Hello Billydrone,
I heartily agree with this. Your fear is likely losing your expensive drone. In Minnesota, you are probably able to get State Farm Insurance on it as an individual article for under $100. (I pay $45 per year here in western PA.)That way, if you get it stuck high up in a tree or drown it in Lake Michigan, it’s still covered and 0 deductible. You have also received many other great suggestions in this thread like flying in a wide open field until your confidence and skill increase. Now get out there and start having fun! No more straight up and back down. ???
Hey Don - I recently purchased an Air 2 and use it with the smart controller. I have not yet experienced losing connection - how often does that happen to you?I get worried when I use the smart controller with the flawed firmware and my Air 2
When you lose connect with clear sky and only 100-200ft away
Will the Air 2s have the same issues if you want to use the smart controller?
We shall see
Close by dropped connect - Only happened a few times
I lived in South Minneapolis all my life......I moved to Stillwater Mn a couple years ago....Minneapolis has really gotten bad over the years.
I too am afraid to fly my drone where I can't see it - eg no more than say 200 feet away. I watch lots of videos posted here and feel envious of those who have created them especially those taken over water especially the ocean. I have yet to fly my drone simply looking at the monitor mainly as it is hard to see in bright sunlight even with a special hood. Maybe I will try early in the morning or late afternoon.
Happened to me with my Mavic 2 Pro... left my buddy and took off to find it on my pontoon boat...I looped around the island (it took off an me from 200 feet away on the way back) and couldn't find it. I tried to reacquire the drone by turning on and off the Trans and the App. No luck. I made it back to the dock and...low and behold...there she was sitting exactly where I launched her from.
I have d j i refresh what worries me is if you cant retreive the drone as its not covered , do you or anyone know of a company that covers loss for a reasonable price im based in the ukI only get anxious in busy areas....like around my house. Tons of trees and wires. Can't tell you how close I've come to clipping the power lines...lol. And over water raises my BP....why I bought a lifejacket and skin for mine.. But still.... the best advice either get the DJI refresh and/or replacement insurance...while would suck losing a drone, having that peace of mind that it will be replaced helps with the stress.
When I first started about 1.5 years ago, i was very nervous every time I flew my drone. I fly over mostly inaccessible swampy florida land and canals or gated communities, so I can't get access very easily or at all if I crash. I lost 2 of my 1,500 dollar drones within the 1st 6 months of my flying. I've gotten more cautious and careful since then and have not lost any over the past year. I stopped taking any significant risks during flying. The anxiety stays with me up to today, but it is not nearly as bad as it was when I first started. It just takes time, experience, a sense of confidence that your drone is reliable and air worthy. Anyway, the initial anxiety sometimes stopped me from flying sometimes. I only get a little nervous now, especially when I buy a new drone, because I can never be sure how air worthy an individual drone is. Some are actually more sound than others. I have had a few that had manufacturing defects and had to be returned. This included autel and DJI
Good info - I'll have to experiment a bit. I hardly ever go more than a mile out anyway though, so typically I guess the range issue will not be an issue for me.Close by dropped connect - Only happened a few times
But the range problem is EVERY - time
I get about 25% range I should be getting
But the other day I wanted to get a rock in the ocean 1.5mi out
Too many errors and warning to even try
Very disappointing for my New Air 2 and my New Smart Controller
Had to pull out the old Mavic Platinum - Went to to far side around over the top Not One Error
DJI is acting like they are clueless about the buggy firmware
I'm still kicking around selling all my DJI drones to stop the frustration
So the big question is can you fly anywhere near the range that you should be getting?
I asked this question before and not one person said they could
Try just 3mi out that would be only half of the claimed 6mi range
My MAX limit is always half of what DJI claims just to be safe
Credit Where you at?? Credit is due for being so candid. As a newbie and bless the Mav2 before flight... that’s exactly what I fear. In time I’m certain I’ll gain confidence with practice flying and crashing as I have been. More flying now. Less anxiety. If not I’m moving in to harder drugs. Jk, of course. Enjoy every aspect of it that you can. That will distract you plenty imo. -Godspeed
Not unlike old man mav. Excellent advice. I myself will benefit from that approach. GodspeedYep, felt the same fresh into this with flying ... my recipe to cure that was to learn all about how & why they can fly as stable as they do. And then started to learn how to read/interpret the flight logs. After a while I knew the weaker spots in the total system & could avoid making mistakes just there. Log reading was also really good in order to find reasons for all surprising oddities. So start up & hang around the forum section "Mavic Crash & Flyaway Assistance"... that calmed me down
