I Think This Was Pilot Error!

[raymacke]

Go ahead and laugh - I did. No, I won't explain it other than newb and 67-year-old brain freeze. (But prop guards did their job - ZERO damage.)

 

[mavicn00b]

Might be better off with a Skydio R2 LOL

 

[DanMan32]

I like how it just bounced off that tree.
Makes me want to consider looking for a prop cage for my M2 for close in flights.

 

[Thomas B]

Go ahead and laugh - I did. No, I won't explain it other than newb and 67-year-old brain freeze. (But prop guards did their job - ZERO damage.)

Good shot!

 

[raymacke]

Makes me want to consider looking for a prop cage for my M2 for close in flights.

Yea, that's my front yard and I have been playing there a good bit. I been putting the guards on when doing it because obviously my flight skills are a "little" lacking.

 

[Skyflyer129]

All I saw was a tree viscously jump out of nowhere and attack your mini. Nature is sometimes cruel.lol ?
Blue skies...from SoCal

 

[old man mavic]

well at least you know the guards work

 

[Tkoglin]

Go ahead and laugh - I did. No, I won't explain it other than newb and 67-year-old brain freeze. (But prop guards did their job - ZERO damage.)

Those trees should have yielded right of way ?

 

[old man mavic]

i have just twigged, you certainly branched out there couldnt see the woods for the trees

 

[Smokieflies]

It looks like you started to make that turn, and decide that through the tree was the better route?

 

[spamgnome]

Officer! The tree was approaching. I had to swerve several times before I hit it!

 

[Mossiback]

Yea for prop guards! Make sure you have RTH set to hover while flying under trees. Prop guards won't help much if it raises up into the branches, besides perhaps preventing a fall by getting stuck in one. Then you get to test your tree-climbing skills!

 

[fRog2]

The MINI is wonderfully stable on a calm day, and no doubt lots of "newbies" will be flying it - so just remember if things appear to be getting out of hand, just let go of all the joysticks, let the drone stop and hover, and you have all the time in the world to think about your next move.

Great to see the prop-guards doing their job though. Enjoy your flying!

 

[old man mavic]

Yea for prop guards! Make sure you have RTH set to hover while flying under trees. Prop guards won't help much if it raises up into the branches, besides perhaps preventing a fall by getting stuck in one. Then you get to test your tree-climbing skills!

it would seem that that option is not available on the MM yet

 

[Mossiback]

it would seem that that option is not available on the MM yet

Thanks. I should hold back on any MM comments, considering it is a new craft with a different control app and I do not have one. I was hoping that a basic RTH setting like hover would be available. Perhaps in future updates it will be.

 

[old man mavic]

no worries several post have commented on the lack of such an option, maybe because it does not have any obstacle avoidance sensors ,then it would not be able to detect anything around it anyway so it would not know how far away it was from an obstacle

 

[NMguy]

I think its only a "crash" if it ends up on the ground upside down. LOL

 

[DanMan32]

no worries several post have commented on the lack of such an option, maybe because it does not have any obstacle avoidance sensors ,then it would not be able to detect anything around it anyway so it would not know how far away it was from an obstacle

Actually not having OA is exactly the call for hover or land as an option on signal loss.

There was a hint the option will exist as it did on first version of app for iOS or Android when no MM was ever connected.

 

[c0int31pr0]

I love the fact that you are 67 and willing to learn a new skill, discover new stuff...like quads.
Keep at it!

 

[SpinRush]

George, George, George of the jungle, strong as he can be!
AGGRRGGWWWWWWWWWWwww!!!!
Watch out for that tree!