I just picked up a Mavic 2 Pro, after a few years away from flying. I've put together a Flamewheel 550, bought a couple of versions of the Phantom aircraft, and an Inspire 2 with the good camera, as well as a few non-DJI drones.
I figured I'd just pick up where I left off. I figured wrong (maybe). My first issue was my license expired and they have some new Remote ID requirements. After a bit of research, I got all my ducks lined up and got my license renewed. So, now to flying? Not so fast.
I put my drone on the balcony at home, and lifted off. I let it hover for a bit, and noticed I was seeing a NFZ Zone, warning on my screen, and annoying beeps. Back to researching.
Turns out, I'm on the fringe of a couple of airports. Not in the restricted area but one is in an "authorization zone" (see pic) and the other is in a "altitude zones" zone (see pic)
Now might be a good time to talk about my symptoms. If it's NFZ issue, the symptoms don't fit.
Symptoms: I can lift off, rise up and down, move forward, and to the right when headed North. That's away from the "authorization zone". I cannot fly back to my lift off point. I can only move forward, and right. All the time, getting a voice annunciation of the error.
Clarification: I can fly North, and East, Not forward and right. To get back, I tried rotating the Mavic, to point South, instead of North, since I could move forward, then use the forward motion to get the aircraft back, but that didn't work. So it seems directional rather than mechanical (I think). That would tend to support the NFZ issue.
Workaround (that got my aircraft back): I lowered the altitude to about 3 feet, instead of the 15, and was able to get it to fly in all directions, to a degree. I managed to get it under the balcony, and then bring it up to where I could grab it (carefully, to avoid the obstacle detection, and cut the engines.
I was under the impression that these two zones would not prevent me from flying. If it's a restriction,
My location: the red circle, in the lower right of the first image.
Does this sound like a hardware issue? Or a NFZ issue?
Does this sound like a hardware issue? Or a NFZ issue?
I figured I'd just pick up where I left off. I figured wrong (maybe). My first issue was my license expired and they have some new Remote ID requirements. After a bit of research, I got all my ducks lined up and got my license renewed. So, now to flying? Not so fast.
I put my drone on the balcony at home, and lifted off. I let it hover for a bit, and noticed I was seeing a NFZ Zone, warning on my screen, and annoying beeps. Back to researching.
Turns out, I'm on the fringe of a couple of airports. Not in the restricted area but one is in an "authorization zone" (see pic) and the other is in a "altitude zones" zone (see pic)
Now might be a good time to talk about my symptoms. If it's NFZ issue, the symptoms don't fit.
Symptoms: I can lift off, rise up and down, move forward, and to the right when headed North. That's away from the "authorization zone". I cannot fly back to my lift off point. I can only move forward, and right. All the time, getting a voice annunciation of the error.
Clarification: I can fly North, and East, Not forward and right. To get back, I tried rotating the Mavic, to point South, instead of North, since I could move forward, then use the forward motion to get the aircraft back, but that didn't work. So it seems directional rather than mechanical (I think). That would tend to support the NFZ issue.
Workaround (that got my aircraft back): I lowered the altitude to about 3 feet, instead of the 15, and was able to get it to fly in all directions, to a degree. I managed to get it under the balcony, and then bring it up to where I could grab it (carefully, to avoid the obstacle detection, and cut the engines.
I was under the impression that these two zones would not prevent me from flying. If it's a restriction,
My location: the red circle, in the lower right of the first image.
Does this sound like a hardware issue? Or a NFZ issue?
Does this sound like a hardware issue? Or a NFZ issue?
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