New guy here!

[Tootalltodd]

Hey all, I am a new pilot from northern California with less than 5 hrs of flight time but, boy is this an exciting hobby to which i am thoroughly addicted. I do have some questions though. Beyond the simple joy of flying my goal is to become competent enough to take my mini on waterfall hunts and am already practicing safe navigation via the camera. I have been unable to find this orientation icon that others have. In the tutorials it is in the lower center of the screen. Does anyone have any ideas how I can pull it up, it would be very helpful in my quests. Additionally if I go more than 1000' I get a warning that my signal strength is low and breakup of my picture return. Line of sight, I am in a valley but without interfering buildings or such. Again experienced help would be appreciated. Thank you. T3
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[Phantomrain.org]

Hey all, I am a new pilot from northern California with less than 5 hrs of flight time but, boy is this an exciting hobby to which i am thoroughly addicted. I do have some questions though. Beyond the simple joy of flying my goal is to become competent enough to take my mini on waterfall hunts and am already practicing safe navigation via the camera. I have been unable to find this orientation icon that others have. In the tutorials it is in the lower center of the screen. Does anyone have any ideas how I can pull it up, it would be very helpful in my quests. Additionally if I go more than 1000' I get a warning that my signal strength is low and breakup of my picture return. Line of sight, I am in a valley but without interfering buildings or such. Again experienced help would be appreciated. Thank you. T3
Just my first picture

Welcome to the Mini Family

Phantomrain.org
Gear to fly your Mini in the Rain and Land on the Water.

 

[Jay241]

Welcome to the forum, enjoy.

 

[Thomas B]

Welcome to the forum from the deserts of Arizona! Enjoy.

 

[old man mavic]

@Tootalltodd welcome to the forum,i would assume that as you are using the fly App then your drone would be a Mini2 or MA2 ,so in reply to your question about the orientation icon in the middle of the screen then it has been removed and is now part of the small map display ,to access it you need to touch the bottom right hand corner of the map and it should then appear in place of the map

 

[Tootalltodd]

@Tootalltodd welcome to the forum,i would assume that as you are using the fly App then your drone would be a Mini2 or MA2 ,so in reply to your question about the orientation icon in the middle of the screen then it has been removed and is now part of the small map display ,to access it you need to touch the bottom right hand corner of the map and it should then appear in place of the map

Thats great, thanks man

 

[Kendallfordguy]

Welcome from Wisconsin!

 

[THE CYBORG]

Hi Tootalltodd Welcome to Mavic Pilots.
New flyer advice,
Wide open space.
Slow & easy
Power-lines & trees are evil.
Don't expect RTH (Return To Home) to save you especially if you are under trees.
Don't forget to read the manual
Download Mini manual HERE
You want an SD card that is U3 for 4K
Most of all have FUN

 

[MA2 317]

Hello from the Crossroads of America Tootalltodd.

Welcome to the Forum.

 

[Deleted member 133794]

Welcome and enjoy ? from the ??

 

[wjkrysak]

Welcome to the forum. We look forward to your participation and your view of the world.

 

[Steel63]

Greetings from Florida

 

[Drone Master]

Welcome to Mavic Pilots! ? Enjoy the forum!

 

[dirkclod]

Welcome to Mavic Pilots .
I hope you will find our site helpful and look forward to any input , photo's/video's you might post .
Don't be shy and ask anything if you can't find it by searching .

 

[Mavikhan]

WELCOME ABOARD!

 

[mrjohnc1]

Welcome!

 

[Alb51]

Hey all, I am a new pilot from northern California with less than 5 hrs of flight time but, boy is this an exciting hobby to which i am thoroughly addicted. I do have some questions though. Beyond the simple joy of flying my goal is to become competent enough to take my mini on waterfall hunts and am already practicing safe navigation via the camera. I have been unable to find this orientation icon that others have. In the tutorials it is in the lower center of the screen. Does anyone have any ideas how I can pull it up, it would be very helpful in my quests. Additionally if I go more than 1000' I get a warning that my signal strength is low and breakup of my picture return. Line of sight, I am in a valley but without interfering buildings or such. Again experienced help would be appreciated. Thank you. T3
Just my first picture

Welcome aboard.
The Mini does not have the greatest signal stability and I have had flights that go out 1.5km no hickups on some days and on others I get signal interference when I am just 300m away. Adjust your antennas and try not to fly directly above you (in my experience).
From your pic: You can set your pictures to be taken at an aspect ratio of 4:3 since 16:9 just cuts the top 700 or so pixels of to produce 9 megapixel photos.

Happy flying

 

[msinger]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Yogi053]

Welcome to the forum frae Bonnie Scotland. You will find lots of advice and assistance on here, just ask.
Fly happy, Stay safe!

 

[anotherlab]

Welcome aboard Tootalltodd and greetings from Albany, NY!?