I never said " I know everything about drones" so, what does clearence mean?

[silverdragon]

On the Mavic 2 Zoom RC, across the bottom theres Clearence, Height, Distance....I know what height means as well as Distance but "Clearence" what exactly do we need that one for?

 

[msinger]

Per the Mavic 2 manual:

 

[silverdragon]

Thanks for the illustration, I have the Manuel , but buried in a room. It would take 30 minutes to find or 2 minutes asking here. Well off I go to fly and thanks again. ( msinger )......

 

[silverdragon]

Oh, I forgot to ask this question and since I'm on the "Clearance" subject now. I notice there is 3 feet between the AC and ground. The Clearance show 4feet. (On RC) Do I have to live with that or can I get it closer to 3 feet or dead nuts 3 feet?

 

[msinger]

Do I have to live with that or can I get it closer to 3 feet or dead nuts 3 feet?

While that's not abnormal, you could try calibrating the bottom sensors if you really want to explore all possibilities.

I wouldn't expect perfection since the aircraft is not able to deploy a tape measure to find the exact distance. Instead, it can only rely on sensors to estimate the distance.

 

[silverdragon]

I performed a forced sensor calibration ( force, meaning the AC demanded one). I did that 2 weeks ago so I will take a bunch of planned clearance readings from RC and do a sensor calibration and compare the pre numbers with the post numbers. I am curious to the outcome. I will be happy to get dead accurate but I dont think that's not going to happen so if the 3 feet clearance becomes 3 feet 4 inches at best I will be happy with that. If I can get a 3 foot reading with an actual 3 foot AC height I will celebrate the outcome with a ice cold beer.......

 

[Thoraldus]

I performed a forced sensor calibration ( force, meaning the AC demanded one). I did that 2 weeks ago so I will take a bunch of planned clearance readings from RC and do a sensor calibration and compare the pre numbers with the post numbers. I am curious to the outcome. I will be happy to get dead accurate but I dont think that's not going to happen so if the 3 feet clearance becomes 3 feet 4 inches at best I will be happy with that. If I can get a 3 foot reading with an actual 3 foot AC height I will celebrate the outcome with a ice cold beer.......

"but I dont think that's not going to happen " ??? So you think it IS going to happen? Sorry, I'm feeling a bit pedantic this morning.

 

[silverdragon]

I know 2 negatives in one sentence is a positive. So I guess I'm saying it's going to happen...well let me correct my grammer... i believe its not going to happen.. now, that's a perfect example why my grammar sucks before the morning jolt of that nice DD homemade fresh grounded coffee.

 

[JAW]

">>>>If I can get a 3 foot reading with an actual 3 foot AC height I will celebrate the outcome with a ice cold beer.... "

And if you don't, then have that ice cold beer anyway.

 

[Detritalgeo]

Thanks for the illustration, I have the Manuel , but buried in a room. It would take 30 minutes to find or 2 minutes asking here. Well off I go to fly and thanks again. ( msinger )......

For manual details.. I always find the PDF on the dji site and just do a keyword search.

 

[silverdragon]

Update: I recalibrated the sensors and now the outcome.? No change that I can see. Oh well, the AC is still amazing.