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  1. Vangaurd

    Lost signal in flight

    Mavic Pro lost connection to RC mid flight in high winds and I was hoping someone could tell me what happens to the bird in this scenario. I had home recorded before take off and I waited at home point beyond the birds battery life. What does the bird do in these situations? Hover until battery...
  2. I

    Mini 3 Pro Fly Away After Signal Loss

    Hi guys, I was flying my Mini 3 pro at night in a highly urban Area (Jakarta). It had already lost signal to the controller and then started to return to home automatically. It regained signal for a second and the last thing I saw was a tall building in front of it (about 80m away). It then lost...
  3. Yaros

    Random Loss of signal for short periods of time - VLOS, no interferance

    Hello! Recently I have done a flight, it was in a rural environment, close to the sea, no obstructions. But I was losing signal 3 times randomly, for a couple of seconds, while the drone was in VLOS and pretty close. I had Wi-Fi and Bluetooth off on my phone to prevent interferance. What might...
  4. B

    Mavic air Rc signal lost

    Hello everyone! I have my 4 years old mavic air (the first one) and I'm getting RC signal lost all the time. Today I was flying at sunrise and I checked wifi channels and from 1-10 they were unstable and 11-13was empty, so I manually chose 12 channel (It was 2.8). In 22m height I lost my image...
  5. M

    Lost my mavic air NEED HELP

    Hello fello pilots Sadly I lost my mavic air today in Corfu in Greece, the hard way. I was flying along side the cliffs. Then suddenly I lost signal I dont know why. Everything was set to default so RTH. But it never returned. Lost a 128gb card full of photos and pictures of 5 days. Anybody...
  6. M

    Mavic Air: RC signal lost for 5 seconds while at 10ft from me

    Hi guys, so I have been flying a Mavic Pro for a while and I've always liked it. Zero issues. Yesterday I added a Mavic Air to the collection and I've been out flying it today (of course after upgrading all the software). I'm using DJI Go 4.2.21 on iOS 11.4 on an iPhone 8 Plus. Unfortunately...
  7. KeithLa

    RESOLVED: Worsening disconnections from AC => Overheating RC

    Although there are already many other threads reporting close range mid-flight disconnections with MP, MPP, and MA, I'm creating my own post about my own recent experiences. I'm fearing a physical hardware defect in either RC or MPP, given what I've witnessed and am reading on these forums. I...
  8. T

    Help! My last try at this...

    Guys I’m in need of help this is probably my last crack at this mavic, since day one it’s been giving me a headache. The problem out the box has been with distance. I’ve read so much on issues with distance, I’ve tried troubleshooting the issue myself and to no avail. So about 4 months ago I buy...
  9. K5PS6744s

    K5PS6744s

    Coldpack strapped to smartphone stops overheating (which causes video corruption) with the Mavic Pro after recent upgrades. Not really a practical solution but works very well;.
  10. A

    DJI App Disconnect From Phone - SOLVED - Funny!

    Ever have your app say its disconnected, video signal "apparently lost" Weird things like this.. Odd issues where it seems like the remote was unplugged but you never actually unplugged it. Do What I did.. remove the pocket lint from inside the connector. In my case it was a Samsung s8plus...
  11. A

    DJI firmware update version 4.1.18 issues

    I am another of the apparently many people who are having real issues with the Mavic Pro after this update. I have had the drone for about 6 months now and only started having some issues in the last few weeks - and especially now with the 4.1.18 update a couple of days ago. I have 2 smartphones...
  12. T

    Help- Major signal loss

    Hey guys hope someone can help out. I had my mavic for two months now and Since then been having range issues. I heard these drones can get like 4 miles and I wanted to see if it would at least go further than my 3DR solo. Disappointed as the mavic would only go about 70 feet up before I seen a...
  13. J

    Nexus 7 and Signal Loss and battery health

    Hi guys, New pilot here, first drone and first post. I got a Mavic and I love it so far. I am using a Nexus 7 wifi and I have been putting it and the phone in my pocket into airplane mode. I found out about Airdata UAV and uploaded my flight logs there. My main issue that was revealed is that I...
  14. F

    WiFi Flying Mode Issues - Can't take off after latest Firmware

    So I've been searching the web and forums and there are a few people with my same problem. A day ago I tried WiFi mode for the first time. I could take off, but it kept going into "Auto-Land" mode. Very frustrating. I was trying to use active track but it would not work at all. So, this morning...
  15. M

    Lost Mavic after losing RC Signal - RTH fail?.

    Hi Everyone, I was wondering if I could please get some help in finding my mavic. I was flying over some hills yesterday and at about 1600 ft I lost signal to my mavic. I tried running towards the mavic, but it never reconnect. The last prompt I saw on my phone was to turn on the RTH, which...
  16. TrayBoz

    Flying around downtown skyscrapers - suggestions?

    I'm planning on taking some footage in and around my downtown area, specifically some closeups of the skyscrapers from all angles. Obviously, I plan on doing this in the middle of the night or VERY early in the morning when our downtown is a ghost town, so no people will be around. I'm a...
  17. Hex

    Mavic Pro battery, connection, and control iss

    The past few days I've been having issues with my Magic, after reading some other threads I seen some of my issues. 1. I keep getting battery error messages. (perhaps because of punching the throttle to hard so says some other threads, but I want to address it because I don't want it to drop...
  18. S

    Signal loss and interference

    Hello people, Im from Brasil and my Mavic is coming next week. I live in Copacabana - Rio de Janeiro. And I dont have too much space nearby to test it. So Im thinking on taking off from a open area in my building and flying nearby. The problem is, the area is full of high buildings. Do you guys...