Lost my DJI mini 4 pro

[Bad Santa]

Unless using the 249g batteries, the mini 4 pro weighs more than 249g.

And, seriously, has ANYONE ever gotten stopped, while flying, and had the officer pull out a scale and weigh the drone?
And, seriously, if an accident occurred, and you hadn't registered your drone (as required if your drone weighs more then 249g) are they going to find you? And are they really going to nail you for going 2-3 grams over? (They "could" but would they?)

 

[OrionsQwest]

Unless using the 249g batteries, the mini 4 pro weighs more than 249g.

And, seriously, has ANYONE ever gotten stopped, while flying, and had the officer pull out a scale and weigh the drone?
And, seriously, if an accident occurred, and you hadn't registered your drone (as required if your drone weighs more then 249g) are they going to find you? And are they really going to nail you for going 2-3 grams over? (They "could" but would they?)

Lol true. I am using the flip now with the tag it could be 251 oe 252 but ill take my chance

 

[Frank Dracman]

No it's tiny

Regardless of it's size, the lightest one I found was 14 grams which puts you past 250 grams. Which now to be legal you have to register it and supply a RID device for it.

 

[Frank Dracman]

The weight varies by model, but they can weigh as little as 5 grams.

Take off weight of the OP's Mini 4 pro is 248.61 grams

 

[BossBob]

No it's tiny

May be tiny but it will take the weight over 250 grammes.

 

[MARK (LI)]

I put a tile tracker on mine. that way when you get to general area of GPS you can alert the tile and it makes a racket for you to find. not expensive, good investment

What one are you using?...I got Apple I tags, but you have to be really close for it to work and it is not loud at all

 

[msinger]

Take off weight of the OP's Mini 4 pro is 248.61 grams

It likely varies slightly by drone, but in most cases, added accessories will easily push it over 250 grams.

 

[OrionsQwest]

What one are you using?...I got Apple I tags, but you have to be really close for it to work and it is not loud at all

Tile tracker

 

[jwilson]

I started my flight from my balcony.

I've done this but it's not a good idea. I do not see why darkness would affect RTH, unless your RTH altitude is too low.

 

[JulianIHC]

Whats with the "(Throw-away account because of location/privacy information)?

DJI Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com

Rod ..

Hi Rod could you please let me know how can I get the detailed info of My drone? I have sent the log file to DJI support but I don't know when will they sent back something, appreciate your help Julian

 

[Blue Face]

Sorry for your lost Drone. The link above is just the page for the software?? can you post the last location info maybe even a pic?
Tip. Because of the low visibility at night RTH is not recommended.

It could very well be in a tree or on a roof that altitude is from the takeoff point so not really useful to you.If you didnt see it on the ground it probably is in a nearby tree or roof.

"Because of the low visibility at night RTH is not recommended."
Whys that?

 

[Cafguy]

Simply that your sensors do not do well in low light conditions. RTH is already very questionable during times with adequate light. Trying it at night is to me Very foolish.

 

[Meta4]

RTH is already very questionable during times with adequate light.

What's so questionable about RTH ?

 

[Cafguy]

I myself can only think of 1 good reason for the RTH feature. The pilot becomes dizzy or injured in some way that bringing the drone back with RTH is the only way to land it.
Why exactly is there a return to home? The Drone should be right there in front of your eyes...Correct, and using an RC controller is no feat of strength so if you are tired after some flightime I would recomend a Doctor!
The safest way would be to fly the Drone home yourself don't you think.
There are some that will say RTH violates many Regs and should not be a feature. I say its a great thing to have in an emergency IF you have a BVLOS waiver.
If you need to use RTH it means you have lost site or orientation of your Drone and that means without a waiver you are now flying illegally.

 

[Meta4]

The safest way would be to fly the Drone home yourself don't you think.

I would think that using RTH would be about as safe as flying for yourself.
I don't use RTH myself, but can't see that there's anything questionable about it.
It's a very reliable feature and has saved many drones when the flyer wasn't as reliable as they should have been.

 

[Cafguy]

I have used it when I had a waiver and both myself and my spotters lost site of the drone for a moment. I DO NOT rely on "features" to fly my expensive Drones either and I think its a bad way to fly. Its like learning to Drive with a Tesla.
Most novice Drone pilots choose DJI for their first Drone and these features Promote BVLOS flying in my opinion.

 

[Bad Santa]

RTH is something that made me buy my Mini 4.
Not because I fly out of sight (which I do) but because, for some reason, I can't get my brain to swap directions when an RC vehicle is coming towards me.

I have a dumb drone and I've tried flying it. No more than even 100 feet away and still manage to crash it each time.

 

[BossBob]

I normally don’t even have my drone set to RTH on loss of signal as I’m often flying under a tree canopy. The only time I change that setting is when flying over water when hover or land are poor choices. So I’ll be one of those that is flying my drone home manually and enjoying the challenge of piloting. (If ‘nose in’ is too challenging you can always fly back ‘nose out’ which keeps left and right control movements the same. It’s not as if the drone gets aerodynamic lift but inconvenient if you need to see where you are going!)
The RTH warning is enough to put me off using it, though I have applied the Silencio hack to my MP1 remote just to shut up the other annoying messages and wish that something similar was available for the M4p that didn’t involve disassembly of or damage to the RC to apply.

 

[Cafguy]

and still manage to crash it each time.

In the FPV world that is known as a landing . The direction swap thing is indeed hard to get used too the only way is practice really.

 

[Bad Santa]

In the FPV world that is known as a landing . The direction swap thing is indeed hard to get used too the only way is practice really.

They say that about practice but it's been over 40 years of trying and I've never managed to figure it out.
I can read mirrored text, upside down, with no trouble but my only (semi) successful RC airplane flight was an absolute miracle.
I really wish there had been a camera on that plane. The reactions from the people who saw it were awesome.

I know this is OT but...
I took off into an open field. Behind me was a forest. It was my sons plane and it was it's first flight.
I was having a good time flying and fighting the left/right thing and was having a hard time bringing it back. I lined up for the "runway" (which was the lineator between the forest and the field) after a LOT of luck and trying. As it was coming in I accidentally corrected the wrong way and it flew into the forest.
I couldn't see it but it was in the trees below the tops. Probably about 25 feet from the ground.
I could hear it but that was it. I couldn't see it at all. The forest was pretty dense.
I zigged, zagged and kept trying to get a handle on left/right.
Finally about 20 seconds after entering the forest, it emerged out towards the field.
Still trying to get my bearings, I ended up doing an uncontrolled landing about 50 feet away.
After retrieving the plane, we went back to the start area and there was a literal crowd telling us they saw it, literally, flying around trees, between them.
They thought I was a skilled pilot and it was all intentional. They wanted to find out where I learned to fly like that.

Back on topic. I imagine backing a drone in for a landing does kind of make sense and I have actually used that technique on my dumb drones but I like the idea of seeing the footage of the return flight.