Altitude maximum workaround

[Mako79]

Its possible.
I think you need a hyperbaric chamber and a method to power up the mavic when its in the hyperbaric chamber.

 

[FlyGuy8675309]

Just leaked in the DJI fourms: Unlimited altitude and speed (power up hack): Just go: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start.

 

[Mako79]

Just leaked in the DJI fourms: Unlimited altitude and speed (power up hack): Just go: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start.

lies... that's a Hadouken!

 

[lweekspors]

So an ip

So ive been flying my bird for 8 months and 60 flights, was at a nice steep ,Mountain, clearly higher than 500 meters. I have the altitude limit set for 500 meters. Launch "phoenix", go straight up and hit a 1000 ' limit, like hitting a ceiling. Why????? Thanks for any feedback.

Update, i changed the units to metric from imperial , and walla go verticle to 500 meters. Whats that all about.

 

[CactusJackSlade]

The problem FOR ME is that the 500 meters is above your launch point... it has little to do with above ground level (AGL).... so for someone like me who flies canyons and mountains you can be less than 200 feet AGL, yet peg the total altitude limit climbing up the side of a mountain at 200 feet AGL. This is an extreme hindrance to me... also no way to inspect one of the radio towers I was asked to do....

 

[Keule]

Whats that all about.

 

[Ian in London]

Bummer on how the ceiling height limit works. In final stages of making the buy decision on the MP, my first drone. I live in northwest Wyoming which is very mountainous and planned to use the MP for scouting routes up mountains and avoiding getting cliffed out or other obstacles. When Scouting routes relatively easy to stay within a 1000 ft of the ground/slope below the MP at at any given point in time, but would easily exceed the 1600 ft from limit from take off. Suppose the work around would be to scout the route in stages, ascending to new take off points to increase the max elevation. Not easy as many routes will have 3,000 to 6,000 ft total elev gain from starting point. IS there a definitive answer to how the max elevation is determined for a flight? ( start point vs immediate elevation from the terrain below the MP)?

I had a great time this year in Wyoming and took off from the top of the Beartooth Pass at 11,000 ft.
Even put a video of it on my YouTube channel at Ian in London.
Always easier to drive up to the top and fly down; you have the full range of thousands of feet at your dispoal then without any hacking reuired.... (Asumes handy road has been constructed )

Cheers,

Ian

 

[Xtreme Drone Pilot]

Next thing we know DJI puts limit on negative altitudes, too. Mavic 2 will probably start with the firmware that doesn't have parameters accessible, so downgrading will be useless. Something to think about...

 

[dwallersv]

That worked great for me...

This really does work, I can post video to prove it.

If it doesn't work when you try, you did it wrong.

 

[dwallersv]

Your battery would probably die if you had to go 3200 feet and down again !

Nope, plenty of battery for that. Plenty to get up to 5000' AGL, fly around a bit, and come back with power to spare.

 

[dwallersv]

Step 1: You figure out how to go above 1,500'

Step 2: You take it out for a flight.

Step 3: FAA is knocking on your front door

Depends on what you do up there.

 

[f3honda4me]

Depends on what you do up there.

So long as you do nothing illegal, you're fine. Contrary to popular belief, there is no 400ft limit in the US in class G airspace.

 

[dwallersv]

So long as you do nothing illegal, you're fine. Contrary to popular belief, there is no 400ft limit in the US in class G airspace.

Exactly my point

 

[Hauptmann]

Takes a long time to descend from 1,640' AGL if a helicopter comes into view. That's why I seldom fly over 600' or so. But then, I'm in Texas. If I were in WY or CO, I'd want to fly much, much higher.

This winter I hope to ski CO or UT, and my Mavic is definitely coming with me.

 

[copterbob]

That height and much much more can be done on a single battery based on things that have been posted.

Fly straight up until battery is at 2% then eject parachute... lemme know how it goes.

 

[ruggb]

what don't people understand about mountains?
Is there directions in the manual that says you may only fly from the top of a mountain?
Yes, people are stupid. because of that the smart ones need to be throttled.
got it.

 

[dirkclod]

Kinda late to this party ain't ya ,last post was 6 month's ago .
Welcome to the forum ruggy .

 

[shb]

Always wondered why no one has asked this before

Joking aside 1600 ft is high enough surely

Not really I'd like to go higher

 

[ruggb]

maybe some smart drone mfg will see it and figure out a way to do ADL so drones can climb mountains - maybe not Everest.

 

[bushie]

The highest mountain in Australia is 2200m high and you can comfortably walk up to the summit. In WA it is Bluff Knoll at 1099m. The altitude limit will not be a concern to me.