Lost mavic pro

[maverick 81]

If you loose signal on your drone in a remote area and can’t access the find my drone function because of poor network. If someone picks it up and takes it away will the gps signal still work even if the battery is dead?

 

[dirkclod]

No.

 

[maverick 81]

No.

Ok thanks mate. Is there a way to fly the drone and have a video on your controller/phone without phone network coverage?

 

[dirkclod]

I’m sorry but not sure what you are asking .

 

[Simmo]

You do not need any outside network or cellular coverage to fly your aircraft.

 

[DanMan32]

Ok thanks mate. Is there a way to fly the drone and have a video on your controller/phone without phone network coverage?

There's the lower quality cache video, assuming you are recording. Other than that, no.

 

[ClaudioSr]

I'm sorry for your lost drone. In case you can't find, I just saw this other thread here from a guy selling his brand new drone.

DJI Mavic Pro advice on selling

Hi all I’m after some advice. I have a DJI Mavic Pro that we have never used. It’s still new in box. Also have a couple of extra accessories never used. Would appreciate some advice on where to sell and what price I should expect.

mavicpilots.com

 

[maverick 81]

My mate says someone may have jammed the signal, is this possible?

 

[maverick 81]

Also now I can see it on the map and coordinates, so I will go Tommorow and try locate it. Should I take the charged remote with me, is there any benefit in doing that or not?

 

[Thomas B]

Also now I can see it on the map and coordinates, so I will go Tommorow and try locate it. Should I take the charged remote with me, is there any benefit in doing that or not?

Just go to the area indicated. No need for the remote. Best of luck finding your bird. If you don’t, consider posting the flight logs here for analysis.... wind drift, etc.

 

[Meta4]

You don't need mobile coverage at all to fly - you could fly perfectly well in the middle of the Simpson Desert.

My mate says someone may have jammed the signal, is this possible?

There's a 0% chance of that and the cause of the incident will be something much more ordinary.

Also now I can see it on the map and coordinates, so I will go Tomorrow and try locate it. Should I take the charged remote with me, is there any benefit in doing that or not?

No need to take the controller.

The most useful thing to help find the drone would be to post the flight data here and someone can analyse the flight, point to the cause of the incident and probably give you a likely search area to find the drone.
To do that, go to DJI Flight Log Viewer | Phantom Help
Follow the instructions there to upload your flight record from your phone or tablet.
That will give you a detailed report of the flight.
Come back and post a link to the report it gives you.

 

[maverick 81]

Thanks for the advice, geez I’m such a rookie with this and I have over 70 flights. Your knowledge is impressive. Thanks

 

[maverick 81]

This is what my downloaded flight records look like. What program do I need to read them?

 

[Meta4]

This is what my downloaded flight records look like. What program do I need to read them?

Post #11 gave details - or if you post the .txt file here, I can download it and start analysing it.

 

[maverick 81]

Post #11 gave details - or if you post the .txt file here, I can download it and start analysing it.

 

[maverick 81]

Can I email you, I am not computer savvy sorry

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

Can I email you, I am not computer savvy sorry

Sorry to hear of your Mavic loss, let’s hope you can recover it and find it’s ok, or at least not too much damage.

If you go through the process to get your flight .txt file, upload to the linked phantom help page, copy that web address, the paste it in reply here, that is generally all the good people here need to analyse and try and give you a pretty accurate location to search.
This can allow for wind drift and all.

Where are you located ?

 

[maverick 81]

Hi guys, just an update I found the bird this morning. Set out at 3am on a 2 hr drive and found it! What a relief! Sitting in the dunes a little bit of sand sticking to the leg connectors but in good nick. Thank you all for your great help and feedback and to Meta4 for analysing my flight records. I owe u a beer

 

[Skywatcher2001]

Hi guys, just an update I found the bird this morning. Set out at 3am on a 2 hr drive and found it! What a relief! Sitting in the dunes a little bit of sand sticking to the leg connectors but in good nick. Thank you all for your great help and feedback and to Meta4 for analysing my flight records. I owe u a beer

Glad to see you found her! Use every precaution not to lose her again . . . happy flying.

 

[DanMan32]

A signal jam should have sent it home, just as it would if you turned off your RC.