I'm a new drone owner watching this 2 years after it was published. I have to say its essential viewing in my opinion and I really appreciate the content and the professional delivery. Well done!! Thank you from Tasmania.
Thanks for the post and I love putting these clips together and it's great to see that others are enjoying them. Stay tuned and consider subscribing so you don't miss anything. Rick
Steve, thanks for the post and I really have a lot of fun flying and enjoy passing along what I learn through the channel. A flyaway can be a nightmare but is really rare. I'm doing this series of clips to help folks avoid this experience and I can't help having a little fun along the way. I hope you'll stop back soon as I have a lot more content coming. Rick
Well done. We need channels like this! An engineer, a geek, a fan of technology who knows what he's talking about... The Internet is flooded with ignorant people. They probably think they know what they're talking about based on modest experience and intuition, but that does more harm than good to us, the viewers. Thanks, good man, and keep flooding ours with intelligent posts :-)
Ditto. I was wondering the same thing. I love to get into the nitty gritty to have a better understanding of a system, and I'm very curious if/how I can check the logs.
Great video thanks, but how do you go about storing batteries when you won’t be using the drone for a couple of weeks or months ? Do you just let them run down and then charge again when you need them ? I have a mavic air 2
Thanks for the post and I appreciate the support. I spend a lot of time in the air and like to pass along the things I figure out while flying. I have a part 3 posting soon so consider subscribing to the channel so you don't miss anything. Rick
A great lesson (or 3) about the care and feeding of these little marvels! My Mavic Air 2 is almost 2 years old, and I've never before today done a close prop inspection; after all, it's never crashed or splashed. Apparently I did trim a tree at one time, however. After watching your video, I did that inspection and found one nicked blade and another with a broken tip. All four had varying cases of the floppsies. Four new props installed, and I'm anxious to go fly later this afternoon. Thanks for the really well done clips.
We have it so easy now. My PH4, MA2, and many more. Started flying RC Aircraft in 1976. Just a joy to fly now and not go home with an aircraft I spent 3 months building, and go home with it in a plastic bag, we use to call a major crash called re-kitted, It was a kit plane and it is again, but with much smaller pieces.
Thanks for the support and I like to uncover the details in any tech I'm using to understand how it works. This clip covers some of the most common reasons for a flyaway and I'll have a part 3 posting soon. Rick
I learned alot watching all 3 of the series! I almost had a flyaway with my Mavic Mini 2. It began landing no where near where I was. I began to panic and it scared the dickens out of me! I am now more careful checking winds and conditions. I also do a compass calibration before each flight, especially if it is a new area. Thank you!
Very helpful thanks. As a bit of a tech nerd (read tech junkie) myself I find your channel really enjoyable, and especially useful. It’s guys like you who makes guys like me sound and feel clever!
Rick, I feel the title is a little misleading. OK mechanical issues you can avoid, doesn't sound much different than other videos but I'll watch. What I saw was mechanical/electrical issues that CAN CAUSE a flyaway as well as HOW this can contribute to the problem. A most entertaining and informative video that you did your usual excellence in explaining to us. Thank you.
Love your videos, very informative. I heard you explain how Loctite works which was incorrect. Loctite is an anaerobic glue as opposed to super glue which is an aerobic glue. Anaerobic glues set up when there is no oxygen present. Take a new bottle of loctite and notice the bottle has air in it above the loctite fluid. Now open the bottle and squeeze all of the air out while leaving the liquid inside, now cap it. Come back to it tomorrow and see what you have. That’s right, a solid bottle of loctite that is all set up and cured. Anaerobic adhesives all do this. It has nothing to do with heat nor pressure!
Great video. Was shooting some house construction (Mav air 2 and contacted a window frame. Will definitely check and replace those propellers. Find your videos articulate and informative. TY!
Really waiting for your part 3. I have a few drones and one of them is an jjrc X9 P I also had the same problem with the x 9. It seems to be completely electrical interference problem. In certain places the Drone will be up in the sky and just start acting like someone else is controlling it. My latest thinking on this is that for some reason it's losing GPS satellites when it gets very low on GPS satellites it does not switch into altitude hold mode it actually goes crazy. If you were smart enough and we're able to switch it into altitude hold mode then you would have manual control back. I think it's a flaw in the programming where it drops below say five satellites and then it just starts to act very strange. The last fly away it was hovering about 20 feet above me and pretty much directly above me everything was fine all of a sudden it started to go straight up and I was not pushing up. I tried to push down and nothing happened and then it started to go off towards the trees I have zero control. Before that it was calibrated and the satellites were locked in and everything was fine. Any ideas?
Hello Rick, love your videos on the batteries and props condition and health very informative but I do have a question I charge my batteries in the Fly more two way charging hub that they were shipped in. It may be backwards but it works for me as I wish they were numbered as far as the batteries go but what I do is basically if the led charge indicators are pointing up it may be backwards but the one on the far right I called that number one the middle number two and the far left number three so I try to keep that as a reference but what I do is after charging I leave them in the two-way charging hub is that a good practice or a bad practice which I then keep in my fly more case?
Dwayne, thanks for the post and I really appreciate the compliment. I probably spend too much time thinking about these quads but like to post what I find to help others avoid the pitfalls. I'll have a few more clips posting this week so be sure to stay tuned. Rick
Here’s my battery question. After my first flight of the day, is it safe to put that first used battery in the charging hub while it’s still warm to let it recharge, or should we let it cool down to room temp first?
You can, but it's not good practice. The dji batteries will wait to start charging until they are at a good temperature. However, most other companies batteries do not. So, you can and it will be fine, it's just not a good idea. Hope that helps! 👍
It's a trade off really. The "ideal" environment for the battery is being around 60% charged and sitting at cool temperature (but not freezing). So the more you deviate from this the more additional wear the battery receives. Modern intelligent batteries like those in dji drones try to prevent you from bad practices - it won't allow charging if the battery is too hot, it'll try to auto land at 10% to prevent deep discharge, it'll auto-discharge from 100% to 96% after 24h and further to 60% after 10 days. But really it's not binary logic like charging at 20°C is ok and charging at 30°C will kill the battery, its more of a gradual thing and it's up to user to decide what tradeoff is he willing to make. For some it's ok to wait 10 min for battery to cool and to charge it to 80% and fly to 20% - his battery will last him longer. And for other it may be easier to drop $100 every year for a new battery but not to deal with all this micro-management.
Rick, What about flyaway's over water? Do you have floatation balls from Drone Valley for the MINI's to put down on the water to avoid a flyaway in too much wind?
Dennis, thanks for the post and we have tested a lot of the flotation devices and are not fans of them for several reasons. First, even though it sounds like a great safety device, the prop wash when landing causes a lot of the water to splash up on the quad. If this is salt water, it's corrosive and can cause real issues with the electronics and camera. Also, the VIO sensors on the bottom of the quad are either blocked or hampered by the mounting. Even if you find one that is somewhat clear, the actual VIO technology is confused by reflective surfaces (water) and could present issues when landing and taking off. I'd steer clear of them and feel like it's a great idea on paper that just doesn't pan out in practice. We 'll never sell anything we haven't tested and won't use ourselves on the site. If we find one that works better, I'll post a clip on the channel. Rick
I’ve just been recently doing research and looking at videos of drones then I stumbled upon the horror story’s that go with them and they kind of put me completely off buying one and then I found your videos about flyaways and it made sense but I’m still really nervous of buying one
Been flying a cheap S162 drone for a while. Put new blades on, took off, gps kept the drone in place in the air then the drone started moving around on its self, went up a couple of feet and then started drifting on its side at quite an angle as going the same direction as the light wind. Pressed auto land and came crashing down onto its side breaking two arms. Spent 3 days replacing all 4 arms and motors which arms and motors come as one. Looking at testing today and I'll let you know the outcome. Thank you for your time and wishing good health for you and your family
Thanks for the post and I really appreciate your support. Ask away, I love helping out other pilots and there's no such thing as a silly question. We all started somewhere and I had a ton of questions as well, still do. Rick
Good video, I had a flyaway with my Mavic pro 2 the other day and haven't found it yet. I was using Drone Deploy doing a roof inspection of a Commercial building in Bedford, PA. I calibrated the compass before flying went through drone deploys checklist and hit start. Working fine the battery started to die so I hit Rth and it came back for it's battery swap and sent it back out. Again the battery became low, but right after I hit rth, my phone said "lost signal". I looked down and tried to reconnect with out any luck. I looked back up to see what it was doing it was nowhere to be seen. It was a large roof/building but I knew exactly where it was prior to losing signal. An employee told me they saw a drone flying in the opposite direction of my home point. All I can figure is either it fell out of the sky and someone picked it up or it flew away.
As always, Rick, excellent advice. I hope you are working on battery guards for the Evo 2. I always keep my extra Mavic Mini batteries in the battery pouches I bought from Drone Valley...so I don’t need guards. Thanks.
I actually have a shipment of them heading our way next week and will update the website when they arrive. I got a few to test and have been using them myself and they work great. I really appreciate your business and hope you're having fun with the new Evo 2. Rick
Drone Valley Great, Rick! I’ll watch your website for the battery guards. I would also like to see prop stabilizers, ND filters and range extenders for the Evo 2. Now range extenders may not be needed with the Evo since they can fly 5.5 miles, I don’t really know. But always looking for ways to keep my drone flying secure. Thanks!
Hi Rick. First of all, thanks for these clips, I’m amazed at your knowledge. I’m 55 and just got into drones and I love this hobby! I researched and agonized for a month before deciding on the mavic air. Well, I had no business in sport mode but just couldn’t resist. I sport moded it right into tree. So, I bought a couple cheaper drones to learn with. The beast flies pretty good but the bugs 2se is crazy. It takes off and the motors go to full speed. It goes higher than I’ve ever been and then just leaves. It does this every time. Could it be the transmitter? I know you can’t answer all questions but if you get a chance, I would appreciate it. Thanks Rick, Tim
Thanks Rick as this video applies to all drones. I did get really good tips for my Evo1 out of this. Have to admit that although I'm subscribed. If I see something not relevant to my drone I just pass it up, but I always look. I still consider you one of the better reviewers.
Thanks for the post and I'm glad you enjoyed the clip. I have another one posted on the channel that discusses other causes of fly-aways so be sure to check that one out too. Rick
Hi Rick, thanks for the great tips, really looking forward to your electrical flyaway session!! My M2P had an IMU failure warning mid air and went walkabout, fortunately I was on a local football field practicing as I had not flown for a while. I brought the drone down safely but it did not issue a landing notification, and had a hard landing. When I got it home I powered it up to check and the IMU did not report an error and showed all green. Do IMU's intermittently fail for no reason? I recalibrated it anyway and the calibration was accepted, but and I am yet to fly again as it gave me a scare. I have had the drone for 2 years now, have only flown 34km in 54 flights and logged 10 hours so not a lot, never crashed the drone and look after it with hard cases etc, so what concerns me is the ribbon connector to the IMU may have somehow come loose. I have always been a very conservative pilot because of these flyaway issues. Thanks again for the series, your information is very valuable.
I have heard of manned kites used by the Chinese for reconnaissance. Was this imagined, or did they actually put men up in the air to see further and send sketches of the battlefield down the anchor line for the commanders???
Great comments! I recently had a motor shutdown in flight on my 4-year old Typhoon H at 300 ft. elevation. It flew well enough on 5 motors that I could make a smooth landing. The "bad" motor restarted on the ground and ran (idling) for 10 minutes. I replaced the motor anyway. The only other thing I found was the propeller had a bit rotational looseness and actually made a rattling sound when spun by hand. I have since replace the loose props (there was more than one) and it flies fine. Could that bit of prop looseness have caused the motor shutdown?
The problem with our low end drones ( Holystone HS510 ) is there is minimal to no landing legs which damage the props in grass. Why do you think that is?
Was flying my mini 2 in laurentiens hills and had lost connection. then started getting sparadic connections .I was waiting for r t h to engage then I hear app saying r t h updated check on map. i did not initiate that so aircraft was going to land in deep woods.luckily I cancelled landing and made it hover till I got better signal and manually flew it to original location.What do you think went wrong.
Rick Britton, Great information Rick I will be ordering the Battery covers for my Fimi and my Autel evo pro batteries, and also the new charging hub for my charging needs, I love everything that I have bought from Drone Valley, it's very quality intensive , and very reasonable prices. And very fast shipping. Thank you Rick and God bless you and your family. Sincerely Rick from Mo
Ricky, thanks for the post and we really appreciate your support. I'm glad you like the gear we offer and we'll have a few more new things this month so stay tuned to the channel for reviews. Rick
Brand new aspiring to become a pilot. Your didactic teaching approach is easy to follow. I’m an older person seeking to add drone piloting as a new hobby with the goal of commercial. I can’t afford the more expensive drones but I am a dedicated student. Just beginning to study for the Rule 107 drone pilot license exam. Any support I can receive from you and your channel will be greatly appreciated.
Wires are very important too. I almost lost my mavic because of a defective usb wire between controller and smartphone (or crystal sky, my case). Screen freezes and you lose image and metrics. App takes control over the controller, so you can't get reliable metrics on the mavic controller. Solution: Unplug the wire and take back the drone only with the controller.
Thank you for all this info.. I have been flying FPV drones for a couple years now.. But I am new to DJI drones.. It’s a completely different experience. With FPV, %95 of the time I am under 30 feet in the air.. While I will always love FPV, I am really enjoying my new DJI drones right now..
Thanks Rick! Lots of things I never thought about. What I would like to know is that with batteries I use in flying my nitro planes they claim with LiPo's don't let the charge go below 3.7 volts per cell. However I don't see any such warnings about drone batteries. Is this a concern?
Back in 2016 I had just purchased a P4 Pro +. I was on about my 6th flight. The drone was about 200ft up and 60ft away and I was just panning round getting a few shots of my village when in a matter of a second it went from having 13 satellites locked in to zero and it started drifting in the wind. After panicking for a few seconds as it drifted away I switched it into ATTI and managed to fly it back and land it. I contacted my local DJI dealer (who had supplied the drone) and he didn't want to know about it and told me to contact DJI directly. I contacted DJI via their live chat and they said it probably had a faulty GPS chip and to return it to them but they didn't say how or where. I again contacted my local dealer and told him about this and he wasn't interested and told me to send it back to DJI directly. I couldn't be bothered with this anymore and sold it on Ebay for a £400 loss. I've not touched their products since but I still watch your videos to keep up to date with the technology and I'm tempted to get an Evo 2 soon.
Really GREAT content Rick. Thanks so much. You continue to raise the bar on quality info. Great work. I’m going to be sacrificing a tooth brush tomorrow!!!!! :D :O
Fantastic video as always! Thank you for the tips and information! After watching this video, I'm wondering if a prop issue could be the possible cause of the jello affect I'm getting with my Phantom 4 Pro V2 when shooting video? Thanks again!
You're welcome and I'm glad that you're enjoying the clips. I have a lot more content posting soon so please consider subscribing to the channel so you don't miss anything. Rick
When you talked about battery seating, you should have mentioned that the MA2 is even smarter now. The battery clips are made of metal, this is NOT to make them stronger but to complete a connection. If you look in the battery bay on the MA2 you will see contacts. If a proper connection is not made (due to not inserted all the way or swollen battery) you will get a warning on your screen in regards to that.
Do you have them for the fimi x8 se 20 20 battery cover's thank for the great information iam new at this it has been helpful I have not got my drone yet but should be here on Monday 6/8
Great video, thanks! I watched a RUclips video by "dad random" - anatomy of a crash. He does a RTH and he has flyaway, ends up going for a hike to recover drone. Several viewers comment the fly away happened because he hand launched it. Can hand launch cause that type of problem? Thanks again.
Thanks for the post and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I love flying and anything I learn that can help others is something I like to pass along. I hope you're having a great summer of flying! Rick
I'm a new drone owner watching this 2 years after it was published. I have to say its essential viewing in my opinion and I really appreciate the content and the professional delivery. Well done!! Thank you from Tasmania.
You’re a great teacher! This clip is outstanding! Thank you Rick!
Thanks for the post and I love putting these clips together and it's great to see that others are enjoying them. Stay tuned and consider subscribing so you don't miss anything. Rick
Rick, You're one very enthusiastic teacher. Love this channel simply because you spread knowledge so well... nice work!
Steve, thanks for the post and I really have a lot of fun flying and enjoy passing along what I learn through the channel. A flyaway can be a nightmare but is really rare. I'm doing this series of clips to help folks avoid this experience and I can't help having a little fun along the way. I hope you'll stop back soon as I have a lot more content coming. Rick
Great video!!! Keep up the great work!
Well done. We need channels like this! An engineer, a geek, a fan of technology who knows what he's talking about... The Internet is flooded with ignorant people. They probably think they know what they're talking about based on modest experience and intuition, but that does more harm than good to us, the viewers. Thanks, good man, and keep flooding ours with intelligent posts :-)
Great video, very informative. You mention "checking the logs". What is that? How can a normal person do that?
Ditto. I was wondering the same thing. I love to get into the nitty gritty to have a better understanding of a system, and I'm very curious if/how I can check the logs.
Thank You for another informative video. Thanks for sharing
Please do part 3 if you haven’t yet great information here
A history of flight ..? Love it. ! Your videos are always entertaining. Informative and relatable. Thank you.
great review
Great video thanks, but how do you go about storing batteries when you won’t be using the drone for a couple of weeks or months ?
Do you just let them run down and then charge again when you need them ?
I have a mavic air 2
Now this is the best and most informative video I have seen so far on drones. Thank you.
Thanks for the post and I appreciate the support. I spend a lot of time in the air and like to pass along the things I figure out while flying. I have a part 3 posting soon so consider subscribing to the channel so you don't miss anything. Rick
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"the dumbest in the equation" love the way you explain and teach. keep it up!
I had to rewind because I was laughing for like a 2 minutes :D
A great lesson (or 3) about the care and feeding of these little marvels! My Mavic Air 2 is almost 2 years old, and I've never before today done a close prop inspection; after all, it's never crashed or splashed. Apparently I did trim a tree at one time, however. After watching your video, I did that inspection and found one nicked blade and another with a broken tip. All four had varying cases of the floppsies. Four new props installed, and I'm anxious to go fly later this afternoon. Thanks for the really well done clips.
We have it so easy now. My PH4, MA2, and many more. Started flying RC Aircraft in 1976. Just a joy to fly now and not go home with an aircraft I spent 3 months building, and go home with it in a plastic bag, we use to call a major crash called re-kitted, It was a kit plane and it is again, but with much smaller pieces.
Thanks a lot Professor Rick. What a splendid lecture. Chapeau.Clemente.
Great info, thanks for doing this video.
Amazing video, I just love how you get into details and make sure you cover all angles possible. Thank you.
Thanks for the support and I like to uncover the details in any tech I'm using to understand how it works. This clip covers some of the most common reasons for a flyaway and I'll have a part 3 posting soon. Rick
Great clip.
Thanks again for your help and training!
You're welcome and stay tuned for more content.
Excellent info!
Great info Rick. I'm having a hard time finding Part 3 of this series. Is it available?
Thanks Rick, great stuff..well done!
Thank You for another entertaining and informative video. Thanks for sharing
Good information 👍
Rick, I found and watched parts one and two, but I cannot find anywhere on your channel part three!
I learned alot watching all 3 of the series! I almost had a flyaway with my Mavic Mini 2. It began landing no where near where I was. I began to panic and it scared the dickens out of me! I am now more careful checking winds and conditions. I also do a compass calibration before each flight, especially if it is a new area. Thank you!
You mention using a toothbrush to clean the contacts. Can you use contract spray to clean them as well?
Very helpful thanks. As a bit of a tech nerd (read tech junkie) myself I find your channel really enjoyable, and especially useful. It’s guys like you who makes guys like me sound and feel clever!
Great video - thanks 👍
very informative, I have been flying rc craft for more than a decade and still have pieces of info I learnt. great job
Very informative thank you.
Rick, I feel the title is a little misleading. OK mechanical issues you can avoid, doesn't sound much different than other videos but I'll watch. What I saw was mechanical/electrical issues that CAN CAUSE a flyaway as well as HOW this can contribute to the problem. A most entertaining and informative video that you did your usual excellence in explaining to us. Thank you.
Rick is the man to watch he helps everyone full of knowledge. I need to find part 1 of this
Excellent Rick. Clear, concise, and informative! I love your enthusiasm!
Excellent advice ,from a excellent person 👏.
Thanks for a Great video.
Love your videos, very informative. I heard you explain how Loctite works which was incorrect. Loctite is an anaerobic glue as opposed to super glue which is an aerobic glue. Anaerobic glues set up when there is no oxygen present. Take a new bottle of loctite and notice the bottle has air in it above the loctite fluid. Now open the bottle and squeeze all of the air out while leaving the liquid inside, now cap it. Come back to it tomorrow and see what you have. That’s right, a solid bottle of loctite that is all set up and cured. Anaerobic adhesives all do this. It has nothing to do with heat nor pressure!
Great video Rick! Love your channel!
Great video. Was shooting some house construction (Mav air 2 and contacted a window frame. Will definitely check and replace those propellers. Find your videos articulate and informative. TY!
FINALLY ! Thanks Rick for showing close up shots of what you're trying to explain. It is more understandable that way :)
Really waiting for your part 3. I have a few drones and one of them is an jjrc X9 P I also had the same problem with the x 9. It seems to be completely electrical interference problem. In certain places the Drone will be up in the sky and just start acting like someone else is controlling it. My latest thinking on this is that for some reason it's losing GPS satellites when it gets very low on GPS satellites it does not switch into altitude hold mode it actually goes crazy. If you were smart enough and we're able to switch it into altitude hold mode then you would have manual control back. I think it's a flaw in the programming where it drops below say five satellites and then it just starts to act very strange. The last fly away it was hovering about 20 feet above me and pretty much directly above me everything was fine all of a sudden it started to go straight up and I was not pushing up. I tried to push down and nothing happened and then it started to go off towards the trees I have zero control. Before that it was calibrated and the satellites were locked in and everything was fine. Any ideas?
Excellent
Hello Rick, love your videos on the batteries and props condition and health very informative but I do have a question I charge my batteries in the Fly more two way charging hub that they were shipped in. It may be backwards but it works for me as I wish they were numbered as far as the batteries go but what I do is basically if the led charge indicators are pointing up it may be backwards but the one on the far right I called that number one the middle number two and the far left number three so I try to keep that as a reference but what I do is after charging I leave them in the two-way charging hub is that a good practice or a bad practice which I then keep in my fly more case?
Great information as always
Excellent tips from one of the best in the business🙂👍
Dwayne, thanks for the post and I really appreciate the compliment. I probably spend too much time thinking about these quads but like to post what I find to help others avoid the pitfalls. I'll have a few more clips posting this week so be sure to stay tuned. Rick
Here’s my battery question. After my first flight of the day, is it safe to put that first used battery in the charging hub while it’s still warm to let it recharge, or should we let it cool down to room temp first?
You can, but it's not good practice. The dji batteries will wait to start charging until they are at a good temperature. However, most other companies batteries do not. So, you can and it will be fine, it's just not a good idea. Hope that helps! 👍
It's a trade off really. The "ideal" environment for the battery is being around 60% charged and sitting at cool temperature (but not freezing). So the more you deviate from this the more additional wear the battery receives. Modern intelligent batteries like those in dji drones try to prevent you from bad practices - it won't allow charging if the battery is too hot, it'll try to auto land at 10% to prevent deep discharge, it'll auto-discharge from 100% to 96% after 24h and further to 60% after 10 days. But really it's not binary logic like charging at 20°C is ok and charging at 30°C will kill the battery, its more of a gradual thing and it's up to user to decide what tradeoff is he willing to make. For some it's ok to wait 10 min for battery to cool and to charge it to 80% and fly to 20% - his battery will last him longer. And for other it may be easier to drop $100 every year for a new battery but not to deal with all this micro-management.
Thanks guys, appreciate the feedback.
I'm an engineer (industrial mechanical) This video is very interesting on the dynamics on the theory of DJI flight, thanks! (oh also a new DJI pilot)
Rick, you are a treasure! Such great information.
I guess scuba divers are pretty good drone pilots. They know their risk assessment :-) Glad you made the analogy at 1:40 :-)
Love this, Rick!! Have a great day and thanks for helping us pilots out!!! Love the channel!!
Excellent content! Do you know the flight temperature of the Mini 2's battery? Mine has been around 53°C with an ambient temperature of 30°C.
Rick, What about flyaway's over water? Do you have floatation balls from Drone Valley for the MINI's to put down on the water to avoid a flyaway in too much wind?
Dennis, thanks for the post and we have tested a lot of the flotation devices and are not fans of them for several reasons. First, even though it sounds like a great safety device, the prop wash when landing causes a lot of the water to splash up on the quad. If this is salt water, it's corrosive and can cause real issues with the electronics and camera. Also, the VIO sensors on the bottom of the quad are either blocked or hampered by the mounting. Even if you find one that is somewhat clear, the actual VIO technology is confused by reflective surfaces (water) and could present issues when landing and taking off. I'd steer clear of them and feel like it's a great idea on paper that just doesn't pan out in practice. We 'll never sell anything we haven't tested and won't use ourselves on the site. If we find one that works better, I'll post a clip on the channel. Rick
Brilliant explanation. Many thanks, Rick.
I’ve just been recently doing research and looking at videos of drones then I stumbled upon the horror story’s that go with them and they kind of put me completely off buying one and then I found your videos about flyaways and it made sense but I’m still really nervous of buying one
Been flying a cheap S162 drone for a while. Put new blades on, took off, gps kept the drone in place in the air then the drone started moving around on its self, went up a couple of feet and then started drifting on its side at quite an angle as going the same direction as the light wind. Pressed auto land and came crashing down onto its side breaking two arms. Spent 3 days replacing all 4 arms and motors which arms and motors come as one. Looking at testing today and I'll let you know the outcome. Thank you for your time and wishing good health for you and your family
Excellent thank you for the information
Hey bro just wandering if theres a way to set the obstacle avoidance distance on how close you can get to objects
Very informative video totally agree with you.
Great video,very informative..thanks sir.
I appreciate the post and am glad that you're enjoying the content. I'll have a few more clips posting this week so be sure to stop back soon. Rick
I believe the Mavics are the best looking drones by far. Much obliged for the helpful information.
Such useful information so concisely explained. Can't wait for Part 3
Awesome video 👍
Wow thanks a million you really opened my eyes to the way a drone flys
Great video. Thanks. I like your engineering approach to drones. I ask a lot of silly questions that are not important to others.
Thanks for the post and I really appreciate your support. Ask away, I love helping out other pilots and there's no such thing as a silly question. We all started somewhere and I had a ton of questions as well, still do. Rick
Kill devil Hills, North Carolina. Thank you for doing fantastic informative videos
Good video, I had a flyaway with my Mavic pro 2 the other day and haven't found it yet. I was using Drone Deploy doing a roof inspection of a Commercial building in Bedford, PA. I calibrated the compass before flying went through drone deploys checklist and hit start. Working fine the battery started to die so I hit Rth and it came back for it's battery swap and sent it back out. Again the battery became low, but right after I hit rth, my phone said "lost signal". I looked down and tried to reconnect with out any luck. I looked back up to see what it was doing it was nowhere to be seen.
It was a large roof/building but I knew exactly where it was prior to losing signal. An employee told me they saw a drone flying in the opposite direction of my home point. All I can figure is either it fell out of the sky and someone picked it up or it flew away.
Where is part 3 ¿
As always, Rick, excellent advice. I hope you are working on battery guards for the Evo 2. I always keep my extra Mavic Mini batteries in the battery pouches I bought from Drone Valley...so I don’t need guards. Thanks.
I actually have a shipment of them heading our way next week and will update the website when they arrive. I got a few to test and have been using them myself and they work great. I really appreciate your business and hope you're having fun with the new Evo 2. Rick
Drone Valley Great, Rick! I’ll watch your website for the battery guards. I would also like to see prop stabilizers, ND filters and range extenders for the Evo 2. Now range extenders may not be needed with the Evo since they can fly 5.5 miles, I don’t really know. But always looking for ways to keep my drone flying secure. Thanks!
Thanks Rick😀you are always trying to help us before its needed and I thank you for that indeed👍you are a blessing my friend...may God bless you....
Hi Rick. First of all, thanks for these clips, I’m amazed at your knowledge. I’m 55 and just got into drones and I love this hobby! I researched and agonized for a month before deciding on the mavic air. Well, I had no business in sport mode but just couldn’t resist. I sport moded it right into tree. So, I bought a couple cheaper drones to learn with. The beast flies pretty good but the bugs 2se is crazy. It takes off and the motors go to full speed. It goes higher than I’ve ever been and then just leaves. It does this every time. Could it be the transmitter? I know you can’t answer all questions but if you get a chance, I would appreciate it.
Thanks Rick,
Tim
Thanks Rick as this video applies to all drones. I did get really good tips for my Evo1 out of this. Have to admit that although I'm subscribed. If I see something not relevant to my drone I just pass it up, but I always look. I still consider you one of the better reviewers.
Excellent informative intelligent instruction. Glad you are here so I can learn. Thank you
Thanks Rick , another informative tutorial.
Now THIS is the stuff that should be on drone course/tests for your license.
Thanks for the post and I'm glad you enjoyed the clip. I have another one posted on the channel that discusses other causes of fly-aways so be sure to check that one out too. Rick
Great video as always. I was waiting for Part 2, now I am waiting for Part 3
Hi Rick, thanks for the great tips, really looking forward to your electrical flyaway session!! My M2P had an IMU failure warning mid air and went walkabout, fortunately I was on a local football field practicing as I had not flown for a while. I brought the drone down safely but it did not issue a landing notification, and had a hard landing. When I got it home I powered it up to check and the IMU did not report an error and showed all green. Do IMU's intermittently fail for no reason?
I recalibrated it anyway and the calibration was accepted, but and I am yet to fly again as it gave me a scare. I have had the drone for 2 years now, have only flown 34km in 54 flights and logged 10 hours so not a lot, never crashed the drone and look after it with hard cases etc, so what concerns me is the ribbon connector to the IMU may have somehow come loose. I have always been a very conservative pilot because of these flyaway issues. Thanks again for the series, your information is very valuable.
I have heard of manned kites used by the Chinese for reconnaissance. Was this imagined, or did they actually put men up in the air to see further and send sketches of the battlefield down the anchor line for the commanders???
Thank you, sir.
Great comments! I recently had a motor shutdown in flight on my 4-year old Typhoon H at 300 ft. elevation. It flew well enough on 5 motors that I could make a smooth landing. The "bad" motor restarted on the ground and ran (idling) for 10 minutes. I replaced the motor anyway. The only other thing I found was the propeller had a bit rotational looseness and actually made a rattling sound when spun by hand. I have since replace the loose props (there was more than one) and it flies fine. Could that bit of prop looseness have caused the motor shutdown?
Are the Mavic Mini & Mini 2 batteries the same batteries ?
They are not. The mavic mini battery will work in the mini 2 but the mini 2 battery is too long to fit in the mavic mini.
The problem with our low end drones ( Holystone HS510 ) is there is minimal to no landing legs which damage the props in grass. Why do you think that is?
Was flying my mini 2 in laurentiens hills and had lost connection. then started getting sparadic connections .I was waiting for r t h to engage then I hear app saying r t h updated check on map. i did not initiate that so aircraft was going to land in deep woods.luckily I cancelled landing and made it hover till I got better signal and manually flew it to original location.What do you think went wrong.
Rick Britton, Great information Rick
I will be ordering the Battery covers for my Fimi and my Autel evo pro batteries, and also the new charging hub for my charging needs, I love everything that I have bought from Drone Valley, it's very quality intensive , and very reasonable prices. And very fast shipping. Thank you Rick and God bless you and your family. Sincerely Rick from Mo
Ricky, thanks for the post and we really appreciate your support. I'm glad you like the gear we offer and we'll have a few more new things this month so stay tuned to the channel for reviews. Rick
Question....is there an advantage to waxing the props to keep bugs and dirt from clogging up your props?
Excellent video, issues that are often left behind ;)
Thank's
Thank you for the education
Brand new aspiring to become a pilot. Your didactic teaching approach is easy to follow. I’m an older person seeking to add drone piloting as a new hobby with the goal of commercial. I can’t afford the more expensive drones but I am a dedicated student. Just beginning to study for the Rule 107 drone pilot license exam. Any support I can receive from you and your channel will be greatly appreciated.
Wires are very important too. I almost lost my mavic because of a defective usb wire between controller and smartphone (or crystal sky, my case). Screen freezes and you lose image and metrics. App takes control over the controller, so you can't get reliable metrics on the mavic controller. Solution: Unplug the wire and take back the drone only with the controller.
Thank you for all this info.. I have been flying FPV drones for a couple years now.. But I am new to DJI drones.. It’s a completely different experience. With FPV, %95 of the time I am under 30 feet in the air..
While I will always love FPV, I am really enjoying my new DJI drones right now..
Thanks Rick! Lots of things I never thought about. What I would like to know is that with batteries I use in flying my nitro planes they claim with LiPo's don't let the charge go below 3.7 volts per cell. However I don't see any such warnings about drone batteries. Is this a concern?
watching a second video from you, subbed, bell rang, and love your delivery into my rock hard head lol
Back in 2016 I had just purchased a P4 Pro +. I was on about my 6th flight. The drone was about 200ft up and 60ft away and I was just panning round getting a few shots of my village when in a matter of a second it went from having 13 satellites locked in to zero and it started drifting in the wind. After panicking for a few seconds as it drifted away I switched it into ATTI and managed to fly it back and land it. I contacted my local DJI dealer (who had supplied the drone) and he didn't want to know about it and told me to contact DJI directly. I contacted DJI via their live chat and they said it probably had a faulty GPS chip and to return it to them but they didn't say how or where. I again contacted my local dealer and told him about this and he wasn't interested and told me to send it back to DJI directly. I couldn't be bothered with this anymore and sold it on Ebay for a £400 loss. I've not touched their products since but I still watch your videos to keep up to date with the technology and I'm tempted to get an Evo 2 soon.
Really GREAT content Rick. Thanks so much. You continue to raise the bar on quality info.
Great work. I’m going to be sacrificing a tooth brush tomorrow!!!!! :D :O
Fantastic video as always! Thank you for the tips and information! After watching this video, I'm wondering if a prop issue could be the possible cause of the jello affect I'm getting with my Phantom 4 Pro V2 when shooting video? Thanks again!
Thumbs up ere' Rick, great info yet again - many thanks fir sharing :)
You're welcome and I'm glad that you're enjoying the clips. I have a lot more content posting soon so please consider subscribing to the channel so you don't miss anything. Rick
When you talked about battery seating, you should have mentioned that the MA2 is even smarter now. The battery clips are made of metal, this is NOT to make them stronger but to complete a connection. If you look in the battery bay on the MA2 you will see contacts. If a proper connection is not made (due to not inserted all the way or swollen battery) you will get a warning on your screen in regards to that.
Do you have them for the fimi x8 se 20 20 battery cover's thank for the great information iam new at this it has been helpful I have not got my drone yet but should be here on Monday 6/8
Great video, thanks! I watched a RUclips video by "dad random" - anatomy of a crash. He does a RTH and he has flyaway, ends up going for a hike to recover drone. Several viewers comment the fly away happened because he hand launched it. Can hand launch cause that type of problem? Thanks again.
This is a Must See video. Thank you for all that you do to help ensure we fly safely and protect this wonderful hobby. 😷👍👍
Thanks for the post and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I love flying and anything I learn that can help others is something I like to pass along. I hope you're having a great summer of flying! Rick