Pilot Check in from Richards Bay - South Africa.

[Guitarman]

HI there Guys. I am a new pilot here from Richards Bay. I have been flying FPV and building my own drones for a while and brought a Mavic Mini to record some good scenic footage. Is there a way to reduce the hovering distance when the drone starts up? I want to fly and hover lower to the ground by the drone hovers ±1meter above the ground. Thanks everybody.

 

[old man mavic]

@Guitarman welcome to the forum you could try to cover up the downwards facing sensors
which the drone uses to determine its height above ground when its below about 25 ft
the down side off this is as you land it wont know its height and could get damaged if you land hard i am thinking more about the gimbal being damaged ,you could of course hand catch it which would cushion the landing somewhat

 

[MA2 317]

Hello from the Crossroads of America Guitarman.

It may be as simple as a piece of tape on the bottom sensors to fool the Mini. ?

Here's a thread to read...

Bypass ground sensors on Mavic Mini

Hi folks - considering a Mini purchase at the moment. Been watching a tonne of videos and examples of shots on YouTube and am impressed. One thing confusing me.. I see videos showing how the ground detection sensors work - flyers using their hands under the drone, and the drone rising up kind...

mavicpilots.com

Good luck and welcome to the Forum. ?

 

[dirkclod]

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I hope you will find our site helpful and look forward to any input , photo's/video's you might post .
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[Steel63]

Greetings from ? Florida ? welcome to the forum ? that's a good question I don't think you can but I'm not sure !

 

[Drone Master]

Welcome to Mavic Pilots! ? Enjoy the forum!

 

[msinger]

Welcome to the forum!

Is there a way to reduce the hovering distance when the drone starts up?

No. However, you could manually take off and stop at the desired height.

 

[eaglesurfing]

Welcome to the forum and enjoy.

 

[Kendallfordguy]

Welcome from Wisconsin!

 

[Laborous]

Welcome to the forum from the beautiful woods of Maine:

 

[Itzmyobsession]

Welcome aboard my friend

 

[GFields]

Greetings welcome to the forum!

 

[wjkrysak]

Welcome to the forum. We look forward to your participation and your view of the world.

 

[Chetk7677]

Welcome from central Florida.

 

[hychewright]

Welcome to the forum, from Alabama!

 

[mrjohnc1]

Welcome!

 

[SpitFire]

Welcome to the forum from Chicago the Windy City.

 

[Aerial-Pixel]

HI there Guys. I am a new pilot here from Richards Bay. I have been flying FPV and building my own drones for a while and brought a Mavic Mini to record some good scenic footage. Is there a way to reduce the hovering distance when the drone starts up? I want to fly and hover lower to the ground by the drone hovers ±1meter above the ground. Thanks everybody.

Welcome to Mavic Pilots from Dayton Ohio USA! Fly safe and have fun!