Something that I was taught while going through flight training: _"If in doubt, power out."_ Basically if something is going wrong while landing, give it some power and re-assume a safe altitude to figure stuff out. Your drone is much safer in the air than it is near the ground.
Ironically, I had better advice: If in doubt freeze, PermaFr0st, freeeze. Stop all movement. Then you have some breathing space for your next move. Even when auto landing, press the throttle up enough just to hold it still.
one piece of advice- when I have a large space I let the drone land by itself. when the space is small, I cancel return to home once the drone is near and then manually land slowly and gently ..
There are a couple of advantages to the RTH. I use it like James, at times, to get to LOS (near or far) and land manually. There are a couple of shoots I had where I took of from a covered balcony and obviously RTH would not work including landing. So like James said, cancel nearby and take over manually. Another thing I think I found out is that the Mavic has more "return power" when RTH is activated, more so then sport-mode, in high winds. I was in several (really !) high-wind-situations and was struggling hard to get my Mavic back, to the point where I gave up and as a last resort hit the RTH button. Still going in the same direction, the Mavic all of a sudden had more power/speed coming back then I was able to provide manually in sport-mode. Not that I aiming to be in that situation again, I found it interesting and definitely something I want to try again on a windy day in a better/controlable area (not flying over a Caribbean ocean, although ground wind speeds were fine !). Certainly something to explore !
Another tip that some may not know: The Mavic’s Pause button can be a drone-saver. Learn to press it Before you go into Panic mode. Practice using it for stopping any operation quickly. Practice using it enough that you won’t have to look for it if you ever really need it. Good demo: ruclips.net/video/aJNIwDgkH1g/видео.html
I just got my Mavic pro today and I'm watching your videos before even fly it I think you're very knowledgeable and I like what you stand for so I will always stay in tune with you
Good info and thanks for the RTH test. I knew taking off to 30m was important, but I didn't know it would be the difference between 3" and 8' !! Glad your Mavic is ok.
Hey, man, thank you very much! I have bought Mavic two days ago, and I crashed it once, which I will explain. I have been looking forwards to buying one since they gave it out, but it wasn't available here in Iran, and later that it was, it was very expensive. So I managed to buy one recently.I fly very carefully since I have investigated a lot and seen a lot of videos about it. So it wasn't because I am a newbie. I was trying to fly it from one room to another, in the house, and in BEGINNER's mode. I flew very very slowly & carefully, but it suddenly moved towards the open door and hit it. Today when I asked the seller, who is an expert, too, he told me the reason: the door frame is metal, so when it came forward and reached the frame, the sensors mixed up, because of the metal frame, and it moved towards the door. An interference in the waves and sensors! I just had not thought about such a thing! I wrote it here, for I thought it may be beneficial for someone else, too. One more thing: I knew it takes a picture to get back home and land later, but I had no idea I must fly it ten meters up, then move to other directions, so that at 10 meters high it takes the picture! I just knew it takes a picture, but had no idea at what height! Thanks a lot for sharing this. And your area seems to be a suburban area! I loved it! I am in a suburb of Tehran which was a quiet and good place before, but now it has been densely crowded and noisy! Your film reminded me of our place in the past! Good days which are gone! Thank you!
I must commend a man that admits his own mistakes ! A lot of guys could make awesome informative videos with their drones BUT are too afraid of getting FLAMED by You Tubers and that;s sad !! Thanks for posting this 51 Drones !
Picked up a barely used Mavic Pro a few weeks ago. Watched a ton of your videos and many others. I am so glad to have found your channel. Thank You for making these incredibly informative videos. Keep it Up!
00RONDOR00 I just got my Mavic about a month ago. Best drone I’ve owned by far. Just exploring my neighborhood is amazing. With the Bebop line I’ve been flying for 3 years I’m able to go out a mile now in any direction....👍💫🛩
Awesome information. I've watched tons of videos from other drone users and you're the first to explain that you need to be in the air to set home so that RTH works properly. Everyone sets home place while it's sitting on the ground.
Piloting is like motorcycling. You have to "know your exits" at all times. When I'm riding I'm mindful of ditches, guard rails, etc. that I DON'T want to go toward in an emergency. On a motorcycle, though it is counter intuitive, splitting lanes is your safest default. When piloting elevation is your safest default. But you have be mindful of obstacles overhead. You should plan to launch and land where there are no overhead branches, wires, etc. If you get nervous ELEVATION IS YOUR EXIT. That's counter intuitive because you want to be safely on the ground.
I'm a new Mavic owner, having only flown it once. Before I got delivery I downloaded the manual and read it cover to cover and watched dozens of videos. There's so much info I guess it's easy to not remember everything. I didn't remember reading about the 30 meters. This is great information to know. With all of myself gps quads, I typically just go up 10 feet when taking off to be sure everything is ok first. Thanks for this.
I've built up the habit of hand launching and catching it. I got to practice this in the winter as I didn't want the Mavic pro on the ground coz of the snow. I hit the return to home feature but as soon as its within visible range, I take over and do everything by hand.
Jose Ledesma watch them finger tips...chopped mine and got lucky it only took the skin off! Was worried to look at it it hurt so much haha! Seriously, buy a foldable matt or something. Not worth the risk imo. Them props are sharp!!!
Good demo. I see so many people complaining that the precision landing isn’t working for them, and they simply haven’t “RTFM”! I read the manual for my Mavic Air 2, and the precision landing has always worked perfectly, within a couple of inches.
Landing manually is actually quite easy. Just practice in open spaces to feel really comfortable before trying to land in a smaller space. And luckily the Mavic is very good at hovering without drifting when in GPS mode. Also, the Mavic does actually come with 2 sets of spare props just in case of mishap.
After playing with my new drone outside, I wanted to play with it more in my kitchen because it was bitterly cold. Based on the performance outdoors I thought it should be ok. But I tried to land via RTH, and it drifted a few feet and attacked a couple patio blinds haha. I think it could have been GPS drift. There is so much to learn about this Mavic....will take months to learn all the functions.
Thank you so much for posting this. I had EXACTLY the same crash, my return to home was off, I panicked and I crashed into my house 🤦♂️ couldn't understand why my return to home was so off. Now I understand!!! I bought my Mavic air second hand and don't have the manual so I'm relying on my own research. Seriously, thank you!!!
Let's push DJI to add voice confirmation that the image for precision landing (that's the feature you show on your video without mentioning it ;) ) is recorded. I found it's not always obviously if it was recorded or not.
just got my "shipping confirmation" from DJI off amazon. SO SO SO excited. Thanks for the good video! I am a first time Drone owner and flyer. This thing is going to be great! Wish me luck this weekend!
Amazing! Today I stayed un a motel in Reedsport OR on my way to Sacramento. I offered to take aerial shots of the motel because they are new owners. I lifted to about fifteen feet, made a pics, rose another ten feet - another pic and a few more from different angles, And then RTH. I too noticed it was not coming to the spot it departed from and instead of hitting the pause button I moved it toward me as it was about to land in traffic. A bit more panicking and as it was about a foot off the ground I hit the forward toggle and it almost made it up the driveway but skidded for about twenty feet. Your demo was very timely. As I now recall I crashed two other times and upon reflection the reason for those crashes were the same. Now thanks to you I can avoid future crashes./
I live in the New England area , my first DJI phantom 4 crashed sustaining heavy damage to shell , camera came off the gymball . I was recording my daughter trough walking trough the woods at about 6 feet off the ground , and 6 feet away , then I increased the altitud to 12 feet flying through trees , depleting the battery juice , suddenly the drone will not respond it started to fly higher , I panic press the return mode on , to have it crashed on to a oak tree branches . One thing to take in consideration is that sensors avoidance mode will not register branches with no leaves .
I feel the same situation my mavic platinum did the same. When the battery critically low it will auto RTH (default setting), thus it climb to RTH altitude. you still have full control over it. when it climb by itself, just pull down the throttle and auto RTH will be canceled. (than land it manually) Never far away when battery only 30%
I see this video was taken before you realized you couldn’t fly over a train. Train footage is so cool and I didn’t know that was a no-no until watching your train video police interaction. I love your channel. Thanks buddy!
When I have a crash and the video still ends up on RUclips (almost all of them do!) I fess up right there in the description including whether or not it was "pilot error" ("I fv¢k€d up") -- no need to sugarcoat things or otherwise obscure the truth. :-)
Thanks for the 15 m tip ! As a new drone owner of one month, I've had my M2Pro return pin point BUT twice it's needed to be guided in - yesterday it was going to land feet away from RTH in a small tree. Thanks again.
That's a good video. It's not easy to admit you made a mistake. A lot of little girls who pretend to be men have a problem with that. Also, you figured out what you did wrong and passed it on. I'm glad I watched your lesson. I shall endeavor not to make the same mistake!
I have watched a few of your videos and after watching this one i decided to subscribe. Your ability to be concise and keep it simple is good for me. Got my Mavic a week ago and your videos are giving me more confidence to rely on some of the settings and modes. Thank you!
I usually take off on automatic and let it hover at 3 to 4 feet until it says home point has been updated. Then I fly away. I never had any issue with the return to home. Your accident might have been the un defined take off point (a glass table). Marking the take off point makes it much more accurate for the RTH function to operate. I use a colorful pad marked with the letter H available on line for purchase. Also make sure if you have not physically moved from your location when you took off to hit the RTH that is on the controller and not the RTH on the DJI Go app on the screen. This RTH will bring it back to where the controller is and not where it took off from. This is useful if you have physically moved and want to land the craft next to you. Hope is of help. Fly safe.
I want to say the mavic will hover 4 ft above take off and collect home point. it will say it also. I think if you just take off and start flying then you will have a problem.
I'm a new owner. Thanks for sharing. I have been keeping my finger over the pause button as it comes in for landing just in case something goes wrong. I figure it gives me some time to avoid panicking and pushing the wrong buttons!
I was going to give you the needle for painting an X on your driveway but when you said "go Vikings" I realized you were a righteous dude and far above reproach. Great video by the way.
I know this is an old video but I have recently obtained a Mavic Pro and experimented with this. If I am too close to the launch point and not in a similar position when it returns it will often try to key off of me to find the landing point. The other day I was closer to a large tree and it started to land too close to the tree. Thanks for all the videos Russ.
Great video! I am new too but for what I heard, I think you are pointing the antennas in the wrong direction. They should point towards the sky and not in the way you showed in this video. Good tip! If you dont point up towards the sky then you could loose connection after 1.5 miles. Greetings
Read the manuals it's says when flying in front ,behind,and sides of your self you out the antennas they way you are saying. When it is above you,you out the antennas they way he has.
The fly more kit is awsome. Just got the mavic 2 pro last week and I can't believe how incredible the drone is. Sold my mavic pro and am glad I have the 2. If you follow the procedure it comes back no problem. Just like the pro, go to 30 feet as stated. Good video, helped me not crash my pro. Lol
Mavic Pro uses GPS like what's in a car or cellphone. The reason for ascending to 33.5 ft or 10 meteres is the downward VPS takes pictures of the ground and records/caches them so that it can return to its take off position and land more accurately. Taking off straight away your skipping that step and purely relying on GPS or a small sample of the ground. RTH is something that should be used on a long flight or emergency where you can intervene but this is a good idea. As the Mavic more accurately records the take off point. Even a longer hover over the take off point will help.
Very late in the piece but... Love how you pass on what you've learned with the Mavic Pro, in particular! We all learn hey, and you're a humble guy so more people will listen. Me very much included! Mistakes are part of the process.. broken props are an easy fix... drowning them in sea water... that's another.. Love your vids and have subbed. Was going to say the Purple X seemed to suite the Mavic's RTH profile well.lol, till you didn't go up high enough... good info!!! Learned something today!! yay!! I bought my Mavic Platinum Flymore a few days ago and absolutely LOVE this thing. How steady it is even in a decent breeze!!! I'm an old school RC'er: Planes, Jets, EDF's, Cars, Helicopters for the best part of 28 years now. Quads.. well... I should have gone to something much more quality before my confidence in quads/drones was eroded. I feel my biggest issue, is trust..... I was going from cheap $80-$120USD Quads with cameras to this thing. $100 drones DO NOT handle like this. They suck, especially in breezy conditions. Even though it's a few years old now..The Mavic Pro: it's GOD LIKE compared to toy quads. Biblical attitude and altitude hold... and even though 85% of my flights are by line of sight, (What I'm used to) I'm really loving the confidence the Mavic Pro is giving me. Really looking forward to trusting that camera and sensor and GPS info I get on my screen.... as scary as it is.. Love it!! Thanks again PS: sorry for the huge comment... just wanted to share my overwhelmed mind lol... Toys suck... go real!!!
Little bit wrong on the info. It's only 6 meters and the Mavic will do this for you. When you click the take-off button and the Slide to Take-off pops up, there is a little checkbox just above the slider for "Precision Take-off". If you check this box and then slide to take off the Mavic will fly up vertically 6 meters and take a reference picture noted by a small double beep on the controller when it's done so. Your precision landing point is then set. From my experience it lands almost exactly where it takes off when you do this. Every time for me so far. Also, I think what you're seeing when you took off immediately is not an inaccuracy in it's home landing point, but the point at which the Mavic recorded the landing point as you were flying off.
From page 15 of the Mavic Pro manual: "Precision Landing performance is subject to the following conditions: a. Home point is recorded upon take off, and and cannot be refreshed during flight. b. Aircraft must take off vertically. Take off altitude must be greater than 10 meters." If you use the sticks to take off, you need to go up to 10 meters before changing direction. If you use the take-off slider and use Precision Take-off, then it will set the precision point for you. I couldn't find anything where it stated 6 meters, but please point me in the direction if you know where it says that. I, for one will always go straight up at least 50 feet before changing direction just to be sure. Thanks!
This might be a double post, sorry, but it's in the interface as you want to take off, you just have to select the checkbox for Precision Takeoff: bit.ly/2oTOk3D I don't know, maybe it was introduced in a later update after the manual was printed.
Ok, so I found that tonight. It did hover to 6m when I launched it that way. Maybe they say 10 in the manual to be sure you go up high enough when launching manually?
51 Drones - Most likely it was simply an update. I've never flown mine on the original firmware, updated mine immediately after firing it up they first time, so I don't know if that feature has been there since day one. Also, I don't think your second landing when it landed 8-10 feet away from you're marker was an indication of poor return to home accuracy but instead I think that landing spot was simply the area the Mavic was over when it took its landing picture. Of course that's speculation so I might just play around and experiment with it yet. At any rate, keep the good videos coming!
Really appreciate this tip! I just got my Mavic yesterday, read through the manual, and must have missed this! Thanks for sharing your mistakes with us!! Headed to Big Sur this weekend!!
Hi. New drone pilot from Norway. Just bought a second hand Mavic Pro and just loving it! Thanks for all the good videos with a lot of useful tips for us new in the game! I'll keep watching your videos! Thanks again! (Go Vikings?)
Return to home won my first crash as well. I was flying very low attitude around my yard with the low battery warning going off. The mavic was only 20’ from me so no biggie. Then return to home took over at 10 percent. The drone tried to ascend to 200’ before returning to home. Unfortunately I was flying under a tree canopy. Hot mess! Instant respect. This thing is not a toy. Don’t get too confident as I did.
I have a Mavic 2 Pro and when I slide to do auto take off it tells me a home location has been detected when just hovering at about 3-4 feet. And the precision landing is phenomenal on this thing. The new technology they’re putting in these things is amazing.
Crazy Clown Been flying them for 3 years now on 4 different uav's. I don't crash because I know my limits as a pilot and fly within those limits. You fucktards have no idea what that even means, do you? Carry on crash clown!
Cheers for your videos I finally got to fly my Mavic Pro today. Thanks to you it was easier than I thought it would be. Keep the videos coming. Great job.
mike Woodward that is what the return to home button is for. I have had similar instances as this and hey we are not exempt from making mistakes bud. That's how we learn. 😊💙
If you guys would stop skipping the most important part of flying anything that's RC and that is learning how to fly first. Everything else comes later
I appreciate the sentiment Mike, and I completely agree with your assessment. However, may I suggest that your presentation could use a bit of fine-tuning. You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Very nice, I appreciate that you identified yourself as a beginner because I don't feel so out of touch. I too am a beginner and having trouble with my confidence as I don't want to wreck my Mavick Pro! I will watch more of your tutorials - thanks!
Thanks for the video and I think these drones are so cool. I am a 63 yr. retired railroad conductor. I am definitely from the old school generation who did not even play video games, so I am all thumbs when it comes to this stuff. So, I just purchased a cheap beginner drone to practice. My ultimate goal is to eventually save up some retirement money and purchase a Mavic Pro and use it with a small tablet. I also have the retiree's eyes.....lol, so that should help. Hopefully, I will become decent enough at flying to graduate to the next level. Thanks for the great video and you are giving this old timer a little hope in achieving this.
Thanks for that tip. I was just flying my Mavic the other day and was wondering why it wasn't landing on the right spot all the time. Thanks to you, Now I know what I was doing wrong. It's good to know that's it's due to human error and not a software issue. New sub here. Keep up the great work!
A lot of people say "buy extra props". I say buy prop guards. If you hit an object at high altitude for example.. in most cases it will just bump into the obstacle and not come down falling from the sky. The guards do not interfere in any significantly noticeable way with the way or amount of time it flies
Awesome video I never thought you needed to take it up at least 10 meters , it's no wonder my RTH never came back exactly in the same spot !! Thank you
Subscribed! I bought my Mavic Pro last week, didn't know about the insurance they offer and it passed the 48 hours since I was simply setting it up. I haven't flown it yet since I live in a no fly zone, but was able to calibrate the compass and test the app is receiving video feeds. Sucks that I can't get the $99 insurance because I didn't know about it. I also upgraded the firmware, may go for my first flight tomorrow in Tokyo, wish me luck!
Bushido Photo, LLC Since your comment is 5 months old it maybe too late now. But there is a way to get the insurance after 48 hours. It involves taking a video if your quad.
Crashed mine, broke 2 props but I bought the fly more combo so had spares. Crashed it in low light so make sure you fly in good lighting otherwise the sensors mess up. This has taught me something I did not know so thank you for the tips! Agreed, get the combo it's worth the investment! Bag is slightly too small imo but it's fantastic quality.
Hi Russ , it's so good to have this type of content and stuff to revisit when you need it cause We tend to forget and get Complacent , I completely forgot about that and was always wondering why My Mavic would never land where I took-off from , It use to be quite accurate in the early days but now I know why it isn't anymore , We forget to do the things We are suppose to ,thanks and take care .
Love your channel and I know your a good pilot, but hey some friendly advice. 99.9% of the time you don't have to use the RTH feature. Simply look at the lower left of your screen and use the compass to guide yourself back. In the very rare instance you use the RTH feature, as soon as you regain visual site of the drone take back manual control. If you get used to navigating with your compass, you will never ever need to use RTH.
Very useful! I scoured the manuals and watched other videos but did not know this one detail. Fly high enough for the sensors to capture an image of a larger area for safe landing. I spent a week preparing and familiarizing myself with the mavic before It left the ground. Don't rush! It's worth the wait.
As a seasoned pilot I never fully relied on return to home because of flaws like that. I only use return to home for playing around or loss of control or a low battery. Otherwise you can just use the map that's built into the app to fly home and do the finishing touches through line of sight.
Thanks for taking one for the team 👍 Also very kind of you to share this so others don't make same mistske, You are a true Drone Patriot, You got a new Subscriber My Friend. All the way from NYC 👋
Interesting video. These tips are great. I Just had a failed takeoff with my Mavic Mini with a hard landing in the sand on the beach in Cabo San Lucas. One grain of sand blocked the right rear motor and prevented the prop from turning and taking off after that. I tried blowing out some very tiny grains of sand but it still would not allow the motor to turn. Luckily my son got a larger grain of sand out of the motor and I was able to takeoff and fly after that. Fly safe.
It was amazing seeing the Mavic get over the landing area before descending and then reorient itself relative to the take-off/landing area. Incredible how it recognizes the area and can determine it's orientation relative to the take-off/landing area. As your experiment showed, the higher altitude is necessary to set the RTH spot as the Mavic needs to take in enough data from the take-off area to get the most precise landing spot. The technology is amazing. Thanks again.
I wish I'd seen this vid 2 weeks ago. I was in the mountains in California and lifted off from a small sand bar on a river, great video, awesome scenary. When I pushed "return to home" everything was going well until my Mavic got within about 20ft of the ground and I could tell it was way off from the home point. At this point I didn't even know you an cancel RTH so I just held my breath and got as close to the water as I could to fish it out of the drink. Fortunately it landed about 6 feet from the waters edge. I assumed it was a GPS thing, being surrounded by mountains and all, so I manually landed from that point on. Now I know I was just a moron as I remember lifting off up to about 12 feet and then flying up and down the river w/o ever ascending to 30ft. Thanks for the video, you may have saved me from making that same mistake again in the future. Keep up the good work!
Good video. I've been flying drones since 2012 and I've only used "return to home" twice and both times it was because too far out and lost control signal. Once back in range, I took control. I'm not suggesting that anyone not use "return to home", I'm just a control freak and I've had too many surprises with some of the "auto" flight modes with drones.
I'm glad you mavic wasn't hurt. I crashed mine and had to send it in to be fix. It's been 21 days now. Doesn't sound like a long time but it sure feels like it.
Great tip ! I didn’t know that, so you definitely taught me something with this video. I’ve had my Mavic Pro for over a year now and don’t get to fly it as much as I’d want to, but I do appreciate the tips for when I do
I had a similar accident landing back on a table. When you hit the auto takeoff button you're prompted do you want precise landing. hit that and I'm sure mine goes to 10 feet not metres. You have to let it hover for at least 10 secs. I've had really good returns but I usually get an unsafe landing area warning ,then have to land manually
When the landing area is small, you always land the drone manually! Don't use the automatic landing mode especially on a moving vehicle such as a boat.
Thank you so much for sharing this tip. I couldn't wait after I saw your video and tested it myself. My RTH landings are now WAY more accurate!Keep up the good work, having the "humility" to share your mistake with us will undoubtly save some crashes...+1
How many people read the instructions????. Im glad you have because i never knew that. Very informative as usual sir. Just remember you want to fly atleast 3 mistakes high pmsl. Love your work.
Thank you, my cousin and I both have mavic air dronesand have both tried the RTH function but both noticed it was always a close landing but not dead on. I plan to try this on my next flight, thank you again. From Nova Scotia, Canada.
The TRY is a great feature, but no substitute for learni g to land on your own and on RTH you can adjust the landing manually. spare props and batteries are always a good thing. It's also helpful to learn to use the map view to spot your drones orientation especially if you can't see it clearly. ultimately no substitute for lots of stick time. buy a small cheap drone they really help to learn good stick control and they bounce well when you do crash
Wish I'd seen it before my first flight - did same thing but landed in grass & Mavic was fine. So helpful, keep up the videos for us fellow beginners. Some channels are great but way to advanced for me!
Been there, munched my pro 2 in the first 15 minutes of flight. Stuck in a tree. Got a mini 2 basically free about 2 weeks ago and was impressed enough to spring for the pro. Been all around said tree with the mini but nailed it with the pro. Fortunately no damage done. Retrieved it an continued flying.
Thanks mate, I'm in the same boat as you were. Just about to buy the kit ( batteries, bag, propellors, chargers et cetera) this morning. Doing my homework in advance. Never owned a drone before and anxious not to wreck it! Great information about the autohome function and definitely something to keep in mind. Since it is so small thinking a sudden wind gust would also upset the apple cart just before landing. Would make it difficult for the landing routine to stay on course. Looking forwards to any demonstrations you may do on the other advanced flight functions. Cheers Rob
Robert Leftwich Thanks Rob, that means a lot! If you should feel so inclined, please consider using the link in my description to purchase your combo kit! You pay the same, and my channel gets a little help!
Great demonstration on the importance of getting up to 30 M to get a good return to home. (It's a good thing it didn't err towards your truck!) I can tell you this also applies to the Mavic Air. Also -- snow on the ground and you're wearing a short-sleeve polo shirt, plus a purple X for the Vikings . . . you are a true Minnesotan! :-D
Your gonna get a lot of tipsters on this one but I’m sure you’ve learned your lesson. I’ve been flying for years and I just realized this last week. Luckily on the P4 you can control your drone on auto landing so I guided it to safety on it’s way down.
Good video, thanks. The Mavic Pro is next on my purchase list so I am watching numerous videos just like this one and absorbing many hints and tips. I know this kind of knowledge will be useful to a complete beginner. It clearly won't beat experience but it is still good to know.
Excellent! You are doing the right thing by informing yourself as much as possible before you get it. That will mitigate the risks, plus help you have more fun right away! If you should feel so inclined, feel free to use the links in any of my descriptions to purchase your Mavic Pro! It costs you the same, but helps me continue to build this channel! Thanks for watching and keep me updated on when you get your Mavic!
I had a similar problem with my Mavic Mini Drone on my first flight, I flew up and straight over my daughter's school (closed at the time) and tested RTH it came back and I noticed that it was about to land on my Laurel Tree which forms part of the boundary. Luckily I was watching and managed to stop the auto decent and manually fly back onto the paving slab that I use as a Heliport :) Maybe the drones use a photo and GPS to help get back to the starting point, or just need time to register as many satellites as possible for setting the Home Point accurately. I've only crashed my Mini once so far and have managed to get some nice footage of Landscapes and also some Panoramas, for my own RUclips Channel so I am very happy :) Great Tip I will make sure I do that every time Thanks :)
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I don't believe that's true anymore about having to first go up 10 meters.
Something that I was taught while going through flight training: _"If in doubt, power out."_ Basically if something is going wrong while landing, give it some power and re-assume a safe altitude to figure stuff out. Your drone is much safer in the air than it is near the ground.
PermaFr0st Oh no! If in doubt, rocket your drone up and clip something along the way???
Permafrost gave excellent advice, then you ruined it with a half-thought out, and poor attempt at humor
Ironically, I had better advice: If in doubt freeze, PermaFr0st, freeeze. Stop all movement. Then you have some breathing space for your next move. Even when auto landing, press the throttle up enough just to hold it still.
Pilots often say "altitude is your friend". Applies in this case too
@@soentrueman7944 1 year late reply but he said he is a pilot you cant freeze a plane 😬
one piece of advice- when I have a large space I let the drone land by itself. when the space is small, I cancel return to home once the drone is near and then manually land slowly and gently ..
James Lama yes, I have been doing that since this happened! Thank you!
same
James Lama that's how it should be....
This is good advice. Also, always check the compass to be in the green from where you take off and/or set the home point.
There are a couple of advantages to the RTH. I use it like James, at times, to get to LOS (near or far) and land manually. There are a couple of shoots I had where I took of from a covered balcony and obviously RTH would not work including landing. So like James said, cancel nearby and take over manually. Another thing I think I found out is that the Mavic has more "return power" when RTH is activated, more so then sport-mode, in high winds. I was in several (really !) high-wind-situations and was struggling hard to get my Mavic back, to the point where I gave up and as a last resort hit the RTH button. Still going in the same direction, the Mavic all of a sudden had more power/speed coming back then I was able to provide manually in sport-mode. Not that I aiming to be in that situation again, I found it interesting and definitely something I want to try again on a windy day in a better/controlable area (not flying over a Caribbean ocean, although ground wind speeds were fine !). Certainly something to explore !
Another tip that some may not know:
The Mavic’s Pause button can be a drone-saver.
Learn to press it Before you go into Panic mode.
Practice using it for stopping any operation quickly.
Practice using it enough that you won’t have to look for it if you ever really need it.
Good demo: ruclips.net/video/aJNIwDgkH1g/видео.html
I know this is 3yrs after the fact but I just got a second hand Mavic pro and love all your helpful tips on the drone..
I just got my Mavic pro today and I'm watching your videos before even fly it I think you're very knowledgeable and I like what you stand for so I will always stay in tune with you
SunTan hands Congrats on your Magic and thank you for the very kind words! Nice to have you here!
I wish i did first, i crashed it on the first day withing 4 minutes of flying, but its fine. just posted a video
+51 Drones :)
Thank so much for the tips! I am nerding out and trying to watch all these before my mavic gets here so I know what to do when I get it.
Good info and thanks for the RTH test. I knew taking off to 30m was important, but I didn't know it would be the difference between 3" and 8' !! Glad your Mavic is ok.
Thanks Ed!
Hey, man, thank you very much! I have bought Mavic two days ago, and I crashed it once, which I will explain. I have been looking forwards to buying one since they gave it out, but it wasn't available here in Iran, and later that it was, it was very expensive. So I managed to buy one recently.I fly very carefully since I have investigated a lot and seen a lot of videos about it. So it wasn't because I am a newbie. I was trying to fly it from one room to another, in the house, and in BEGINNER's mode. I flew very very slowly & carefully, but it suddenly moved towards the open door and hit it. Today when I asked the seller, who is an expert, too, he told me the reason: the door frame is metal, so when it came forward and reached the frame, the sensors mixed up, because of the metal frame, and it moved towards the door. An interference in the waves and sensors!
I just had not thought about such a thing! I wrote it here, for I thought it may be beneficial for someone else, too.
One more thing: I knew it takes a picture to get back home and land later, but I had no idea I must fly it ten meters up, then move to other directions, so that at 10 meters high it takes the picture! I just knew it takes a picture, but had no idea at what height! Thanks a lot for sharing this.
And your area seems to be a suburban area! I loved it! I am in a suburb of Tehran which was a quiet and good place before, but now it has been densely crowded and noisy! Your film reminded me of our place in the past! Good days which are gone!
Thank you!
I must commend a man that admits his own mistakes ! A lot of guys could make awesome informative videos with their drones BUT are too afraid of getting FLAMED by You Tubers and that;s sad !! Thanks for posting this 51 Drones !
i agree, if you are a Drone user, sooner or later, we will have an OPPSIE,,,,LOL
Picked up a barely used Mavic Pro a few weeks ago. Watched a ton of your videos and many others. I am so glad to have found your channel. Thank You for making these incredibly informative videos. Keep it Up!
00RONDOR00 I just got my Mavic about a month ago. Best drone I’ve owned by far. Just exploring my neighborhood is amazing. With the Bebop line I’ve been flying for 3 years I’m able to go out a mile now in any direction....👍💫🛩
Even at 3+ years old, this video is incredibly useful in helping me not make this kind of mistake as I prepare to get my first drone. Thanks!
Awesome information. I've watched tons of videos from other drone users and you're the first to explain that you need to be in the air to set home so that RTH works properly. Everyone sets home place while it's sitting on the ground.
Piloting is like motorcycling. You have to "know your exits" at all times. When I'm riding I'm mindful of ditches, guard rails, etc. that I DON'T want to go toward in an emergency. On a motorcycle, though it is counter intuitive, splitting lanes is your safest default. When piloting elevation is your safest default. But you have be mindful of obstacles overhead. You should plan to launch and land where there are no overhead branches, wires, etc. If you get nervous ELEVATION IS YOUR EXIT. That's counter intuitive because you want to be safely on the ground.
Yes
I'm a rider also. I agree 100%. I
I'm a new Mavic owner, having only flown it once. Before I got delivery I downloaded the manual and read it cover to cover and watched dozens of videos. There's so much info I guess it's easy to not remember everything. I didn't remember reading about the 30 meters. This is great information to know. With all of myself gps quads, I typically just go up 10 feet when taking off to be sure everything is ok first. Thanks for this.
I've built up the habit of hand launching and catching it. I got to practice this in the winter as I didn't want the Mavic pro on the ground coz of the snow. I hit the return to home feature but as soon as its within visible range, I take over and do everything by hand.
Jose Ledesma watch them finger tips...chopped mine and got lucky it only took the skin off! Was worried to look at it it hurt so much haha! Seriously, buy a foldable matt or something. Not worth the risk imo. Them props are sharp!!!
Good demo. I see so many people complaining that the precision landing isn’t working for them, and they simply haven’t “RTFM”! I read the manual for my Mavic Air 2, and the precision landing has always worked perfectly, within a couple of inches.
Landing manually is actually quite easy. Just practice in open spaces to feel really comfortable before trying to land in a smaller space. And luckily the Mavic is very good at hovering without drifting when in GPS mode.
Also, the Mavic does actually come with 2 sets of spare props just in case of mishap.
Jonny Rides Trail I got 2 also
Jonny Rides Trail yes it's easy, but when things happen quickly and start to panic then it's also easy to crash anywhere
I always land manually!
After playing with my new drone outside, I wanted to play with it more in my kitchen because it was bitterly cold. Based on the performance outdoors I thought it should be ok. But I tried to land via RTH, and it drifted a few feet and attacked a couple patio blinds haha. I think it could have been GPS drift. There is so much to learn about this Mavic....will take months to learn all the functions.
Thank you so much for posting this. I had EXACTLY the same crash, my return to home was off, I panicked and I crashed into my house 🤦♂️ couldn't understand why my return to home was so off. Now I understand!!!
I bought my Mavic air second hand and don't have the manual so I'm relying on my own research. Seriously, thank you!!!
Let's push DJI to add voice confirmation that the image for precision landing (that's the feature you show on your video without mentioning it ;) ) is recorded. I found it's not always obviously if it was recorded or not.
just got my "shipping confirmation" from DJI off amazon. SO SO SO excited. Thanks for the good video! I am a first time Drone owner and flyer. This thing is going to be great! Wish me luck this weekend!
Jed Beth Hart Yay! Get ready for a complete loss of free time! Lol
Iv'e never flown before and never heard of a mavic - until last week - mine arrives tomorry 😁😁
I WILL NOT CRASH MY MAVIC!!!! You don't put that curse on me! Thanks for the tip, I wasn't aware of this.
Amazing! Today I stayed un a motel in Reedsport OR on my way to Sacramento. I offered to take aerial shots of the motel because they are new owners. I lifted to about fifteen feet, made a pics, rose another ten feet - another pic and a few more from different angles, And then RTH. I too noticed it was not coming to the spot it departed from and instead of hitting the pause button I moved it toward me as it was about to land in traffic. A bit more panicking and as it was about a foot off the ground I hit the forward toggle and it almost made it up the driveway but skidded for about twenty feet. Your demo was very timely. As I now recall I crashed two other times and upon reflection the reason for those crashes were the same. Now thanks to you I can avoid future crashes./
I live in the New England area , my first DJI phantom 4 crashed sustaining heavy damage to shell , camera came off the gymball . I was recording my daughter trough walking trough the woods at about 6 feet off the ground , and 6 feet away , then I increased the altitud to 12 feet flying through trees , depleting the battery juice , suddenly the drone will not respond it started to fly higher , I panic press the return mode on , to have it crashed on to a oak tree branches . One thing to take in consideration is that sensors avoidance mode will not register branches with no leaves .
I feel the same situation
my mavic platinum did the same.
When the battery critically low it will auto RTH (default setting), thus it climb to RTH altitude.
you still have full control over it.
when it climb by itself, just pull down the throttle and auto RTH will be canceled. (than land it manually)
Never far away when battery only 30%
I see this video was taken before you realized you couldn’t fly over a train. Train footage is so cool and I didn’t know that was a no-no until watching your train video police interaction. I love your channel. Thanks buddy!
Very nice and informative video. You are also very humble, to show what you did wrong and correcting it. Keep up the good work :)
Clinton King Oh my, thank you so much!
When I have a crash and the video still ends up on RUclips (almost all of them do!) I fess up right there in the description including whether or not it was "pilot error" ("I fv¢k€d up") -- no need to sugarcoat things or otherwise obscure the truth. :-)
Thanks for the 15 m tip !
As a new drone owner of one month, I've had my M2Pro return pin point BUT twice it's needed to be guided in - yesterday it was going to land feet away from RTH in a small tree. Thanks again.
That's a good video. It's not easy to admit you made a mistake. A lot of little girls who pretend to be men have a problem with that. Also, you figured out what you did wrong and passed it on. I'm glad I watched your lesson. I shall endeavor not to make the same mistake!
Agreed, well said!
James Bronson My thoughts exactly. This man knows the meaning of responsibility.
Qué chucha wn
Silvia Morales webon! Lol!
I have watched a few of your videos and after watching this one i decided to subscribe. Your ability to be concise and keep it simple is good for me. Got my Mavic a week ago and your videos are giving me more confidence to rely on some of the settings and modes. Thank you!
Appreciate that very much! Welcome to the channel!
I usually take off on automatic and let it hover at 3 to 4 feet until it says home point has been updated. Then I fly away. I never had any issue with the return to home. Your accident might have been the un defined take off point (a glass table). Marking the take off point makes it much more accurate for the RTH function to operate. I use a colorful pad marked with the letter H available on line for purchase. Also make sure if you have not physically moved from your location when you took off to hit the RTH that is on the controller and not the RTH on the DJI Go app on the screen. This RTH will bring it back to where the controller is and not where it took off from. This is useful if you have physically moved and want to land the craft next to you. Hope is of help. Fly safe.
I want to say the mavic will hover 4 ft above take off and collect home point. it will say it also. I think if you just take off and start flying then you will have a problem.
I'm a new owner. Thanks for sharing. I have been keeping my finger over the pause button as it comes in for landing just in case something goes wrong. I figure it gives me some time to avoid panicking and pushing the wrong buttons!
That was great. Haven't got my Mavic Pro yet, still researching and watching vids.Thanks
Awesome! Thanks so much for watching!
I was going to give you the needle for painting an X on your driveway but when you said "go Vikings" I realized you were a righteous dude and far above reproach. Great video by the way.
Jerry Fritz Lol. Skol!
I never use return to home... i hate the beeping.
Exactly, I manually control every time. Faster and I can more precisely control it. The
I think DJI should either lower down the beeping volume or add a volume control to the controller.
It's only useful if your drone losses connection or you're lost.
you can turn offf beeping sound rth, by press power button on rc once (Not work anymore after update) What a dji!
Yeah I don't get it either unless it's for connection reasons. I enjoy flying my drone and return to home kind of takes away from that
I know this is an old video but I have recently obtained a Mavic Pro and experimented with this. If I am too close to the launch point and not in a similar position when it returns it will often try to key off of me to find the landing point. The other day I was closer to a large tree and it started to land too close to the tree. Thanks for all the videos Russ.
Great video! I am new too but for what I heard, I think you are pointing the antennas in the wrong direction. They should point towards the sky and not in the way you showed in this video. Good tip! If you dont point up towards the sky then you could loose connection after 1.5 miles. Greetings
Read the manuals it's says when flying in front ,behind,and sides of your self you out the antennas they way you are saying. When it is above you,you out the antennas they way he has.
The fly more kit is awsome. Just got the mavic 2 pro last week and I can't believe how incredible the drone is. Sold my mavic pro and am glad I have the 2. If you follow the procedure it comes back no problem. Just like the pro, go to 30 feet as stated. Good video, helped me not crash my pro. Lol
Getting my new Mavic soon. That was VERY informative video ! Thanks !
Thanks! Fascinating channel you have by the way! Subbed!
Mavic Pro uses GPS like what's in a car or cellphone. The reason for ascending to 33.5 ft or 10 meteres is the downward VPS takes pictures of the ground and records/caches them so that it can return to its take off position and land more accurately. Taking off straight away your skipping that step and purely relying on GPS or a small sample of the ground.
RTH is something that should be used on a long flight or emergency where you can intervene but this is a good idea. As the Mavic more accurately records the take off point. Even a longer hover over the take off point will help.
Very helpful I just ordered my first drone I'm dreaming about drones because I can't wait to get it
Very late in the piece but...
Love how you pass on what you've learned with the Mavic Pro, in particular! We all learn hey, and you're a humble guy so more people will listen. Me very much included! Mistakes are part of the process.. broken props are an easy fix... drowning them in sea water... that's another..
Love your vids and have subbed.
Was going to say the Purple X seemed to suite the Mavic's RTH profile well.lol, till you didn't go up high enough... good info!!! Learned something today!! yay!!
I bought my Mavic Platinum Flymore a few days ago and absolutely LOVE this thing. How steady it is even in a decent breeze!!!
I'm an old school RC'er: Planes, Jets, EDF's, Cars, Helicopters for the best part of 28 years now. Quads.. well... I should have gone to something much more quality before my confidence in quads/drones was eroded.
I feel my biggest issue, is trust..... I was going from cheap $80-$120USD Quads with cameras to this thing. $100 drones DO NOT handle like this. They suck, especially in breezy conditions. Even though it's a few years old now..The Mavic Pro: it's GOD LIKE compared to toy quads.
Biblical attitude and altitude hold... and even though 85% of my flights are by line of sight, (What I'm used to) I'm really loving the confidence the Mavic Pro is giving me. Really looking forward to trusting that camera and sensor and GPS info I get on my screen.... as scary as it is.. Love it!!
Thanks again
PS: sorry for the huge comment... just wanted to share my overwhelmed mind lol... Toys suck... go real!!!
Little bit wrong on the info. It's only 6 meters and the Mavic will do this for you. When you click the take-off button and the Slide to Take-off pops up, there is a little checkbox just above the slider for "Precision Take-off". If you check this box and then slide to take off the Mavic will fly up vertically 6 meters and take a reference picture noted by a small double beep on the controller when it's done so. Your precision landing point is then set. From my experience it lands almost exactly where it takes off when you do this. Every time for me so far.
Also, I think what you're seeing when you took off immediately is not an inaccuracy in it's home landing point, but the point at which the Mavic recorded the landing point as you were flying off.
From page 15 of the Mavic Pro manual:
"Precision Landing performance is subject to the following conditions:
a. Home point is recorded upon take off, and and cannot be refreshed during flight.
b. Aircraft must take off vertically. Take off altitude must be greater than 10 meters."
If you use the sticks to take off, you need to go up to 10 meters before changing direction. If you use the take-off slider and use Precision Take-off, then it will set the precision point for you. I couldn't find anything where it stated 6 meters, but please point me in the direction if you know where it says that. I, for one will always go straight up at least 50 feet before changing direction just to be sure. Thanks!
This might be a double post, sorry, but it's in the interface as you want to take off, you just have to select the checkbox for Precision Takeoff:
bit.ly/2oTOk3D
I don't know, maybe it was introduced in a later update after the manual was printed.
Ok, so I found that tonight. It did hover to 6m when I launched it that way. Maybe they say 10 in the manual to be sure you go up high enough when launching manually?
51 Drones - Most likely it was simply an update. I've never flown mine on the original firmware, updated mine immediately after firing it up they first time, so I don't know if that feature has been there since day one.
Also, I don't think your second landing when it landed 8-10 feet away from you're marker was an indication of poor return to home accuracy but instead I think that landing spot was simply the area the Mavic was over when it took its landing picture. Of course that's speculation so I might just play around and experiment with it yet.
At any rate, keep the good videos coming!
10 meter hover was (and is) in the manual, prior to the update last month that added precision 6m takeoff with the checkbox.
Really appreciate this tip! I just got my Mavic yesterday, read through the manual, and must have missed this! Thanks for sharing your mistakes with us!! Headed to Big Sur this weekend!!
I think you should try flying it back to the x and landing.
Hi. New drone pilot from Norway. Just bought a second hand Mavic Pro and just loving it! Thanks for all the good videos with a lot of useful tips for us new in the game! I'll keep watching your videos! Thanks again! (Go Vikings?)
Very useful, Great Videos !
Return to home won my first crash as well. I was flying very low attitude around my yard with the low battery warning going off. The mavic was only 20’ from me so no biggie. Then return to home took over at 10 percent. The drone tried to ascend to 200’ before returning to home. Unfortunately I was flying under a tree canopy. Hot mess! Instant respect. This thing is not a toy. Don’t get too confident as I did.
Don't trust return to home, just fly it back manually
I have a Mavic 2 Pro and when I slide to do auto take off it tells me a home location has been detected when just hovering at about 3-4 feet. And the precision landing is phenomenal on this thing. The new technology they’re putting in these things is amazing.
NEVER!!!!! I'll never CRASH my baby!!
N'th DEGREE DRONE Lol! I hope not, but be prepared!
N'th DEGREE DRONE yup. It's only a matter of time. FACT!!! Post it after you do. Lol
N'th DEGREE DRONE you will be defeated never say never
Crazy Clown Been flying them for 3 years now on 4 different uav's. I don't crash because I know my limits as a pilot and fly within those limits. You fucktards have no idea what that even means, do you? Carry on crash clown!
N'th DEGREE DRONE I love trolls. They make life interesting.
Great vid. Here's a bit of advice that I use myself.
When landing in tight spots;
1 - I always land manually
2 - I turn off obstacle avoidance.
Great to know. Thanks a lot!
Cheers for your videos I finally got to fly my Mavic Pro today. Thanks to you it was easier than I thought it would be. Keep the videos coming. Great job.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
"Building a community of mavic pro flyers" so us sparkies aint welcome? Lol jk
You little Sparkie, you are welcome too, even if you have a small drone you are still in the DJI family. LOL...
Nice video! Just got my Mavic yesterday and I'm "patiently" waiting for suitable weather to try it out. All of your tips are very welcome, thanks!
Amiral Benito That's great! You will have so much fun! Thank you!
Why in the hell did you hit return home in the first place why didn't you just landed it on the table
Ignorance. No other reason. Basically the 4th time I had it up.
mike Woodward that is what the return to home button is for. I have had similar instances as this and hey we are not exempt from making mistakes bud. That's how we learn. 😊💙
If you guys would stop skipping the most important part of flying anything that's RC and that is learning how to fly first. Everything else comes later
I appreciate the sentiment Mike, and I completely agree with your assessment. However, may I suggest that your presentation could use a bit of fine-tuning. You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Mike's an ass. Call the kettle black Drone 51. He's self apparently perfect.
Very nice, I appreciate that you identified yourself as a beginner because I don't feel so out of touch. I too am a beginner and having trouble with my confidence as I don't want to wreck my Mavick Pro! I will watch more of your tutorials - thanks!
Thanks for the video and I think these drones are so cool. I am a 63 yr. retired railroad conductor. I am definitely from the old school generation who did not even play video games, so I am all thumbs when it comes to this stuff. So, I just purchased a cheap beginner drone to practice. My ultimate goal is to eventually save up some retirement money and purchase a Mavic Pro and use it with a small tablet. I also have the retiree's eyes.....lol, so that should help. Hopefully, I will become decent enough at flying to graduate to the next level. Thanks for the great video and you are giving this old timer a little hope in achieving this.
Open Eyes And Ears I love comments like this! Thanks!
Great tip, didn't knew about it as I'm mostly landing manually. I think that way it's much quicker and less noticeable for surroundings
Thanks for that tip. I was just flying my Mavic the other day and was wondering why it wasn't landing on the right spot all the time. Thanks to you, Now I know what I was doing wrong. It's good to know that's it's due to human error and not a software issue. New sub here. Keep up the great work!
A lot of people say "buy extra props". I say buy prop guards. If you hit an object at high altitude for example.. in most cases it will just bump into the obstacle and not come down falling from the sky. The guards do not interfere in any significantly noticeable way with the way or amount of time it flies
Awesome video I never thought you needed to take it up at least 10 meters , it's no wonder my RTH never came back exactly in the same spot !! Thank you
Subscribed! I bought my Mavic Pro last week, didn't know about the insurance they offer and it passed the 48 hours since I was simply setting it up. I haven't flown it yet since I live in a no fly zone, but was able to calibrate the compass and test the app is receiving video feeds. Sucks that I can't get the $99 insurance because I didn't know about it. I also upgraded the firmware, may go for my first flight tomorrow in Tokyo, wish me luck!
Bushido Photo, LLC Since your comment is 5 months old it maybe too late now. But there is a way to get the insurance after 48 hours. It involves taking a video if your quad.
Crashed mine, broke 2 props but I bought the fly more combo so had spares. Crashed it in low light so make sure you fly in good lighting otherwise the sensors mess up. This has taught me something I did not know so thank you for the tips! Agreed, get the combo it's worth the investment! Bag is slightly too small imo but it's fantastic quality.
Hi Russ , it's so good to have this type of content and stuff to revisit when you need it cause We tend to forget and get Complacent , I completely forgot about that and was always wondering why My Mavic would never land where I took-off from , It use to be quite accurate in the early days but now I know why it isn't anymore , We forget to do the things We are suppose to ,thanks and take care .
Love your channel and I know your a good pilot, but hey some friendly advice. 99.9% of the time you don't have to use the RTH feature. Simply look at the lower left of your screen and use the compass to guide yourself back. In the very rare instance you use the RTH feature, as soon as you regain visual site of the drone take back manual control. If you get used to navigating with your compass, you will never ever need to use RTH.
Very useful! I scoured the manuals and watched other videos but did not know this one detail. Fly high enough for the sensors to capture an image of a larger area for safe landing. I spent a week preparing and familiarizing myself with the mavic before It left the ground. Don't rush! It's worth the wait.
As a seasoned pilot I never fully relied on return to home because of flaws like that. I only use return to home for playing around or loss of control or a low battery. Otherwise you can just use the map that's built into the app to fly home and do the finishing touches through line of sight.
I have learned to use the map all of the time now. Even last night, I lost connection for a bit and relied on the map. It's very useful.
Thanks for taking one for the team 👍 Also very kind of you to share this so others don't make same mistske, You are a true Drone Patriot, You got a new Subscriber My Friend. All the way from NYC 👋
EL EVO Not intentionally taking one for the team, but thank you! Lol. It all worked out. Thanks and welcome to the channel!
Just got my mavic today, your video is one of my first to see before taking the drone to fly. Thanks for sharing, it's super useful indeed!
Interesting video. These tips are great. I Just had a failed takeoff with my Mavic Mini with a hard landing in the sand on the beach in Cabo San Lucas. One grain of sand blocked the right rear motor and prevented the prop from turning and taking off after that. I tried blowing out some very tiny grains of sand but it still would not allow the motor to turn. Luckily my son got a larger grain of sand out of the motor and I was able to takeoff and fly after that. Fly safe.
It was amazing seeing the Mavic get over the landing area before descending and then reorient itself relative to the take-off/landing area. Incredible how it recognizes the area and can determine it's orientation relative to the take-off/landing area. As your experiment showed, the higher altitude is necessary to set the RTH spot as the Mavic needs to take in enough data from the take-off area to get the most precise landing spot. The technology is amazing. Thanks again.
I wish I'd seen this vid 2 weeks ago. I was in the mountains in California and lifted off from a small sand bar on a river, great video, awesome scenary. When I pushed "return to home" everything was going well until my Mavic got within about 20ft of the ground and I could tell it was way off from the home point. At this point I didn't even know you an cancel RTH so I just held my breath and got as close to the water as I could to fish it out of the drink. Fortunately it landed about 6 feet from the waters edge. I assumed it was a GPS thing, being surrounded by mountains and all, so I manually landed from that point on. Now I know I was just a moron as I remember lifting off up to about 12 feet and then flying up and down the river w/o ever ascending to 30ft. Thanks for the video, you may have saved me from making that same mistake again in the future. Keep up the good work!
Good video. I've been flying drones since 2012 and I've only used "return to home" twice and both times it was because too far out and lost control signal. Once back in range, I took control. I'm not suggesting that anyone not use "return to home", I'm just a control freak and I've had too many surprises with some of the "auto" flight modes with drones.
I'm glad you mavic wasn't hurt. I crashed mine and had to send it in to be fix. It's been 21 days now. Doesn't sound like a long time but it sure feels like it.
Billy Gillentine aw man, that stinks! That seems too long! Let me know how long it takes please.
They sent me a tracking number yesterday. It says I should have it Thursday by 4pm. That will make it be 26 days.
Billy Gillentine That's like torture!
Did you ever get your Mavic?
Not yet
Great tip ! I didn’t know that, so you definitely taught me something with this video. I’ve had my Mavic Pro for over a year now and don’t get to fly it as much as I’d want to, but I do appreciate the tips for when I do
I had a similar accident landing back on a table.
When you hit the auto takeoff button you're prompted do you want precise landing. hit that and I'm sure mine goes to 10 feet not metres.
You have to let it hover for at least 10 secs.
I've had really good returns but I usually get an unsafe landing area warning ,then have to land manually
Ya, it seems that it has been updated since the manual. It used to be 10m and now is 6m if you check it off. Thanks!
When the landing area is small, you always land the drone manually! Don't use the automatic landing mode especially on a moving vehicle such as a boat.
Thank you so much for sharing this tip. I couldn't wait after I saw your video and tested it myself. My RTH landings are now WAY more accurate!Keep up the good work, having the "humility" to share your mistake with us will undoubtly save some crashes...+1
JP Lemay My goal with all of this is to help others. So happy to hear it helped you!
How many people read the instructions????. Im glad you have because i never knew that. Very informative as usual sir. Just remember you want to fly atleast 3 mistakes high pmsl. Love your work.
Thanks for the video. My fly more combo arrives tomorrow(taking the day off of work) and this is a great piece of info. Look forward to more videos.
Thanks Bud! You will be taking more days off!!! Enjoy and thanks for watching!
Thank you, my cousin and I both have mavic air dronesand have both tried the RTH function but both noticed it was always a close landing but not dead on. I plan to try this on my next flight, thank you again. From Nova Scotia, Canada.
The TRY is a great feature, but no substitute for learni g to land on your own and on RTH you can adjust the landing manually. spare props and batteries are always a good thing. It's also helpful to learn to use the map view to spot your drones orientation especially if you can't see it clearly. ultimately no substitute for lots of stick time. buy a small cheap drone they really help to learn good stick control and they bounce well when you do crash
Wish I'd seen it before my first flight - did same thing but landed in grass & Mavic was fine. So helpful, keep up the videos for us fellow beginners. Some channels are great but way to advanced for me!
Thank you so much! That makes me so happy, because that is the goal of me making these videos! Glad yours is ok also!
Great tutorial. I have seen it twice and it really helped me when I first started to fly. Greetings from the island of Crete in Greece!
Been there, munched my pro 2 in the first 15 minutes of flight. Stuck in a tree. Got a mini 2 basically free about 2 weeks ago and was impressed enough to spring for the pro. Been all around said tree with the mini but nailed it with the pro. Fortunately no damage done. Retrieved it an continued flying.
As Mavic is so short legged, I have never lift it of nor landed on a solid surface, as I always use it in nature, but this is good to know.
It is very smart to recognize the problem before you do the experiment. Thanks
Thanks mate, I'm in the same boat as you were. Just about to buy the kit ( batteries, bag, propellors, chargers et cetera) this morning. Doing my homework in advance. Never owned a drone before and anxious not to wreck it! Great information about the autohome function and definitely something to keep in mind. Since it is so small thinking a sudden wind gust would also upset the apple cart just before landing. Would make it difficult for the landing routine to stay on course. Looking forwards to any demonstrations you may do on the other advanced flight functions. Cheers Rob
Robert Leftwich Thanks Rob, that means a lot! If you should feel so inclined, please consider using the link in my description to purchase your combo kit! You pay the same, and my channel gets a little help!
51 Drones hi if i was nearby I would. I live in Brisbane Australia. Cheers
Great tip! Didn't know about the 33 foot rule for return to home to work more accurately. Thanks 😊
Great demonstration on the importance of getting up to 30 M to get a good return to home. (It's a good thing it didn't err towards your truck!) I can tell you this also applies to the Mavic Air.
Also -- snow on the ground and you're wearing a short-sleeve polo shirt, plus a purple X for the Vikings . . . you are a true Minnesotan! :-D
Lol. North Dakotan, but close!
Make sure the precision landing checkbook is ticked when you take off as well.
I have a cx20 . And this is a great tip that really makes sense.. I always use RTL and I have had pinpoint accuracy...
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Thanks for your tip. Yes reading the manual but also learning more from these RUclips videos
Your gonna get a lot of tipsters on this one but I’m sure you’ve learned your lesson. I’ve been flying for years and I just realized this last week. Luckily on the P4 you can control your drone on auto landing so I guided it to safety on it’s way down.
Good video, thanks. The Mavic Pro is next on my purchase list so I am watching numerous videos just like this one and absorbing many hints and tips. I know this kind of knowledge will be useful to a complete beginner. It clearly won't beat experience but it is still good to know.
Excellent! You are doing the right thing by informing yourself as much as possible before you get it. That will mitigate the risks, plus help you have more fun right away! If you should feel so inclined, feel free to use the links in any of my descriptions to purchase your Mavic Pro! It costs you the same, but helps me continue to build this channel! Thanks for watching and keep me updated on when you get your Mavic!
I had a similar problem with my Mavic Mini Drone on my first flight, I flew up and straight over my daughter's school (closed at the time) and tested RTH it came back and I noticed that it was about to land on my Laurel Tree which forms part of the boundary. Luckily I was watching and managed to stop the auto decent and manually fly back onto the paving slab that I use as a Heliport :) Maybe the drones use a photo and GPS to help get back to the starting point, or just need time to register as many satellites as possible for setting the Home Point accurately. I've only crashed my Mini once so far and have managed to get some nice footage of Landscapes and also some Panoramas, for my own RUclips Channel so I am very happy :) Great Tip I will make sure I do that every time Thanks :)
One of the most important and informative Mavic videos I've seen yet! Thanks!
Great advice. Just got Mine and will always go over 40 feet to make sure all good.
amazing how accurate return to home is when proper steps are taken .. great lesson thank you