New Error to me

slkfis · May 4, 2018

I was flying today and had gotten a High Winds warning, this is common to me as I live on the coast and we have a lot of wind. During these times I always fly very conservatively keeping the Mavic low and close by. I had only been up a few minutes when I got this error

Ultrasound Sensor error Hardware Malfunction-----Contact DJI to arrange for repairs.

The MP has not been crashed and has been performing well.

I had had some Downward Ultrasonic Sensor errors a couple weeks ago but following some Forum advise to close all sensors and reboot the problem went away.

Any thoughts?
thxs
slkfis

Mad Mavic · May 6, 2018

They don't work well on soft sound absorbing surfaces when landing but in flight who knows, unless of course a bird was flying formation... what the flock!

slkfis · May 6, 2018

Since this happened it seems I am having some very fast descending RTH's. Some I was only able to reverse inches to the ground. Definitely a crash in the making. I stopped using RTH.

I am still in Warranty with only 28 flights recorded so I am considering contacting DJI.

thxs for the reply.

slkfis

Mad Mavic · May 6, 2018

Yep, sounds like the right move.

Airdata.com may give you some clues into what’s going on. The free version allows you to upload/ maintain a running total of 100 flights.

Something you mentioned reminded me of an incident I had during a night landing where I discovered the gps only gets you close in low light. Had I not been at the stick it was landing on the roof LOL

Good luck