Has anyone else had the DJI GO 4 App freeze the telemetry readout but continue to feed the video?
I was recently flying over water and wanted to get to about 20 above the water for some low shots. I was focused on the GO 4 readout which showed that I was at 143 feet altitude and so continued to input down elevator/throttle to reach 20 feet. After a few seconds of wondering why the altitude wasn't decreasing, I was shocked to see that the FPV video showed it was nearly in the water. After verifying visually that it was OK, I commanded a climb to a safe height and then I looked at the controller display. It showed the altitude was much different than GO 4 and that the numbers in the App had stopped changing. The App clearly had crashed but still showed normal video.
When I played the Flight Record back on my phone, it showed that the altitude had gone to 0.0 at the exact time I released the stick. My Home Point was maybe 5 feet above the water elevation. I count myself as extremely lucky.
I'll keep researching to see if it was user error, but I think it's really valuable that the controller gives you an independent display for cross-referencing vital status readouts. Scanning that display will become part of my routine now.
I was recently flying over water and wanted to get to about 20 above the water for some low shots. I was focused on the GO 4 readout which showed that I was at 143 feet altitude and so continued to input down elevator/throttle to reach 20 feet. After a few seconds of wondering why the altitude wasn't decreasing, I was shocked to see that the FPV video showed it was nearly in the water. After verifying visually that it was OK, I commanded a climb to a safe height and then I looked at the controller display. It showed the altitude was much different than GO 4 and that the numbers in the App had stopped changing. The App clearly had crashed but still showed normal video.
When I played the Flight Record back on my phone, it showed that the altitude had gone to 0.0 at the exact time I released the stick. My Home Point was maybe 5 feet above the water elevation. I count myself as extremely lucky.
I'll keep researching to see if it was user error, but I think it's really valuable that the controller gives you an independent display for cross-referencing vital status readouts. Scanning that display will become part of my routine now.
