So heres what happened.
I flew in an open forest that had a patch open so i could atleast take off and land.
I wanted to film the horses on the other side of the road.
At first it went fine. Then i wanted to go left to trail the highway to the left. Once i had 6 minutes left of the battery i decided i needed to come home or atleast close so i could see it.
I got dissoriented and i couldnt see the drone on the direction i expected.
So i cheched the map.
Holy crap!! I was very far way. I hit RTH and as soon as the drone ponted on my direction, i hit cancel and i increased altitude from 30 meters to 50 meters just to make sure to clear any obstacle. Once 50 meters i headed straight to my direction.
I saw myself on the screen but i could not see the drone. So i went further closer.
Now i could see her but she was close to the power line. I wasnt sure if it was above, under or same height so i didnt change altitude but i needed to get away from the power line.
For some reason, the power line tried to pull my drone closer. It took seconds before the mavic air finally listened to my input of moving forward away.
Well away from power line i descended close to me and land it quickly.
I thank God at that moment that i didnt crash and i handled myself just fine.
I had 3 mins left before battery runs out.
How i got disoriented i dont know. Because when wanted to go left and trail the highway i was watching the drone go left like i wanted it. But when i wanted to go home, i didnt know that i passed my self in relation to the drone.
I also dont know why did the power line tried to pull my drone closer and i was watching that with VLOS. It took 3-4 seconds before my input of going forward that my drone started to move forward away from the power line.
Maybe i should have switch that to sports mode to use more motor power.
What would happen if i used the sports mode switch when the power line tried to pull the drone?
Anyways, thanks to the map, i could see where the drone and guide it back to me.
Thanks for reading.
Also, i never lost GPS, compass, live feed or control to the drone.
I flew in an open forest that had a patch open so i could atleast take off and land.
I wanted to film the horses on the other side of the road.
At first it went fine. Then i wanted to go left to trail the highway to the left. Once i had 6 minutes left of the battery i decided i needed to come home or atleast close so i could see it.
I got dissoriented and i couldnt see the drone on the direction i expected.
So i cheched the map.
Holy crap!! I was very far way. I hit RTH and as soon as the drone ponted on my direction, i hit cancel and i increased altitude from 30 meters to 50 meters just to make sure to clear any obstacle. Once 50 meters i headed straight to my direction.
I saw myself on the screen but i could not see the drone. So i went further closer.
Now i could see her but she was close to the power line. I wasnt sure if it was above, under or same height so i didnt change altitude but i needed to get away from the power line.
For some reason, the power line tried to pull my drone closer. It took seconds before the mavic air finally listened to my input of moving forward away.
Well away from power line i descended close to me and land it quickly.
I thank God at that moment that i didnt crash and i handled myself just fine.
I had 3 mins left before battery runs out.
How i got disoriented i dont know. Because when wanted to go left and trail the highway i was watching the drone go left like i wanted it. But when i wanted to go home, i didnt know that i passed my self in relation to the drone.
I also dont know why did the power line tried to pull my drone closer and i was watching that with VLOS. It took 3-4 seconds before my input of going forward that my drone started to move forward away from the power line.
Maybe i should have switch that to sports mode to use more motor power.
What would happen if i used the sports mode switch when the power line tried to pull the drone?
Anyways, thanks to the map, i could see where the drone and guide it back to me.
Thanks for reading.
Also, i never lost GPS, compass, live feed or control to the drone.