3 DJI Avata Crash and Recovery

[Paleomanjim]

If you ever loose a DJI drone its good to know there are several ways to find it. The "Find My Drone" on the DJI Fly App usually works for me but it was 200' off on this flight. Viewing the last 30 seconds of the flight sometimes works, but in this case the drone was inverted so is was just showing sky. Another method is to download the flight data on the DJI Fly App and view the flight path for the whole flight to see where it terminated. Then expand that and go to satellite view. That worked!

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[tstr14]

Wait a minute, "usually works for me"? How many times have you lost one? I'm still waiting for my first.

 

[Honk]

Hello. Just curious...why are there "Remote controller control stick error"s through much of the flight? Fwiw, I don't have an Avata or use goggles, so I'm not familiar with how they operate. Is it normal when using goggles?

Thanks

 

[Paleomanjim]

Wait a minute, "usually works for me"? How many times have you lost one? I'm still waiting for my first.

At least 6 or 7 times but that is over 5000 miles of flight distance, so not too bad. "Find my drone" usually get me to within 10' of the lost drone.

Hello. Just curious...why are there "Remote controller control stick error"s through much of the flight? Fwiw, I don't have an Avata or use goggles, so I'm not familiar with how they operate. Is it normal when using goggles?

Thanks

It is pretty much normal and pretty much meaningless. Many others have complained about it. When you fly DJI Drones in M or Manual Mode you have to loosen the throttle stick tension spring in the back of the RC Controller and that seems to bring on the alarm, but it comes and goes!

 

[Mark_Y]

I added VIFLY Beacons to my FPV drones to help in my search when I have a oops. I find these very helpful.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VJMTFVH?ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details&th=1

I tend to have more oops when flying the NEO with googles. That what happens when you take more chances. I am more careful with my Avata 1 and Avata 2.

 

[GFields]

Awesome thanks for sharing!

 

[Paleomanjim]

Awesome thanks for sharing!

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