I needed to create a solar panel cable to cover a span of my mom's roof. I figured if I could launch the Mini 2
I could recon the sloped section of the roof and count the courses and estimate the wiring needed, terminate
the USB-C connectors in my garage and only having to climb to the roof once.
The RC-n1 controller powered up, same for the Mini 2, and though the sticks were able to maneuver the drone
properly, the camera/display was black.
Phone was fully charge, ditto drone and controller. Apps were pretty up to date (caveat below).. I spent a
couple hours trying to bind the controller to the drone, reviewed resetting procedures.... and even shopped
online for a Mini 5.
The drone operated normally a month back when I used it to inspect the gutters. Ah ! did I inadvertently
update the drone firmware and brick my drone? After all, I had installed Drone Hack a few years back.
Much to my chagrin, I had been plugging the connector into the dummy/storage port on the controller
(and the other end to my iPhone) instead of the USB-C port next to the dummy slot. No wonder the
controller flight controls functioned normally (by RF) but the camera and GPS data mapping was not
flowing to my phone via the short data cable.
I'd like to nominate myself for the dumbest pilot award today. (kicking myself)
I could recon the sloped section of the roof and count the courses and estimate the wiring needed, terminate
the USB-C connectors in my garage and only having to climb to the roof once.
The RC-n1 controller powered up, same for the Mini 2, and though the sticks were able to maneuver the drone
properly, the camera/display was black.
Phone was fully charge, ditto drone and controller. Apps were pretty up to date (caveat below).. I spent a
couple hours trying to bind the controller to the drone, reviewed resetting procedures.... and even shopped
online for a Mini 5.
The drone operated normally a month back when I used it to inspect the gutters. Ah ! did I inadvertently
update the drone firmware and brick my drone? After all, I had installed Drone Hack a few years back.
Much to my chagrin, I had been plugging the connector into the dummy/storage port on the controller
(and the other end to my iPhone) instead of the USB-C port next to the dummy slot. No wonder the
controller flight controls functioned normally (by RF) but the camera and GPS data mapping was not
flowing to my phone via the short data cable.
I'd like to nominate myself for the dumbest pilot award today. (kicking myself)
Guess what? Only 2 motors would go. Had to wait over a year to get replacement motors! (Pocket money limitations)
Umm...
...the drone operator (me) forgot to plug in the cable to the phone! There might be something to be said for having (and following) a pre-flight checklist. 
