I've flown quite a few successful Dronelink orthophoto mapping missions with my Mini-II. Recently I wanted to map my son's house in Port Moody, BC, and planned and flew a tight pattern at 200' from his back yard. For a second try with better light, I started the flight with Dronelink controlling the mission, and about 100' up noticed that the Mini was just hovering. It was still sending video and I could work the camera angle, but I could not move the drone at all, nor would it respond to RTH. I figured that it would run out the battery and hopefully land at home. As we were discussing this, my son reminded me that as the Mini ascended, I had noticed that it was in "Normal" mode, and had slid the switch to "Cine". On a hunch, I stopped the Dronelink software on my Samsung S20 and started up DJI Fly. This returned control to me and I manually landed the Mini, swapped in a fresh battery, and resumed the orthophoto mission in Dronelink with no problems.
I'm thankful that this worked and trust that any future misadventures will also have good resolutions. In retrospect, I probably could have stopped Dronelink and landed the Mini without DJI Fly, but I'm a relative newbie and didn't think of this at the time.
I'm thankful that this worked and trust that any future misadventures will also have good resolutions. In retrospect, I probably could have stopped Dronelink and landed the Mini without DJI Fly, but I'm a relative newbie and didn't think of this at the time.
