Anyone have their mavic "lurch" or take off unexpectedly

PalmettoAerial · Aug 19, 2017

had the drone take off (was hovering, and took off forward) ... never had this happen before. I am not even sure if I hit the stick and if I did it was only slightly ... appears the obstacle avoidance was off or shut down temporarily as well. Strange.

Jimmy007 · Aug 19, 2017

I had a similar experience when taking off near a bridge. After auto takeoff, it flew 50 feet away and then hovered. I flew it back and landed immediately. scary moment... I probably have a least 50 flights by now. That only happened once.

Kilrah · Aug 19, 2017

Possibly compass issues if the place you took off from has lots of metallic structure.

MoonstruckView · Aug 19, 2017

Kilrah said:
Possibly compass issues if the place you took off from has lots of metallic structure.

Agree 100%. On my second flight I had the compass veer the mavic from the home spot due to my house having a metal roof. It tried to land on the roof. Luckily, manual take over and everything was just fine. I avoid metal at all cost now.