Collision Sensor Issue

spamgnome · Apr 15, 2022

I've been having an issue with my Air 2 for quite a while and wanted to get some feedback on what might be causing it. More often than not, I'm getting a proximity warning (audible and on-screen) that sometimes prevents the drone from flying backwards. Big bummer if I'm filming a reverse dolly! I've tried cleaning the sensors, but that doesn't seem to help at all. I *think* that the sun might somehow be interfering, but that's inconclusive. Help?

Capt KO · Apr 17, 2022

If it happens, switch to sport so they don't work. Just be more careful when you do.

spamgnome · Apr 17, 2022

Yes, that's a solution for just getting it to move, but one can't do real estate in Sport mode, not to mention the distractions on the screen

Faster · Apr 17, 2022

Disable OA on the Settings Menu.

spamgnome · Apr 17, 2022

Faster said:
Disable OA on the Settings Menu.

Yes, for sure, but would really like to get to the root cause.

Meta4 · Apr 17, 2022

spamgnome said:
Yes, for sure, but would really like to get to the root cause.

A low, bright sun is a common cause of false OA alarms.
It should be easy to confirm if this is the issue next time you experience it.
Try flying in a different direction and see if you still have the problem.

spamgnome · Apr 18, 2022

Meta4 said:
A low, bright sun is a common cause of false OA alarms.
It should be easy to confirm if this is the issue next time you experience it.
Try flying in a different direction and see if you still have the problem.

I thought that was the issue, but the other day it happened on an overcast day. Very frustrating

Yaros · Apr 18, 2022

spamgnome said:
I thought that was the issue, but the other day it happened on an overcast day. Very frustrating

Maybe try to calibrate the sensors using the DJI Assistant 2 for Mavic program on PC/Mac.

This is a video I found on YouTube that explains well how to do it, this one is for Mavic 2, but it will be (more or less) the same for Mavic Air 2.

spamgnome · Apr 18, 2022

Yaros said:
Maybe try to calibrate the sensors using the DJI Assistant 2 for Mavic program on PC/Mac.

This is a video I found on YouTube that explains well how to do it, this one is for Mavic 2, but it will be (more or less) the same for Mavic Air 2.

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Excellent idea! Not sure why that hadn't occurred to me. Of course when I flew today, the issue didn't occur. LOL