Landing a DJI Mini 3 PRO on a Sailboat - Yikes!
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Have you ever tried to land a drone on a Sailboat? Motorboat, no problem but Sailboat... Yikes!
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This is how pirates got their hook.
Hilarious!
Yet another Captain drone classic. Loved the shots and also love that it shows all the possibilities for drone mishaps when using on a sailboat. It's stuff someone may not consider until trying to land back aboard. Especially FPV.
Love the little mini 3 life jacket.
Good one Cpt.Drone, that looked like alot of fun. Benny
I always love spotting all of the familiar locations in your videos. I have shot a few across the river on the Aylmer side.
Hey neighbour!
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 I have to say that I was quite disappointed when I cycled all the way out to Petrie Island last week and didn’t see you there 😃 I even slowed down by a jeep to see if you were inside. The guy inside wasn’t impressed!
@@AndrewVanBeekOttawa Ha ha, yup I don't visit Petrie much in the summer as it is filled with many families and I like to fly in areas where their are less humans. Humans are not only obstacles to any type of drone but also curious people and they all want to distract a pilot with questions.
Captain Drone Always working! Nice to see you spending some quality time with family. Thanks for the video!
I'm glad you brought the Mini 3 Pro in before those super strong winds came in as that would have really up the ante with the landing / hand grab! I'm enjoying my Mini 3 Pro, but I have absolutely no plans of taking off or landing on a boat... I'll leave that to professionals such as yourself, Steve!
Excellent Video and Excellent Flying! Beautiful Area. Thank You.
Looks like you-all had a good day.
Nice sail boat, for sure. I hand catch my camera drones quite often. Usually just make sure the bottom sensor sees my hand and bring it down.
Thanks for the tour CD! Looked like a great day out on the water.
I just moved to Ottawa a year ago (today actually). I had a mavic mini at home, but just got the mini 4 pro so this is really neat to see. This is great, as I’m still looking for great flying areas haha. Thanks!
i have three drones on my collection now. planning to buy dji se.
thank you so much captain . your a great inspirations. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"...... as you can see, Nelson's boat is quite small..." Them's fighting words Steve !! :)
For drone landings, without hand catching, it does not meet the DJI Care refresh policy of “the pilot made an excellent decision but unfortunately the drone was to blame” :-)
Aye! Aye! Smooth sailing and smooth landing in there!
Wow, that is a tight landing on a sailboat with all that rigging and the sails. I routinely drone on the Ottawa River too but from a power boat with a landing spot at the front of the boat. My "formula" for successful recovery is as follows:
1- Just before you land, update the home point to where you are (DJI should have a software option where the drone "follows the controller" for continuous updating of the home point " automatically, but doesn't)
2- Then activate return to home. When you actually see the drone coming down, cancel the RTH. Then switch to Tripod mode and turn off accident avoidance. Then slowly and carefully bring it to home on the landing pad goin down and forward at the same time. This IS easier said than done, but with extra care, I find it works as well as anything else I've found to land the drone. It must be done slowly and carefully as the boat is continually drifting. The Tripod mode gives you maximum control at slow speeds..
This works for me using the Air 2 and Zoom. Doing this, I have lost my fear of flying over water......
Very pleasant video to watch btw...thank you as always for your efforts
Thank you for sharing your method. Considering you have had success, means it works well.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Well enough if one is very careful. I really think that DJI should have the option for the home point to follow the drone.
We often do videos where one person drives while the second manoevers the drone to take shots along certain historical routes (like the Opeongo trail north of Ottawa). Just before we land, we always update the home point to at least bring the drone close to where we have stopped along the way. If would be nice to have this as an option in software.
Cheers !!
I always land butt to me even on land. That way my bail manoeuvre is always the same: both sticks fwd. ( the GIC being that route is clear is was the approach path).
This is actually such a GREAT idea for a drone video.
This is one of the toughest challenges with piloting a remote aircraft
well done captain. awsome video as always.
Should have taken the underwater drone 😁
Good catch right there! You guys make it look easy but I love the Mini 3 too much to risk trying this! Enjoyed this refreshing content and all the details you put in here.
Thanks for watching!
Well done Captain! ; nice to see a more personal and "different" view of whats happening in your neck of the woods; at least you were not trying to land an Inspire on the boat !; now that would be a challenge !!!!
Last year in the Tyrolian Alps I let my Mini 3 Pro fly up from our narrow balcony form a small table. Landing was the same. I had the option to switch off the sensors but I decided to land with the sensors on. You can do this easily if you land the M3P sideways, the obstacle avoidance is blind to the sides. Worked like a charm.
Great video. Really nice. Love how you actually acknowledged the rigging. Sluggo 😎
Welcome to Britannia! Our boat is docked right across the harbour from where you were.
I land the mini 2 in the cockpit on some large seat cushions spread between the seats. I come in from the side to avoid the back stay.
I would never be able to convince my wife to reach out and grab that lawnmower out of the sky.
Cheers!
I hand catch even when out solo on Privateer. My emergency recovery is my fishing net. Have never had to use it.
Have a good weekend nice footage
Beautiful video Steve !!
Many thanks!
Loved the vid, drones and boats such a great combination for a visual feast. 👍👍👍
You have a great partner being able to catch your drone. LOL. Thanks Don
Yes, Nelson did a great job.
Always good information
Flying from and landing on a boat is not for the faint of heart. I used to do it fairly frequently on my pontoon boat, which had tons more space than the sailboat. The biggest issue is the constant motion, including up and down.
Amen to that, brother
this video is amazing … Captain thank you for sharing your adventure with your skills flying drone
PTSD of returning my Spark to a pontoon boat. Sad day.
That must have been a fun day!
Yes, big thanks to Nelson & Kim for taking us out.
Well done. Love this video, thanks.
Hah. Was just sailing last week with Mini 3 Pro; only dared to use it while anchored and wondered how people recovered their drones after all those sailing drone shots. Did not know about the 'turn it upside down to stop it' trick. Thanks.
Great hand landing with your DJI Mini 3 on the front end of a 28.3 ft. sailboat. Glad that you have great flying skills.
Good catch!
Excellent flight from the sailing boat, Steve and Nelson. Thank you. Greetings from Montreal!
Our pleasure!
I use Manual mode when exposing and check the histogram for burn out. I sometimes also turn on the zebra bands for burnout....nothing worse than lost highlights.
Thanks Cap and Nelson. Nice going on the landing. Need some skills to land on a moving boat even if it's anchored!!!
Amazing pics
Nice Steve love the boat and the scenery my scenery at the moment is the lounge ceiling because of back problems having to lay on the floor.Thanks for the video the Mini 3 pro dose a good job but the FPV was amazing.
Great video Cap.
Thank you!
That was fun!
Wow, that is a HUGE river! It's more like a lake. I noticed the square-rigged boat there. That's totally cool!
Sv Blackjack is owned by the family that founded the Yacht Club 140+ years ago. It is now a foundation-run boat that does leadership training for teens and young adults.
The river at this point is actually called Lac Deschennes ( Rapids Lake)
Great adventure Cap. I got to learn a little more about Canada
Great video as usual Steve👍. Couldn’t you just turn off the sensors and catch it from the cockpit of the boat when your tied up at the marina?
I should watch entire video from the beginning before commenting! Then I would have seen that you had two drones! Love your channel. 😎👍
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Woohh That's definitely great and awesome sir
Great video, looks like a fun day, but boy plucking that drone out of the air, scary!!
Excellent sailing ⛵️! Another great episode #stayepic
Very good video Steve
Thanks 👍
Great video! That was the place to take your swellpro splash drone.
It would have done great, but it is rather noisy and sailboaters have the “ librarian gene “ and prefer the quiet of the wind & water.
Ha.. when u said 3,2,1 release and it wasn't ready... had visions of Nelson just dropping it when you said release 🤣
Yes, I agree. Glad Nelson didn't toss it at that point.
Nope. I let the drone recognize my hand as the ground and let the Captain take off as normal. Unlike the ANAFI, there is no "hand launch" move where it knows its being thrown and starts flying like a bird falling out of a nest
VERY COOL VIDEO
Almost all my flights are from boats. A couple of things I can tell you I do to make my life less stressful. I have a catch handle mounted that protrudes directly below my Mavic 2 Pro. Once I'm close to the boat I turn 180 so I can reverse in, line of sight. That way I'm not having to think about left being right etc. I get a good catching altitude set up, then back in to position and catch with my left hand. Always a. relief to get the thing back on board. If you want to see some really clever flying from boats look for Volvo Ocean Race drone footage.
Excellent!
I have a handle for my Air 2. I seldom use it S I find the connecton to the drone not super secure.
I have also used monofilament fishing line a d a small weight. That is not really Ll that good as the drone still tries to remain in ins same sport in space you it goes into hyperactive and starts pulling making it harder to capture and turn upside down
That was cool...
Great video. I'd like to use my Mini 3 Pro to film under sail. Please do a similar video under those conditions.
Good morning cool video
That was incredible! Great catch! I just got a drone and am still learning. So I’m tipping my hat to you!!
Master Skill ❤
i love you videos nothing too fancy . love from ph
you can land on deck if there is no wind, but need to be a flat surface
Very cool my friend I always thought you were from California some where. Canada man. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I bought a landing skid for my mini pro 4. So much easier to grab the drone
Great job thanks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
That was great
You'll have to try this again with a landing-net.
Ahoy, Me Hearties! Steve, Nikki , Nelson and Kim.....Well shiver me timbers. That sure was a fine video matey......
To add to the pirate theme.... the boat's name is Privateer.....and if you are Cdn, you can probably guess our surname based on a very popular sea shanty....
@@nelsonprivateer7128 Just an ordinary guy in the US. But interesting I had to look it up... Pri~va~teer.... an armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping........LOL
Famous Eastern cdn folk singer Stan Rogers recorded " Barret's Privateers" and since our last name is Barrett, our boat name was never in doubt. This is Actially Privateer II.
Privateers carried letters of Marque saying they represented a king or queen and therefore were not pirates. In modern terms mercenaries paid a commission of the resources stolen from an enemy nation's fleet. Letters didn't help them much though. Tended to get hung just the same as pirates though....letter or not
@@nelsonprivateer7128 Interesting......Thank you
Just lost a Mini 4 Pro to a sailboat and medium strong wind. I didn't turn off obstacle avoidance, and I didn't know that starting in Cine mode does NOT work. It will default to Normal mode, which made the controls that much faster and harder to fine-tune to the wind and moving sailboat. I tried to force-land it on the front part and in the last second it touched a rope, bouncing off to the sea and sinking instantly. It was crazy how fast it sunk. I'm pretty sour about the fact that the Cine switch isn't respected. Had I had slightly slower movement, I'd be able to catch it by hand.
Interesting video.
Great video 👍🏻
Thank you!
Nice drone
lot harder to land on a racing shell, I mean a mens rowing single while rowing sessions. RTH does not work, the drone does not want to land cause it recognices water as unsafe spot.
Only on the very last seconds cm above the deck it recognise the hull as safe spot. We use it for training purpose as a follow me flying camera but the DJI are not that good for that compared to the skydio and the beacon. But that is even harder to land and has far less flight time.
So take a canoe and try it again cause it has a bigger deck then a single, a rowing boat.
On small boats like a canoe, rowing boat, kayak, then hand catch is the safest.
As usual, another good and interesting video. I like the verity and different perspectives you are putting in your subject matter. If you had a dingy aboard, you could have operated it from the island with more room for landing. However , the boat is too small to carry a dingy and this problem made the video more interesting.
We do carry a dinghy on our foredeck occasionally but it a dinky dinghy :)
Asome
Nice video...! 👍
Thanks for the visit
Nice cap!
Great video. I am curious to know how you had your RTH settings set up for a task like this. In the event you lose signal.
Of all the days to foul the flying sail hoist...... the day CD has his head gopro filming :)
Considering the wind conditions, you did well and stayed dry.
Interested to see this video as the most use our Mini2 gets is on our boat. That sunshade did not do you any favours on your bil's yacht as the cockpit is about the only realistic place you can land - it also has the advantage of having coamings round it meaning that if things go pear shaped your precious aircraft won't go over the side. I've only had one dodgy landing out of many and no damage was caused. There are also only two hazards in this area - the topping lift (keeps boom up) & the back stay (keeps mast up) and it you move the boom to the side and secure it then you will end up with a Mini2 sized entrance down into the cockpit where I place a drone helipad thing.
Great input from a boater. Thanks for sharing.
My trick for landing a FPV on a boat? Requires a 2nd person to hold a large beach towel open, and "catching" the quad. Works great. P.S. A "motor" is electric, a "engine" is gas\diesel.
Is that a nautical standard or a general standard?
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 General. And the towel catch really does work great.
Yeah, It can really be tricky to land a drone on a boat.😅 I also have done that. It was a moving boat on a river. But at first I thought it was hard to land. But if you have a steady hand and you match the speed of the boat then you just pick your drone out of the air.🤗
Your FPV drone is a whoop so its actually possible to fly forward into a net to catch it or fly into the cabin and cut motors? 😅 the prop guards will prevent injury or damage
Damn I hate those rapids, like the ones near Britannia Yacht Club as well as stupid village powerplant closer to downtown, splitting Ottawa river and making boating to east end impossible...
Yep..... but I guess BYC only exist because of the rapids as it was a failed hydro electric plant from the late 1800s. No rapids, no plant, no BYC. I always tell people we can go down the rapids..... once. :)
@@nelsonprivateer7128 I did not know that.
Though I'd trade BYC for a passable piece of river!
I had to land with a mavic on a sailboat during sailing on open water. This was really difficult because of the lines everywhere and the waves. The trick is that I have to shut off all the sensors of the drone. I need five or six tries and a second man that catch the drone by hand. But it work and all were happy about it.
Just use a fishing net to catch mine. Works even when sailing
Question: How much weight do you think the Mini 3 Pro could hold while using either the regular battery or the Plus battery? I'm guessing not much, but do you think it'd be enough for an anti-collision strobe and remote-controlled landing light?
Not much.... shouldn't make a difference of those lights were designed to run on the mini 3 pro
The more weight you add to GPS drones the less accurate they fly. It’s all about trial and error.
Looking for a video of a moving boat landing
Kiddos to the club for flying the Ukraine flag!
I liked the little rapids on the river.
Great video Capt!
Love sailboats even though we have only owned speed boats and a pontoon boat when the kids were growing up. I watch several sailing and camping channels and all use drones for great artistic video.
Canada may be different, but in the US, we call the free downwind sail a spinnaker...
I do carry a spinnaker as well for downwind but the sail we used in this video is a very interesting one. Wire luff and cut more like a genoa so it allows to come up on the wind but also back down to beam +
Hi Steve, I also tried something a bit similar in January, and I brought my Mavic 2 zoom along on a Yacht trip. The yacht was a bit wider and thankfully had no sails and was motor powered, although I like to fly with obstacle avoidance on, I found whilst I could take off, the obstacle avoidance did not allow me to land back on, so landing I had to hand catch it. The sea was calm however Because the location was beneath aircraft flight path I decided it was wise to remain low.
Boat landings can be nerve racking for sure
Build a landing platform and put it on the prow.
Still is moving relative to the drone and life lines, bow pulpit, forestay and furler all are their to bite you.
Is that a light house/station on the island?
It is a beacon so that boats avoid the island at night & fog.
Attaching a strap to a drone can help with capture
True
Hello,do you know if an ND filter for your 3 pro would have helped with the contrast of the whiteness of the boat with the darkness of the sea?
Definitely not an ND FILTER as that is for shutter and not exposure. A polarized filter may have helped if at the correct angle.
How does it feel to have a nice flight on a nice yacht in a nice sea?👍 As a drone man, I envy you and you're so cool!🤩
Thank you
I've had an idea what abou flying an fpv drone into a net on a stick
Would have to be a BIG net, and one that would not cause the FPV drone to bounce out due to force of impact.
Do you use ND filters? I have been considering getting some. The footage is very smooth! You make me want to move to Canada.
Not on this flight. For flights over water you need a POLARIZED filter. Some POLARIZED filters also come with an ND coating. FREEWELL Filters usually have these.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 you are a treasure to the hobby, sir!
@@v-loss5658 Thank you kindly
I don't even notice your video finished still enjoying watching , are you from CANADA ? I thought you are from UK
Yes, Canada is home base.
Quick question: do you have an MAAC membership? If you do, what are the benefits and is it worth It?
I do not have such a membership. MAAC is more for RC Planes than drones since it means flying in a small confined area.
Can the DJI Mini3-Pro be used with the DJI N1 controller with a TriplTek 8 Pro tablet?
Yes... The old remote for the MINI 2 which is also available for the MINI 3 has been often used by viewers with the TRIPLTEK tablet.