Recent content by Travisimo

They actually sell warming boxes, but many people use hand warmers or the like. Your car heater, putting them in your pocket with a hand warmer, etc. Also make sure you let the drone warm up a bit upon takeoff before flying away.

What you described in your post sounds like a defect of some sort. I've never had that happen in any of the flights (over three dozen now) with my Air. Certainly, I have lost connection when going out of range, but never where the controller just disconnects and requires a power cycle to work...

Right, but Jason said in post #6 that he had both video feed and telemetry, which means either 1) his controller really wasn't disconnected, or 2) downlink was working but uplink was not. I'm not sure if the latter is even possible (are they two separate connections), and if #the former was...

Certainly. I am by no means doubting that you had a problem with the aircraft. I'm just very curious as to how you could have video feed with a disconnect. As another poster stated, it's hard to believe that downlink was working but uplink was not since they are both transmitted via the...

That was a big explanation of your issue, but does not explain why the OP would still be receiving video feed and telemetry data if the remote was disconnected from the aircraft. The mobile device and DJI Go app receive the video feed and data from the controller, so if the controller is...

The app does give you an "inconsistent firmware" message when you power on the aircraft with a different battery after having done a firmware update on the aircraft itself. The battery that is in the aircraft at the time you update the aircraft's firmware does get updated automatically, so...

I have over three dozen flights under my belt with the Mavic Air, and the aircraft has been completely reliable. But we have to ask exactly what we mean by "reliable"? To me, reliable means that the aircraft has consistently responded as expected. Now then, of course I've had variable...

I don't use the smaller drone case with my fly more combo. The Air comfortably and safely sits in the fly more bag itself, which means I have everything I need (aircraft, controller, batteries, filters, extra props, and charger) with me in a bag that is easily and comfortably carried on the...

And a striking reason why having an actual ATTI mode on all of DJI's drones should be standard. If the FC began to compensate for drift, a pilot could simply switch to ATTI mode and compensate visually.

Love the song, and that's impressive that you did it all with the Mavic Air. I'm not sure the Air is suited for that particular task as well as a separate camera and gimbal, however. The Air's movements while it is tracking you created some odd camera movements, but I've used Smart Capture and...

Hmm, that is strange and I have not experienced that in any of my flights. Your SD card should be plenty fast for the Mavic Air, but I would try reformatting the card while it is in the aircraft via the DJI Go app. If that doesn't help, you could try a different card just to eliminate the card...

I'm confused... my understanding is that the controller connects to the aircraft via Wifi for uplink (controlling the drone) and downlink (for video and telemetry). Your mobile device connects to the controller via Micro USB cable, which allows the controller to communicate to the DJI Go app...

Did it reconnect on its way back home, or did you need to power it off/on for it to reconnect? Did you notice your signal strength at the time it disconnected? A text message should not cause a controller disconnect. Even if the app or your phone crashes, the controller should stay connected...

Completely agree that avoiding RTH is the best policy. I don't think it's that easy to explain RTH to new pilots though, especially when considering the RTH altitude, settings for hover, land, and return-to-home, behavior of RTH at different distances, explaining how RTH can actually cause a...

DJI has responded in at least a couple of forum threads on their site stating that the Mavic Air has dual IMU and a compass. If it had two actual compass modules, you can be sure they'd be mentioning it somewhere in the specs or in their forum replies. Now the elusive "vision compass" is a bit...