwind coming back you don't need me to explain that to you. I am so happy though that you found your drone. It is heart-wrenching when you lose one of your babies. Good luck in the future
Two words: wind direction. I’m guessing you’ve learned that lesson though.
I have
Distant runs, fly into the wind.. use the wind to come back. Drone can't calculate wind effects.
Great video man just remember when doing range tests like this you MUST watch the speed wile your are going, i saw it was at 42mph and you came back at 21mph. That was going to happen one way or the other. I almost lost my Mavic Pro exactly for the same reason. Glad you found it. Thank you for sharing.
Been waiting all day to see if you got her back. Hope so!
I just watched a video of a guy who flew his mavic right down to 0%. Couldn’t he have made it??
Why risk it, I landed it on dry ground and hiked the next day to recover it... maybe but if it didn't make it, you're 100% out a Mavic Air!
why didn't you just have a friend drive the Air away in a car? No need to test both the battery and the signal range at the same time? Sorry you lost your Air, that sucks.
Holy crap man that was suspenseful at the end. Best move to ditch over land.
Thanks for sharing this video! Hopefully save other people (myself included from making the same mistake!)
Glad you got your drone back! I think you might have made it back, but it would have been very close, probably best that you decided it ditch it rather than risking it. There was always a good chance that you could recover it in that remote location, no chance if it went in the drink 😂
Correct me if I'm wrong, but thought the Air ran on some kind of enhanced WiF control signal, unlike the Pro?? I was really surprised to see it get that kind if signal range.
Tandem Adventurers you are correct it does run off WiFi DJI claims of a 2-mile range are correct! Just found her heading home now to charge the battery to make sure everything is okay
Enhanced Wifi is just marketing blabla.
It's Wifi.
his wifi was ok its the battery he just went too far on the way home the wind might have cause this issue...
Michael Kincaid Glad you were able to recover the drone easily without fanfare!!!!
tstrrtstrr Lol.... yes true...
Can you control it at least some distance beyond line of sight? If so what's the problem? IT'S A VIOLATION OF FAA RULES TO FLY BEYOND LOS ANYWAYS. If your beyond LOS and something happens the FAA can impose civil and criminal penalties. If you're a commercial operator, the fines are greater...
Love it, you have no idea how what or why but your ready to YELL LIKE HE IS A LITTLE BOY, but thank you for your wit and wisdom
What a great video!!! Awesome! Was like watching a suspense thriller. So happy the good guys won!!!
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Almost thought you were gonna make a run for it on that last bit, luckily you didn't had me nervous lol
Anyone could have misjudged the distance especially when you’re getting excited and caught up in the moment. So just for preliminary figures you got about 2.46 miles of distance without an extender? I’m not sure how enhanced WiFi works but that’s very impressive for this Mavic Air. I think most people get in the area of 10,000 feet distance (1.8 miles) with the Air and 15k feet with the Mavic Pro.
B Cole I was shocked as well! Impressive little bird, I know I was wide open in Sport mode but shocked it only got just over 10 minutes flight time.