DJI Mavic Air - FLY AWAY!

[Jameslavis]

Yup I do this ^ as well. Give it time to sort itself out and then check all the settings and conditions over. Then fly.

 

[m0j0]

My Mavic doesn't leave the ground unless it is in GPS mode and has acquired at least 10 satellites. Period. And in the rare event it loses GPS lock while flying, I manually land it IMMEDIATELY. Which is easy because I *always* keep my Mavic in visual LOS.

Sometimes my Mavic sits on the ground for what seems like 5 minutes as I wait for GPS lock. It's probably 1-2 minutes at worst and 30 seconds to 1 minute on average. That wait can feel intolerable sometimes. But wait it out I do.

Mark

Good plan to let it sit until it greenlights. That's what I do as well. 5 minutes to lock holy smokes that is bad. Are you launching from a covered location. Mine locks before I am through with my preflight checks. It usually takes about 30 seconds to lock in.