Mavic Mini FLEW AWAY, LOST for 6 Weeks - What I learned!
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2020
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Why didn't you press find my drone
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Hah thats what you get lmfao
@@gadgetman404 bc he's stupid and dumb dur
Raw photos hack?
Key note, don’t fly higher in high wind when it’s drifting. Get down low-chances are wind speeds are lower closer to the ground and that might give you a chance. Glad you recovered the footage but even better that it still flies. Great testament to the quality of DJI’s product.
damn hahahahahahhahahaha first flight today it was windy i went up to 60 m my app disconected and the drone disapeard xD when i reconected i managed to get it back but fuck me my heart was racing xD on the footage it apears the drone went like atleast 60 mph sideways ha ha ha
DJI = 😀
This is thee most dramatic drone video ever... Love it tho you’re a good story teller !
nah have u seen the one where casey neistat rescues his drone off a roof that one's crazy.
Triggered Cheese bout to check out
My thoughts exactly 🤣
No no no... there is a way better contender now. I shall find & share the link. This is nothing compared to this vid.
m.czcams.com/video/_zZeD6Udx7A/video.html
The way you narrate the video, video quality color grading everything is amazing!!!
She didn't want you, dude. just let her go
Roberto Delfosse right smh it was over
ok hold on not only is this video very well produced but literally your efforts to find the drone is like air crash investigation
lesson learnt, in strong wind, descend to avoid stronger wind from high altitude
I don't like ads but the way you just transitioned into that skillshaare was brilliant mate.
Mantab
Amen to that the young fellow has skills, anyone that can keep me watching till the end has to be great.
Lol he made me emotional for a while with that voice and then skillshare😁😁😁
Right??? That was the slickest narrative transition to a sponsor I’ve seen on CZcams
Best quality reviewer, cinematography wow
He inspired me to show people how to use the mavic mini.
Nice vid! Thanks for the tips, very helpful.
This was so satisfying! Happy that you got it back man.
Mate, that was superb.... Glad I've stumbled across your channel. Have only watched this video so far but am looking forward now to the next one that takes my fancy.
Great production skills! Subbed.
Cheers.
Thanks for sharing that video. I just striating flying again after locking my drone up for about 2 years and have been worried about losing it.
This video actually helps a lot.
I also love the cinematic effect you have put into it. Good work!
Enjoyed this video a lot, Alex! Despite all the stuff that happened you’ve arguably got a better video out of it than you could have expected!
Absolutely! Worth it in the end 😅
I am new to this channel. It’s very impressive, production values, content, the tone, editing, all very professional. Well done.
Fantastic vid mate. Your lesson is my lesson so cheers for sharing your vid.👌
G'day from south Australia 👍
that's super cool and awesome. having lost all hope of finding and then finally you get it and have it fly back again. is something of a bliss and ecstasy. cheers to you.
i almost got my dji tello lost for close to 3 to 4 times - strong winds, disorientation and drifting away.
every time i take it in the air, i pray it gets back home safe.
Bruv this was indeed a touching story, I just discovered your channel and this video has made me realize how much of a good story teller you are. I will surely subscribe right now cause I would like to see more of your content. Take care bruv.
Glad he got it back and acknowledges some of the mistakes he made. But there are many more unacknowledged precautions that could have been taken. I havea manic mini and have never lost it (touch wood). Here's my checks:
1. Stick a label on the drone of your phone number
[2. A Mavic mini now requires registration in the UK as it has a camera - so you also have to put your operator number on it - a rule that wasn't in place when this video was made]
3. Use the 'UAV Forecast' app to see forecast of wind gusts in your area. If gusts are over 18mph, don't fly.
4. If you get a Strong wind warning, lower your altitude - don't increase altitude. Wind speed increases with altitude.
5. If you've spent around £400 on a drone, spend £10 more to get a dedicated memory card for it! Don't put a memory card of precious memories in a flying lump of plastic that has an inherrent risk of being lost.
6. Put a text file on the memory card that contains your phone number and email address. If someone finds it, they may try to read teh memory card.
7. When flying away from you, try to fly into the wind. This means that when you fly back you will have a tail wind that will help it get back.
Great video man. Held my attention right to the end. Really pleased for you too that you got your precious footage back mate. Good work.
Great video my man, it I have a quick question, what camera do you use it looks pretty good!
I just bought the mini SE. It’s challenging to fly it in deserts of Southern California because it’s often very windy. I’ve learned from your experience and I will be more cautious when the winds are strong. Have a great time flying.
Man this brought I tear to my eyes and boom 🤯 you found her well put together and awesome 👏🏼 video.
That was a great video. I’m so glad you found it and ecstatic that it still functions. awesome!!!
Excellent go to check out the review love the story I am glad you got your drone back and all the footage 💯💖👍
Glad you got it back. Amazing video as always.
Awesome story! Glad there was a happy ending, and what a great review for not only the cautionary measures one would need to take with a drone in windy conditions, but also for the resilience of this little drone.
I am trying to get up to Retail Courage to finally buy a DJI Mini. It would be my second drone, but the first one I had was not really anything fancy. So this would legitimately be my first.
Captivating video young man, hello from Australia, glad you got mini back, how’s it been since ?
Nice tip and great detective skills! Thanks for sharing
what lenses do you use? thanks! (on the drone)
your production and editing is great!
The most amazing and awesome element of this whole video is that your Dad took you out to look for it. Nowadays with the way fathers are treated by modern society as a "by-the-way" in regards to their importance in raising sons this was so awesome. That's what Dad's are there for no matter your age. I'm 31 and married and I can still call on my 61 year old Dad to run through a forest with me to search for my drone and I'd do the same for him. This was the most amazing part of the video to me.
A great review with some really valid lessons. Well done putting it together.
This is a great video and a cautionary tale to respect the warnings and save yourself some grief!! Thanks for sharing your story!!
Enjoyed this, thanks for sharing!
Bloody hell mate.. I was riveted to the screen. What an amazing, hypnotic video. I think it is your voice. You have a great radio/tv voice. Any way I have a MM on order and this will be a big help.
What's the strongest wind you think it's safe to fly the mini? In position and sport? Thanks
What an incredible story! 6 weeks man, in the rain and it works 👍
Awesome video brother! Keep them coming!
Great video I will be careful about the wind warnings from now on and glad you get the drone back and still able to fly after that long out in the rain thanks for sharing bud really enjoyed it 👍👍👍🇮🇪
Woah that's crazy that it still worked that mind blowing 🤯 did the battery in it still work as well ? I just got a mavic mini on the 3rd I love it. Have you ever had problems with the remote control not picking up the aircraft ? It happened to me yesterday I was so mad I tried everything to trouble shoot it with no results I called Amazon they are sending me a replacement but I tried it like and hour later worked fine so I was wondering is this a common thing sometimes?
Damn. This shows just how much dji genuinely cares about the production of their drones and their customers.
?? Caring?? .. would be a drone that doesn't randomly fly off and crash.
@@KrustyKlown The thing-o where it shows a rough area where it landed.
A cinematical masterpiece, and also a great lesson 😝🙈!
The easy you presented this vid...That was so cool. The same thing happen to me. Thanks for sharing. Cheers !
Amazing story thanks for sharing this valuable lesson!!
loved the vid lesson learned think you are very very lucky to get it back
Great video, narration... just subbed! Thank you!
Really fantastic video, I really enjoyed it. Very dramatic! You got a new sub bro 😀👍
Great video! Inspired me to download a wind speed app for my future flights! Keep up the great work!
Thank you for that advice! I’m scared more than I was before, even if I carry my drone at panic level :))) great lesson how to doing everything right, paying attention at windy and cloudy weather. Glad You found it back. Hope You will never experience it again!
What a terrible experience, but what a story, and the great testament to the mavic mini, and also honest people in the world, Thank you for sharing your experiences. God bless you and your family
I am really impressed with the way you told this story. Glad you got it back.
great video. I'm curious why the drone didnt simply return to your home position when it lost connection? Or was that not a feature.
I am glad you got it back! I almost lost might 2 times next to my house as houses block the signals and wi fi so it was gone for 5 -10 minutes but then came back :)
I completely lived the moment when I lost mine (in the ocean) through your storytelling :(
When I think about all the footage I took just before the incident... It's still haunting me!
Another advice, don't use the RTH function if it's windy and having few footage is better than nothing so don't fly longer as you will be tempted to try some crazy moves.
I liked your storytelling ;-)
Great story and lesson! Sad to say I've had a few of these adventures but the search was underwater! Thankfully all three times I found my drones... I now have a mini and can't seem to just trust the tech. It seems to twitch a lot like the PID's are not set right on the FC. It makes me nervous as I don't want to lose it. It's running the latest firmware and there are no warnings. Have you noticed yours shaking and twitching? Is this a problem or just how it's programmed? Any info or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Glad you found your mini and the unreplaceable footage! Thanks buddy!
I would like to see how you put that map together on photoshop. I've lost a drone before but still have the screen recording. I just want the SD card.
Also .. I lost a M.Mini 9 months ago .. enemy wind .. but still have the controller. Unable to pair it with replacement M.Mini. Tried the usual processes too. Any thoughts on this please? Is it still possible to pair with another MM ? Merv F. Perth. Australia
Such a fine review sir...As mentioned by another viewer, you added an emotional component that we all feel when flying our drones. Others fail to capture that as well as you have. With my drone, I always feel a little nerves here and there so I watched your report with sympathy and appreciation. Well done. :)
Whats the recommended wind for this small drone? Good video
Thanks Buddy...I'm glad you recovered your drone...I am wondering if that would have been avoided with the Mini 2
That's one of the best advice and one of the best kids I've seen on CZcams sounds like a great kid and thank you🎉😮🎉
Did you not have it set to RTH in case of a lost connection? Or was the wind just way to strong? Also, they have the "find my drone" button. Did you try using it? I'm guessing it doesn't work when you don't have a connection to the drone though...
Thanks for sharing your experience. Great video.
Great story & great that you got your drone back. If in doubt, fly upwind. At least you will have the assistance of the wind if it gets too strong 😉
amazing story! great job, i'm glad you got your drone back!
Good to know and I just watched a wind limit test, but seeing what that little drone has gone through and that it still can fly and beyond insane. I’m glad you get it back and that it landed somewhere “safe”.
Really enjoyed this. Totally agree with you that MM is not designed for wind. Glad that you got her back. The best policy with a wind warning is to drop altitude rapidly and head home. Beginners forget that wind increases considerably with altitude. I have a work colleague intent on buying one and have tipped him off on this common mistake.
Excelente que lo hallas podido recuperar y arreglar. Saludos!!!
Excellent sleuthing my dear Watson! That was great work narrowing the location. You should submit this to @DJI to showcase it's durability. There's another person who got theirs shot right through the battery and still made it home safely!!!
very well made video as usual. super high production value. enjoyed it. cheers
Love a happy ending! Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks for the great video. I paid attention to your mistakes and warnings. Still, I flew mine right into a tree in Golden Gate Park. It’s lodged about 40 feet up. I’m hoping the wind blows it down soon. I’d like the filter, battery and mem card back.
Amazing video! Your delivery and editing skills are top notch. One point of contention though, I’m certain the mini can fly in winds greater than 16mph. I’ve personally flown mine in 20+ mph winds without having it drift(significantly) and fly directly into that wind at around 3 meters per second.
Did it not try to rth on signal loss? Or will that not work in sport mode?
Love the video. The edit, the narrative, the footage... Great one! I expected something different and I am happy it wasn't that :) Have to be completely honest, I skipped the commercial.
Damn.. I love this. Mavic Mini is a tough little thing!
I´m proud of my Mini :)
So do you still fly that old mini or had it serviced in any way? Just wondering how it was able to survive all that weather damage and exposure......that is quite amazing!!
isnt the find drone function any good / doesnt it transmit position up to a km or so?
I lost my mavic mini here in Canada last week and I am waiting to hear back from the farmer. One thing I learnt is never control your drone from an electric car as it always gave me calibration error and the final moments of my drone are most dramatic..I could see her but was unable to control it.
Great vlog, I'm looking at buying my first drone , will probably only use it twice a year in Thailand, will the mini be a good buy for a complete novice who is only using it odd occasions, thanks
The mini is a great drone for beginners. Everything works flawlessly. It has a great camera. And it’s size makes it convenient to take anywhere.
But as seen in this video avoid strong winds particularly gusty winds. I try to fly in conditions with less than 15 km wind. Also the wifi limits its range to about 600m in populated areas. And actual flight time is 20 minutes not 30.
Well I had a similar experience when first learning how to fly my Mavic Mini in that I was flying it and all was well until it shot up in the air and in my panic I pushed the wrong “Return to home” button and by then it landed on a branch in our back yard where it spent several weeks until one day my wife told me “your drone is on the walk in the back yard so I was happy to retrieve it and then I put it in a box with rice for a couple of weeks and yes it flew again:) However I’m a little gun shy about my drone flying skill’s and will it happen again?
great story. glad you got it back and got it to work again. thumps up!
Greetings from Cyprus. Great video thanks. DJI Mavic Mini is an amazing piece of kit, but you cannot ignore the wind. Cheers
So glad you got it back!
Great story, great review and amazing footage. I’ve also learnt that the power to the props progressively reduces with the battery depletion. This could also cause it to not be able to fight the wind back under certain circumstances
Where did you learn that? At 20% battery you can go just as fast as with 100% maybe your referring to cheap, crappy drones, but this does not apply to dji drones. At all.
Elon Tusk i would have thought so as well but i read and saw a lot of details referring to it
So far, I’ve found the return to home feature really reliable. Did you not have that set up correctly? I’m curious as to why that didn’t work.
Nice story narration, Your voice is really good😀
Last week same happened to me and I lost my drone in residential area tried so much to find it but failed, same wind issue happend to me lost it
Something like this happen to me once but after two hours of searching I found it near by a lakeside.
Thanks for this review. It helps me to decide one more time. I just purchased mine but unfortunately I returned it back for replacement.
Thanks for sharing. Glad it had a happy ending...so to speak.
THAT was great, i will be subscribing, great info
Thank you for sharing your experience
Great you got it back. I have learned never ever fly in the wind. I have apps telling me if it is safe, also wind speeds. Wind direction is very important. Flying with the wind behind you is fine, return to home can be another story with a head on wind. Many a drone has been lost as battery runs out of power on return, if too far away, trying to fight head on wind.
great documentary, thank You!
Great video. Enjoyed it. Thanks. Merv F. Perth. Australia
One of the reasons I got Air 2. I still have Mini and fly with it, absolutely great little drone, but being that small it struggles with wind.
This is so cool! Your 2nd recovery attempt is like a proper plane crash recovery. It’s a miracle that you got it back and it still works. However, it’s probably not as reliable as a new drone with the corrosions in it. The small motors on the Mini have a fixed maximum power output, increasing the drone altitude doesn’t increase the drone thrust. Hence, when you fly in sports mode, you’ll see “max power load reached” because the motors can reach its power limit when the rear motors spin much faster than the front when flying forward in sports mode. A drone wind resistance also depends on the power of the motors. Mavic Air is similar in size to the Mini but has better wind resistance because it has more powerful motors. If you do encounter strong winds in the future, decrease the aircraft altitude instead, wind speed tends to increase with higher altitude. Also there’s a trick I learnt from a CZcams video to fly your drone back when there is a strong headwind.
So the mini has the potential to be a pretty tough little bird! The way you told the story, I’d have almost thought that as you looked wistfully at the sky, the drone came back, flying playfully about, as heartwarming symphonic music begins to play, you dancing in circles, the camera pulling back, and credits begin to roll up! Good job.
At the moment the leds started to light I had a tear rolling down my face...