I write this in the hope someone may benefit from my painful "learning curve"! LOL!
I fly my Mavic 2 Enterprise Zoom with a smart controller. The first time I tried to fly it in Tripod Mode, whereby ALL the obstacle avoidance sensors work including the side sensors, it crashed into a tree while I was "flying the screen" and moving the drone in a left lateral "slide". I sent the drone to DJI with an explanation that the side sensors failed allowing it to crash into a tree. After they reviewed the data on the drone, it was determined I was not in Tripod mode and I was responsible for the $758 repair cost. This post is not a complaint, to be clear. Here is what I learned the hard way:
If you put the mode switch in Tripod mode while on the ground and then take off, it isn't really in Tripod mode. You must take off and change the mode in the air. Obviously, I was unaware of this. The mode switch was absolutely was in "T" mode when I took off.
Upon playing back the flight on my smart controller, I discovered that for a second or two a yellow caution actually came up on the screen in the bottom left hand side that said if you want to change the mode to other than P-GPS mode you must toggle the switch back to P-GPS and then to "T". I vaguely remember seeing this pop up but it disappeared (I think) before I was able to focus on it to read what it said. I guess I thought it wasn't important because it went away. Bottom line is that the drone, despite the position of the mode switch, if the change is not made in the air, it will remain in P-GPS mode and only the front and rear obstacle avoidance sensors will be functioning. You can bet that I will try to pay much more attention to any caution that may pop up as well!
So, there it is. I was doing so well prior to this, too! There's a lot to learn to fully get the most of these and I'm sure I have more lessons to be learned. That said, I sure hope none of them will cost me as much as this one did!
Happy flying!
I fly my Mavic 2 Enterprise Zoom with a smart controller. The first time I tried to fly it in Tripod Mode, whereby ALL the obstacle avoidance sensors work including the side sensors, it crashed into a tree while I was "flying the screen" and moving the drone in a left lateral "slide". I sent the drone to DJI with an explanation that the side sensors failed allowing it to crash into a tree. After they reviewed the data on the drone, it was determined I was not in Tripod mode and I was responsible for the $758 repair cost. This post is not a complaint, to be clear. Here is what I learned the hard way:
If you put the mode switch in Tripod mode while on the ground and then take off, it isn't really in Tripod mode. You must take off and change the mode in the air. Obviously, I was unaware of this. The mode switch was absolutely was in "T" mode when I took off.
Upon playing back the flight on my smart controller, I discovered that for a second or two a yellow caution actually came up on the screen in the bottom left hand side that said if you want to change the mode to other than P-GPS mode you must toggle the switch back to P-GPS and then to "T". I vaguely remember seeing this pop up but it disappeared (I think) before I was able to focus on it to read what it said. I guess I thought it wasn't important because it went away. Bottom line is that the drone, despite the position of the mode switch, if the change is not made in the air, it will remain in P-GPS mode and only the front and rear obstacle avoidance sensors will be functioning. You can bet that I will try to pay much more attention to any caution that may pop up as well!
So, there it is. I was doing so well prior to this, too! There's a lot to learn to fully get the most of these and I'm sure I have more lessons to be learned. That said, I sure hope none of them will cost me as much as this one did!
Happy flying!
