Flying at Night

bkushner · 2024-10-30T23:00:04-0400

Flew at night for the first time. I noticed that in normal mode the drone doesn't so better then 23-24 mph unless you turn off sensors. Anyone else seeing this?

Bad Santa · 2024-10-30T23:44:34-0400

Don't know what drone you're using but the mini 4 doesn't use it's sensors at night.

Curious as to what nav lights you are using.

I'm about to purchase some.

bkushner · 2024-10-31T00:31:09-0400

Bad Santa said:
Don't know what drone you're using but the mini 4 doesn't use it's sensors at night.

Curious as to what nav lights you are using.

I'm about to purchase some.

I posted this in the Air 3S forum so that's the drone I'm talking about. Not sure why your referring to the Mini 4?

Bad Santa · 2024-10-31T00:52:30-0400

bkushner said:
I posted this in the Air 3S forum so that's the drone I'm talking about. Not sure why your referring to the Mini 4?

I didn't see that this was the 3S subforum. My bad.

Does the 3S use sensors at night?

bkushner · 2024-10-31T00:55:49-0400

Bad Santa said:
I didn't see that this was the 3S subforum. My bad.

Does the 3S use sensors at night?

Yes it has a Lidar sensor on the front.

Felix le Chat · 2024-10-31T02:59:23-0400

bkushner said:
Flew at night for the first time. I noticed that in normal mode the drone doesn't so better then 23-24 mph unless you turn off sensors. Anyone else seeing this?

Speed limiting and night flying seems pretty sensible to me, if this is programmed in as a safeguard: I'm genuinely impressed. I've noticed that proximity sensors used by the old flavour of APAS have a range limit, dropping the speed gives the system more time to react - speed was the fail point with my Mavic 2's when I ended up curious enough to put APAS through it's paces.

Using Lidar similar to the units fitted into the bumpers (fenders) of cars gives you reliable obstacle detection in unreliable lighting conditions, but as with those car sensors.... speed is definitely a major factor.

GadgetGuy · 2024-10-31T04:51:02-0400

Felix le Chat said:
Speed limiting and night flying seems pretty sensible to me, if this is programmed in as a safeguard: I'm genuinely impressed. I've noticed that proximity sensors used by the old flavour of APAS have a range limit, dropping the speed gives the system more time to react - speed was the fail point with my Mavic 2's when I ended up curious enough to put APAS through it's paces.

Using Lidar similar to the units fitted into the bumpers (fenders) of cars gives you reliable obstacle detection in unreliable lighting conditions, but as with those car sensors.... speed is definitely a major factor.

Kind of makes sense! Prevents overdriving your "headlights!" LOL!