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    Gesture Mode AC Random Start-up

    I did talk to a tech guy at DJI and he confirmed that once in an intelligent flight mode it stays in that mode until you exit it or turn off the ac. That’s fine for all modes except the smart capture mode. The other modes won’t accidentally restart the ac but in smart mode a mistaken gesture...
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    Gesture Mode AC Random Start-up

    With some testing I may have figured out the issue for me at least. I may have had the remote/app on in my house so even though I initiated gesture mode on the ac it would have opened gesture mode on the app. If that’s what happened then even after it lands the app is still in gesture mode so as...
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    Gesture Mode AC Random Start-up

    I did not have the controller But it was nearby in the house and may have been turned on. So when I landed the first time are you saying that would have disabled Gesture mode but switched it back to the controller which then initiated RTH? It somewhat makes sense but I didn’t realize it would...
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    Gesture Mode AC Random Start-up

    tried the gesture mode today using the button on the back of the air without the remote. Everything worked fine...landed and motors shut down. As I carried back in my garage the motors suddenly started in my hand and it tried to take-off. I held on for dear life til I was able to disengage...
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    No stick override in smart capture mode?

    I too had an issue. I used the smart capture starting it without the remote. The gestures seemed to work and it landed without incident. I was carrying it back into my garage and it started up again. Luckily my hand was underneath but I had to hold on for dear life as I disengaged the battery...