Recent content by ajlholt

It would be nice to know that there was a simpler way!

I have a Mavic 3 and know how to set waypoints in advance using my iPhone. However I do not want the Mavic to fly a route between those waypoints, I simply want to be able to tell it when in flight to go to a waypoint and sit there until I do something manually with the drone. I then want to be...

So is there any way that a location like this could be flown safely in future?

Thanks. Does this mean that turning on APAS would have helped? Or would it still have been confused by getting and losing the GPS signal? The tall glass buildings were to each side of the aircraft and it was only ever facing forwards. There was vegetation below it but no water. The aircraft...

If it was possible to choose Atti mode that would be fine. The problem seems to be when the drone alternates between Atti and GPS. I don't understand why DJI do not allow Atti mode to be chosen.

There are certainly warnings about flying over water and the difficulty of the vertical positioning sensors being able to recognise height over water. There are no warnings about flying in the vicinity of glass clad buildings however and I wonder if GPS signals reflect off them altering the...

Thanks very much for this extensive and helpful reply. As I mentioned in my description I had the roll stick fully to the left while the drone flew steadily to the right towards the tall building. Is there any way to avoid this kind of problem in future or is it only possible to fly with GPS?

Here is the txt file in case anyone can come up with answers. It was bright daylight and there with a light breeze.

I was flying my Mavic 2 Pro in an urban area with very tall glass buildings for a client. I had no problems when flying from the roof but when I went to fly over some gardens lower down, the drone could not pick up enough satellites and told me it was in Opti mode before launch. I took off to...

Very interesting indeed. Do you have any idea why the vertical speed starts to reduce for each falling drone? Surely they should each get to a fluctuating terminal velocity and stay there until impact when vertical speed should be zero?

Hello. That is a very interesting graph but it does not take account of the auto-rotation effect which will probably be caused by the propellors. in other words, as they start to rotate during the fall they will generate lift in the same way that a helicopter does when it descends by...

Thanks. I agree that the best one would depend on how low you wanted to shoot. Are there any particular settings needed for the drone (eg disabling sensors) and can it be started up with the arms folded or should they be opened out initially with the props removed?

Does anyone know if it is possible to use the Mavic 2 hand-held or mounted on a car? This would enable it to be walked through a crowd or driven through traffic. What would be the necessary settings to make it work? Are there any optional accessories online that would be useful? Thanks

I think I may know what it is. I had a situation where the gimbal had become juddery. I landed the aircraft and found that there was a small plastic sticker stuck under the gimbal and part of it was touching the aircraft. When I removed the sticker it worked fine. I do not know what the sticker...

Sounds like a mistake with the aircraft. Get a free replacement!