New to drones

[Triumphdude]

Hi I’m a newbie here, I live in Lilydale Vic Australia.
Wife bought me a Mavic Mini for my birthday (70), great looking device and don’t require registration. Buy it will not pair with controller. dji fly on mobile says connected to controller. When I try to connect controller to aircraft, message is “unable to connect to aircraft” I’ve looked at YouTube and seen a few tutorials still nothing. Some tutorials say to “activate“ first, I’ve not had that question to activate. Any one have any ideas? I’m looking forward to getting started.

 

[MA2 317]

Hello from the Hoosier Heartland Triumphdude.

I can't help you with the mini but there are others here that can .

Welcome to the Forum.

 

[old man mavic]

Hi I’m a newbie here, I live in Lilydale Vic Australia.
Wife bought me a Mavic Mini for my birthday (70), great looking device and don’t require registration. Buy it will not pair with controller. dji fly on mobile says connected to controller. When I try to connect controller to aircraft, message is “unable to connect to aircraft” I’ve looked at YouTube and seen a few tutorials still nothing. Some tutorials say to “activate“ first, I’ve not had that question to activate. Any one have any ideas? I’m looking forward to getting started.

welcome to the forum
before you can use the drone you have to register it with DJI have you done that
thats what activate means
you then have your device turned on and connected to the controller, start the controller,and after a few seconds you will get a buz and on the screen it will say RC connected
then just start the drone ,make sure the gimbal cover is off first,wait and then after it has connected you will see go fly
touch that on the screen and you should get the camera view ,you can down load the manual onto your computer and read about how it all works

 

[Triumphdude]

welcome to the forum
before you can use the drone you have to register it with DJI have you done that
thats what activate means
you then have your device turned on and connected to the controller, start the controller,and after a few seconds you will get a buz and on the screen it will say RC connected
then just start the drone ,make sure the gimbal cover is off first,wait and then after it has connected you will see go fly
touch that on the screen and you should get the camera view ,you can down load the manual onto your computer and read about how it all works

Thanks for reply,I’ve now got it up and running. Cheers

 

[dirkclod]

Welcome to the forum.
I hope you will find our site helpful and look forward to any input , photo's/video's you might post .
Don't be shy and ask anything if you can't find it by searching .

 

[Laborous]

Welcome to the forum from the beautiful woods of Maine!

 

[Bxr532001]

Welcome to the Forum from South Florida. Loads of good information and advice from an amazing group of pilots!

 

[wjkrysak]

Welcome to the forum. You will find helpful advice and support here. We look forward to your participation and seeing your part of the world.

 

[Thomas B]

Welcome to the forum from the deserts of Arizona! Enjoy.

 

[Hauptmann]

Welcome to our forum, from Texas!

You'll find that the Mini almost flies itself. This can lead to overconfidence. Try to be conservative at first, and expand your horizons gradually. The Mini, at only 249 grams, doesn't handle wind as well as the heavier drones do. On windy days--you get those down under--it's best to fly the Mini so that you have a tail wind on the way back.

Read your manual, and practice using "Find My Drone". Chances are you'll crash and perhaps lose your drone. Don't wait 'til that happens to try to learn under stress in less than ideal conditions. We have several fellow Aussies among our membership, and over 120,000 more from around the world who will help you learn your new hobby. Ask for help when you need it. Share your work when you can!

Glad you've joined us, mate!


https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/Mavic_Mini/20200212/Mavic_Mini_User_Manual_v1.0_EN.pdf

 

[Steel63]

Excellent choice ?welcome the forum

 

[Chetk7677]

Welcome from Florida.

 

[Drone Master]

Welcome to Mavic Pilots! Enjoy the forum!

 

[mrjohnc1]

Welcome!

 

[Triumphdude]

Welcome to the forum from the beautiful woods of Maine!

I was up in Bangor and Calais in 1999/2000 on holiday, great place

 

[Mavic Mac]

Welcome to the forums - a lot of good info here. So, take a look around and hope you enjoy some of the fine photography and information posted by the members.