What Happens if a DJI Controller Dies Mid-Flight?
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- In this video I test multiple scenarios of what would happens if your phone ever drops connection with your drone's WiFi, or your controller shuts off mid flight. What could possibly go wrong?
SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES:
Q: Why did the drone just land when it was closer to you but then RTH when it was further?
A: As I had not known this when making this video (and found out through commenters later), whenever the drone is within 66ft (20m)...it will just land where it is currently hovering at. However, if the drone is further from the controller than 66ft (20m), the drone WILL RTH back to the set home point. Hope this clears things up for people.
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2:42 would suck if it lands in the street 😂😂
Lands perfectly....car runs it over. (0) (0)
I WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MAD
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TheCatsa i was about to say that lol
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When you do that to a Xiaomi drone, it will return back to China
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Excellent video. I just got a Phantom 3 but have not yet taken it for it maiden flight. You answered several questions that I had. Thanks.
Thank you! Also you'll have lots of fun once you can!! Fly safe:)
I have the Phantom 3 std with ARGtec signal range booster.
I'd newer had any flyaway, i always set the home point, i normally fly in atti mode, but just change to gps mode if i cant see the phantom in the sky. Has been in the air hundreds og hours, everywhere, over the sea, lakes, rivers and forests.
Never any problem.
Go to the beginning of the video and turn on auto captions, trust me it’s worth it 😂
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Glad you landed your Phantom in the driveway...that car pass was perfectly timed.
Things I've never said "I'm going to fly my drone over to my basketball court"
Thank you! exactly what I wanted to watch!!!
No problem!!
You have some really great videos man!
You can set the SMART RTH setting in the app to return to home, land, or do nothing and hover. Make sure its set the way you want it before flying.
Yeah I definitely should have mentioned this in the video...I definitely will if it ever makes sense any other times in another video:)
Love your videos. I'm trying to get better at my skills and take droning more seriously. Your content has shown me things I never knew before and I've had the P3S for almost a year. Keep up the great work.
;-)
I have a helicopter and if the controller dies or its out of range while it's flying it will go up and never stop lol
SkateBoarderPT RBLX You gotta set failsafe. So when that happens it'll shut its motors off.
Oh my😬
SkateBoarderPT RBLX is it a parrot drone?
Same lol;)
You probably set your RTH altitude to something really high. When the failsafe kicks in, it will ascend the drone to the RTH altitude that you define in the settings. It's meant so that once you lose connection, it will immediately start flying up, THEN come back to the home point and descend so it doesn't hit any trees on the way back. 90 meters (~300 feet) is recommended for the RTH altitude, in my experience. However, if you're in a mountain range, or places where there are extremely tall buildings, it may be a safer idea to set it to 300-500(max) meters. Even though you will technically be breaking the law for a couple minutes, you will probably get your bird back in one piece.
that's good to know. My drone just straight up falls out of the sky if the remote shuts off
Great vid! but i have a question, how precise is the "Return to home" feature? Does is lands exactly in the same spot were it took off? Thank you and keep uploading!
I'm not quite sure. It seems pretty accurate within ~3 feet...this seems to be a great upcoming video idea :D
Carson Miller its pretty close. although the p3s just had the one gps antenna while the p3a/p have 2 so they're more accurate.
Carson Miller in the settings you can choose to have it rth, land straight down, or hover.
lbk The new Magic pro is much smaller, foldable, and it will return to home within 1 meter of the takeoff point.
V3MD the mavic has vps, although idk how that would help RTH, but there are ways to make DJI phantoms to return to home much more accurately
Great and really helpful video! Just what I need to learn and be familiar with my new drone before flying.
I glad you found this video helpful:)!
Hey man I like your stuff keep up the good work and I am going to subscribe
Thank you so much:)!
You actually don't need your phone after it connects... Also don't be fooled about it returning to home. If you go below the level you first set your home point (like if you was on a mountain and travel lower than it's home position) it will sit your craft in the middle of nowhere. or if you are walking along with it and change the battery, remember where you changed that battery, because it will update at that very point and you will make it all the way home and the battery will die and it will leave you and you will be exhaustively chasing it down the road. Yeah, I'm glad I had on some good running shoes..
xD the home point updates every time you take off with your drone as long as you have your phone connected. The DJI Go app makes sure to let you know that haha
Whoa! Be careful of those power lines dude!
Yeah I was flying pretty close in this video which I typically don't...whoops! I'll try and avoid them more next time:)
Carson Miller hey how much does that drone cost
The Phantom 3 Standard lists for $499
It lands itself if you hit RTH 20 meters or less from the home point. If you hit RTH when you are far away, it will return exactly at the home point
Someone else mentioned this in another comment and I wish I could have brought this up in the video if I would have known!
the issue is what if the drone is far away so you can not see it? im this case only the rth button will help you.
Nice tutorial
Thank you very much!
How your video footage and sound is excellent? I am working hard mine one to be better, even not close to you. What type of camera you did use in this video as well as external mic?
In this video, I only used an iPhone 7+ shooting in 4K and the audio is from the iPhone 7 as well. This video is a great example of just showing that you don't need incredibly fancy equipment to make successful videos :).
You did not use any external microphone?
Surprisingly, nope! I do in more recent videos use the Røde VideoMicro though for clearer audio!
These videos are great man. I don't even own one of these yet. So helpful!
Would you recommend the Phantom Standard? I'm likely to purchase one soon.
Thank you so much!! Also- if you are just starting out and getting your first drone...it will definitely get you started out and it's a great first drone! However, if you have the money I would definitely recommend going up to a newer phantom model such as the DJI Mavic (due to its portability and ease of use also). Either way, pretty much any DJI drone higher than the standard will suffice and you should be happy with any choice you make!! Hope this helps you in some way:)
dude you are really good at making vids on RUclips...i bet you will be famous one day...
Thank you so much! If I do happen to become famous someday you'll definitely be the first to have predicted that :D
2:43 I though the car would hit the drone for a moment.
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It does look like that xD. Also thank you:)
Your videos really help me know how to fly my phantom 3 standard. You are like my tech support whenever I need to know something. Thanks man!
You the real MVP!
i always do these sort of tests when I get a new drone, same as I'd do when I get the P3, but now thanks to you I already know what happens!
thank you! great video :)
Thank you!! Also no problem:)
Love your videos, very informational thankyou for all the great videos!
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Thanks Carson. Your videos are well planed and helpful. I subscribed and look forward to your next vid...
Thank you so much Dale! I'm glad you liked the video and some of my other videos also:) Also, thank you for subscribing!!
Hey Carson! I'm looking to purchase my first drone, and I am wanting to get a refurbished Phantom 3 Standard for $330 direct from DJI. After owning this drone for a while, would you say it's worth it?
Hi Carson is this the same with the Mavic Mini? I believe it is as I know it behaves the same way when I lose signal in the distance when I push too far. When re-established I hear the RTH beeping and the drone is on it's way back.
Hey man, great video! I have just got a phantom 3 advanced and I was wondering if when I'm flying I'm trying to go down and I hold the stick all the way down, will it just drop out the sky no matter the highs due to the csc?
Thank you Louis! Also, no, the propellers wont shut off when pulling the left stick all the way WHEN IN THE SKY. However, when you HIT THE GROUND and pull the left stick down all the way, the propellers WILL shut off, which that is how you manually land any DJI drone:). Hope this helps!
2:42 Good job it didn't land on the main road, pretty close man.
Haha that wouldn't have been good if it did xD
Did you have any wind while flying? I thought it was interesting how the drone stayed hovering as if it was in GPS mode (which requires a phone I think) even thought the phone wasn't connected via DJI Go
I think there was some wind but not too much at the time
You have setup the RC Signal lost to landing. There are three options in dji go app. RTH, Landing and Hover.
Did you set Any settings for this or it is automatic?
Hey Carson! I wanted to ask you... In my smartphone screen when I hace de DJI APP on, why can't my google maps load? I have a Phantom 3 Standard but all I see is the beige screen with a grid, no map... Can you help me?
i think you are using the wrong djigo app for your standard. dji came out with 2 apps. The one you are using is for the mavic and phanton 4 series drones. It says it on there site to use the standard app for the P3 series drones. Just a FYI.
Nope I checked and I am indeed using the correct DJI app. If it were the other version of the DJI Go app I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have allowed me to connect via the app
Great job on the video. Answered a lot of questions I had.
Thank you so much! Also, I'm really glad I was able to help you out!!
2:47 it came down just in time before that car came
My S1 switch broke off, are those repairable?
I am finally getting one and your video are super helpful!!! :)
You'll have a great time with it once you get it! Also, I'm glad you have been able to find them helpful:)
what happens when your 90 year old nan cuts your hair
Thank you very very much for this info!!! No I know what my p3se will do in all these cases.
does it have a return to home on controller to? just in case your phone breaks or something?
Yep you can simply initiate the drone to RTH from just the controller by flipping the left hand switch on the controller (S2) up and then down once and it will begin returning to home.
Enjoying your videos brother! Quick question... when you lose connection and/or controller shuts off, does the drone auto return home at the most recent altitude you set it at, or will it fly lower and potentially crash in to something? thanks man, JB
I'm thinking of buying this drone to get cool footage on trail (10+ jeeps) but my question is... does the return to home feature return to the drones start point or the controllers last known position?
That you would really cool footage right there:). For me I have it set to return to the start point but I believe it is possible to change this in settings to the controllers last known position.
Whoa that's a nice basketball court! Lol
Haha thank you!
If you are within 20m and the drone battery dies or your controller dies, it will auto land. If you are further than 20m, it will ascend and return to home, then land itself.
Yeah that's what many people have been telling me...I never even knew that was a thing at the time of making this video haha
Azotised if you batterty "dies" it will drop out of the sky... if it runs low, it will land
when the return to home activates and you're out from your starting point does the drone have a set altitude or can you set a set altitude to have it return to home in case you have varying obstacles?
It has a set altitude that you can adjust in settings by going and clicking on the three little dots in the top right-hand corner, then click on the top tab that looks like a mini drone, scroll down and you'll find a box with a set altitude in meters labeled "Return-to-home Altitude." I have my RTH altitude set to 50m which is plenty enough to clear all trees and power lines where I live but may differ depending on where you're flying. Hope this can help you out:)...Also I would suggest checking out my video called "HOW TO FLY A QUADCOPTER/DRONE FOR BEGINNERS" where I give some other tips and tricks that you may not have known of.
Nice job on videos and instructions.
Thanks!
You need to be at least 20 meters away for return to home to work. If your closer than 20 meters it will just land
Wow I did not realize this when I was recording this. I wish I could have included this in the video if I would have known! Thank you for this info:)
Nice video ! but i have a question : Do we need to set the home point every time we start a fly or it set himself ?
I'm planning on making a video sometime soon testing the accuracy of the home point/RTH and this would be a great thing to add to that video...but to answer your question currently, yes it does set the home point automatically. As in: every single time you take off, the drone sets the home point automatically and in fact if your phone volume is up...the app tells you by saying, "The home point was updated. Please check it on the map"
Carson Miller thanks man !
No problem Alexis!!
Love your tutorials :D detail and easy to understand guideline for beginners :D cheeerrr
Thank you!!
great video man! Can i ask what is your main camera you use to film this?
Haha interestingly enough, I filmed this entire video on an iPhone 7+ in 4K :). Some of my other videos I shoot also on the iPhone 6s in 4K!
for real? dude i need to start using my 7+ more , any colour grading or just raw?
Yes!! Honestly I love the way the video looks from the iPhone 7+ and it's the main reason I haven't bought a dedicated camera yet for filming although I really need to invest in one xD. Also, nope I don't ever color grade any of my videos because 1.) I suck at color grading lol and 2.) it's a lot more work for when the video already looks great:)
hi carson great vid
1 question while in flight say the drone is really low on battery half a mile away will it force a return to home conserving just enough power to get to you or does the battery die in flight without attempting to come home?
You can change in settings at what battery % the drone returns to home at and it will automatically return to home when the drone is at that set battery percentage. Though, it won't return to home in accordance to how far the drone is from home and how long it thinks it will take to get home...that's up to you, the flyer!!
Hi, great video but what happens if only the signal of the FPV shuts off, are you still be able to press the RTH button in the app? Because there is no RTH button on the controller.
Yo carson can we still use the dji go app without the gimbal/camera because the camera is still on repair.
I hope you could reply it will help alot my dude!
Unless someone actually reads the comments and sees the one that says that the quad will fly back home and land if it's far away once the controller loses connection then this video suggests that the quad would just land where it is, might be best to take this video down and do a factually correct one.
I added this to the description so other people aren't confused.
Kudos to you for doing so, you have a goood channel it would be a shame to give out misleading information on your videos, you never know one day someone may blame you for their quad getting ruined after watching a video of yours, keep up the good work.
Can't you change it in the settings, like what to do if losses connection?
Hmm I think you can
Perfect. Just what i needed to know. Thanks.
No problem Nigel!
How does it know where is home? Is it automatically from where it took of you you have to set something up from the app
That’s a great video and comforting to know. Thanks.
Carson, I would like to hear your thoughts on what my phantom 3 did..... I lost connection at 1600' when I turned it for a view of the ocean. It quickly gave me a unable to return home on the screen. I did chase it and get a few seconds of control but to no avail it would not return home. My questions is this..... I have the last place it was on my tablet but it was 1600' high when this happened, would it have landed when I lost connection or continued on its 3-5 mph drift after it did so. It was a clear malfunction and DJI blames the "wind" they say it blew it away and that it couldn't descend because the wind also blew it up, a complete line of BS. Anyway I am trying to locate it and even purchased another to search for it although this time the SE for more range.
What do you think, I have doubled the distance from where it was last located (at 60%) gives me then the descend for landing. The path was straight as an arrow before I completely lost contact..... Thoughts???
Make sure before you fly to let the drone register to home location because my drone got disconnected from the controller and it crashed near by i found it by luck and it took just a little damage but the battery was completely broken but still on
awesome videos mate well done...
again good info man, old man
Does the wifi to fly those drones cost money outside of a subscription for home wifi ?
Hi Carson, I have just bought a P3 Standard and hooked onto WiFi and the app connected, but when I picked it up and moved it to take off from another position, it lost GPS connection, I took it back to the first position and it reconnected to the GPS signal again, I moved it several times, and it kept disconnecting, any Ideas, oh, and thought to say what a great channel you have, cheers.
I saw that your phone was in airplane mode, why do you fly in airplane mode does it help with battery life on your phone
I have a question... I'm going to buy phadom 3 standard but I'm going to buy it with the 4k camera...Will the 4k camera effect the battery life?
I'm not sure :/ It shouldn't make that much of a difference it will probably still be around 20 minutes which is what I get typically
what happens if you put the joystick down to the end? thanks!
If both the joysticks are held in the bottom center of the controller, that is the emergency shutoff for the props and they will immediately shut off. Don't ever do this motion unless the drone has crashed or something like that and the props need to be turned off ASAP
Suppose i want to add some load, how much weight the drone can carry?
Hmmm I've never weight tested the drone before...maybe that's a good upcoming video...? ;)
Very informative video! Good job.. thanks
Thank you! And also no problem haha
Thank you for this info always wonder what would happen it this happens......
Now you know:)
what does drone do in low battery condition. I know it probably gives visual warning . Say you went to can for 5 mintues, and baterry started to get critically low , does it return on own or????
You can set the % at which your drone returns to home in settings but I believe the default is at 15% the app notifies you the battery is getting low and then at 10% it returns to home and auto-lands but this can of of course be changed give or take in the settings.
Actually, at 10%, (No less), it auto lands. You can then only correct the area of touchdown.
Great video. Very informative.
Good vid. I always wondered about that.
I like your videos.keep it up
Thank you!
What happens if you fly your drone where you can't see it then your phone loses battery you'll pretty much lose it forever
What happens if you lose connection with both phone and controller?
Carson miller: I bought my dji 3 standard yesterday I charged the batteries on both drone & controler, updated firmware all went really smooth, i think by the time i had updated everything had a play on the simulator the battery level was down to 84%. The weather here in the uk is really wet so dont think i will get to get my first flight for a few days, Would i have to discharge my battery for the drone and recharge before my first flight. By the way i find your videos very helpful great work & thank-you.
Thank you so much! Also, to answer your question of discharging the battery before your first flight...I don't believe you need to do that but I would highly suggest charging the battery back up full to 100% because the flight time will seem very short when you are actually flying! (only around 20 minutes) Have fun flying!!
Thank you very much
No problem!
thank you for sharing, awesome videos!!
No problem and thank you very much!
I just bout my first phantom 3 standard and just out of the box the video is lagging is any fix for this
Are you using Android? Many commenters have commented on other videos of mine saying that the Android version of the DJI Go app isn't as supported as the DJI Go app on Apple devices:/. Also, it could depend on the WiFi chip in your phone and how old the phone is.
do you have to have a smart phone, or will it record video without??
which things or kind of problems in drone can make you afraid ! for example sometimes are brids in the sky and the can make problems for drone !
can you tell me another problems which you have afraid of it !?
i only have my drone for a few days but i never have to connect my phone wifi to the drones wifi.. i just plug in the wire and turn on the app.. Am i missing something??
Good info dude!!
Thank you!!
It will back by itself where place controler is?
What to when u see main controller data error?
how to trigger RTH from the remote controll (without switching it off?)
I mention how to do that via this video here: ruclips.net/video/JqOY6hYWTkE/видео.html hope you find it helpful!
hi, my drone isnt showing any video feed on the dji go app, do you know what the problem could be?
Are you 100% sure that you're connected to your drones WiFi signal?
Carson Miller yes
Hmmm I'm not so sure then. It could be due to either major interference with many other WiFi connections nearby or there could be something wrong with your drones camera/gimbal :(. If I were you I would try contacting DJI about this issue and see what they say about it. Good luck!
check the compatible devices list. I had the same problem. but my tablet does the job nicely while it's also niet on the compatible devices list.
I bought an LG Stylo 2 (Android OS) and it did not connect after installing the GO APP. However, it did work flawlessly with the Samsung Tab A after a week of watching videos. I lost a few drones and was afraid of losing this one.
Hello Carson - I have a phantom standard trying to connect thru wifi - the instructions tell me to choose PHANTOM3_XXX. However something else comes up instead. What comes up is as follows phantom3_Oc8a95THIS WILL NOT CONNECT. WHAT NOW?
WhAt do you do if phone goes off while your flying your drone
Good video which takes me to my question. Have you ever flown it completely without your iPhone or any device? The reason why I ask is because I go flying with a mate who has the DJI phantom 2 or the one previous to the 3 standard. Once we find a nice spot there is always an issue with my phantom 3 standard such as: batteries cold, magnetic field,no signal not enough satellites ecc. He just puts the batteries and off he goes flying WITHOUT any problems! So needles to say it becomes a bloody nuisance! I would rather fly it without my iPhone but don't know how. Help!!!
What to do when our drone's battery has been lose ?
Very very useful.....cheers.
I'm glad it helped!
It Calming to know what will actually happen if you disconnect from the Remote Control (RC)
so you don't have to panic when you disconnect 🙏😊