Recent content by AirborneLawnMower

When I twist the motors by hand, the front right motor does in fact feel ever so slightly different than the others. The "steps" it makes because of the magnet feel more pronounced in this motor compared to the other three, which feel a little smoother in comparison. No strange sounds though...

Looks like I celebrated too early then. Interesting how the black line contradicts what my spotter recalled. In that case, could it be likely that when it slowly descended, it "landed" on the steeply sloped surface, was forced to tip over because of the continuous input, and therefore shut off...

Thank you very much for checking out the log. I'm glad to see that it wasn't a user error as I was sure that I didn't touch the controls. I feared the idea of being distracted enough to cause this if I couldn't even remember it. glad that's not the case. Quite curious to know though what may...

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Convenience mostly since it's not a large house and the Mavic holds itself in place very well. When I took it up the second time, I let it hover in front of me so I could give it a good push a few times to see what it would do. Each time it snapped back right where it was. Wind was very mild at...

Firstly, I hope these are the correct logs. I found out in hindsight that the phone I was using had its date and time set back to 2016 for some reason. Yesterday I was performing a quick flight to inspect the roof of the house. I've done it before and is usually an uneventful procedure. I fly...

As I mentioned, I have no interest in flying a drone where not allowed. My question is purely about dealing with crossing through a prohibited country while carrying a drone. Regardless of flying. If driving around Nicaragua was an option, I would.

I appreciate the replies. I fear that's the reality I'm facing here. And agreeably, nothing is worth risking jailtime. What I do wonder though about a country such as Mexico, is if they'll seize it at the border or if I'm just not allowed to fly it. It's something that'll require some reading...

Hopefully this is the correct place to ask. I'm planning on going on an overland world trip in the near future by car, for which I'd like to bring my Mavic Air with me. This causes some problems with a few countries that outright ban drones which I'll have to pass through. First of all, I want...

I see. Though active, the compass is no longer used for positioning right? Considering Atti mode is used whenever the quad goes haywire in GPS mode. In that case one would still be able to fly the quad regardless of magnetic interference.

This may be an odd idea, but perhaps you could reprogram the sports mode switch into an atti mode switch and fly using atti mode instead. If I recall correctly, atti mode does not utilize the compass. The downside is though, you need to be more experienced into controlling your quad as there is...

There's a "Return to China" button on it. If you press it, the quad flies off to China.

While it is possible to use a MA battery as a powerbank with the provided piece, it's unfortunately not possible to charge it with an ordinary one due to the required adapter. Though, I did come across this video from Drone Valley which mentions a portable charger for the MA, similar to a...

I can't help but giggle at that sentence. But sorry to hear about losing your quad. Especially like this since there is very little you can do about it once it happens. Makes me wonder if there's a quicker way of landing the quad. I've set my movement controls really precise which makes it...

AFAIK, the MA never ascends because of an obstacle. Only with APAS enabled it tries to swerve around obstructions on a horizontal level. With APAS disabled you'd then be notified by bleeps and visual collision detection on the video feed. So I'd say a RTH is the most likely scenario that caused it.