PLEASE! Before your first flight. Read and understand the manual, not the quick start guide that comes in the box. It will help you prevent an accident.
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I'm chillin, appreciate it though.
Learning APAS when you are first learning is better than OA in my opinion because it requires that you familiarize yourself with the AC.
Learn to fly without looking at the screen at all... So you don't have to use any sort of OA.
I fly in Sport mode 99% of the time, but that doesn't mean I'm always flying at 40 mph.
I would definitely not recommend sport mode until after a good 10 flights.
Thanks for all the reply's. I just charged up the other two batteries and put them in the mavic, (one at a time of course), in a minute the software said it had a firmware update for each one. Lots of firmware updates.. Still taking it slow.
quick start guide was kind of a joke. I have a better quick start guide to my new car!!
Oh, and I was going to say, please spell out all the acronyms, but on second thought...keep using them. It forces me to look them up and inform myself. That way, the info seems to stick with me.
I bought my MA2 from Amazon. When I got it the controller wouldn't work and I got ahold of Amazon and returned everything to them and they shipped me a new one (as the one one was on the way). They just couldn't replace the controller on it's own. But I got the new one and everything set up perfectly. I love my MA2
I'm not sure/remember what APAS stands for, but what it does is automatically maneuver around obstacles rather than stop when encountered.
OA = Obstacle Avoidance
AC = Aircraft
With OA on (default) and APAS off (also default), the AC will stop if too close to an obstacle rather than trying to go around it when APAS is on. As a new flier, better that the pilot is warned about an approaching obstacle then stopped if too close, than going off in a direction unexpected by the pilot, or worse yet maneuver around one obstacle, only to hit another during the automated maneuver.
That happened to me when my M2 avoided the corner of a roof, only to run into a power wire going to the building.
OA = Obstacle Avoidance
AC = Aircraft
With OA on (default) and APAS off (also default), the AC will stop if too close to an obstacle rather than trying to go around it when APAS is on. As a new flier, better that the pilot is warned about an approaching obstacle then stopped if too close, than going off in a direction unexpected by the pilot, or worse yet maneuver around one obstacle, only to hit another during the automated maneuver.
That happened to me when my M2 avoided the corner of a roof, only to run into a power wire going to the building.
Tentoes
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First flight was today. Flying was successful ! But...use of camera...not so much. Maybe it was the sun on the iphone screen. I will try again...maybe just practice. Anyway, I took the sc card an put it a fast reader and found some interesting file types. For the camera, there was .DNG, and .JPG and .MOV. I know about jpg and mov. and i think dng is like a raw version? Then I see a GIS folder, an IDX folder and a THM folder along with an item labeled IDX_BLOCK. Not sure about those last four.
Tentoes
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I know this and I tried to sheild phone with my body, but was too busy watching the drone, and manuvering him. I will get it right.
Tentoes
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When you manage to get the sun off the screen, all you see is a reflection of yourself!
I got the DJI shield and it helps a lot.
I bought mine at Best Buy, I like to be able to look at someone when your doing warranty work (that is if you have one near you).
Amazon's great but something this experience and technical I would rather deal with aa actual person, just me.
Either way, the sooner the better.
Good luck!
