RTH Off by 18ft.

[JeffreyButler]

OK, this lack of "precision landing" has really gotten extreme. In testing my emergency RTH the Mavic 2 has landed as far away as 18 ft from the take off point. Sorry, that's just unacceptable DJI. You had this technology nailed with the first Mavic, why throw it away?

 

[leenanj]

My experience after about ten flights is 3 to 6 feet off from takeoff.

Hope they implement the precision landing in a future firmware.
I suspect they have to rewrite the code since the sensors have changed on the bottom of the Mavic II.

 

[ChipDjipro]

That’s hard to believe. The first MP was right on the money every time.

 

[gnirtS]

3-5m is average from GPS so it makes RTH something you cant trust unless youre in a really big open area.

 

[InvisibleName]

What height are you going up to when the RTH is first set? With the Mavic Air you need to go up to about 10m so that it records a good image. This always gives an RTH accuracy of a couple of feet. There’s a video somewhere on here showing the difference between this & flying off at a lower altitude and the RTH accuracy drops dramatically

 

[JeffreyButler]

What height are you going up to when the RTH is first set? With the Mavic Air you need to go up to about 10m so that it records a good image. This always gives an RTH accuracy of a couple of feet. There’s a video somewhere on here showing the difference between this & flying off at a lower altitude and the RTH accuracy drops dramatically

I tried the whole go up 20 ft, wait for the downward cameras to take a picture thing and it didn't work. Then DJI confirmed that whole precision landing thing didn't make it into the M2 series.

Jeff

 

[InvisibleName]

I tried the whole go up 20 ft, wait for the downward cameras to take a picture thing and it didn't work. Then DJI confirmed that whole precision landing thing didn't make it into the M2 series.

Jeff

Bummer!

 

[ChipDjipro]

I tried the whole go up 20 ft, wait for the downward cameras to take a picture thing and it didn't work. Then DJI confirmed that whole precision landing thing didn't make it into the M2 series.

Jeff

Can’t believe they got rid of that. Although I never used it much I always land manually. But it was very impressive.

 

[Colbymh]

3 flights today. First landed within 10 inches of take off, 2nd was about a foot away and third was prob 2 feet, maybe a lil bit more. Not as precise as mpp with the software but not bad.

 

[jsnicholas]

I noticed that the Mavic 2 does not turn to face the same direction it was during takeoff like the Mavic did. Maybe it has trouble comparing the downward picture made during takeoff because it’s rotated.

 

[rwest]

I noticed that the Mavic 2 does not turn to face the same direction it was during takeoff like the Mavic did. Maybe it has trouble comparing the downward picture made during takeoff because it’s rotated.

I may be completely wrong, but I don't think the M2P takes a picture when it is taking off, it relies purely on GPS. I'm hoping it will be in a firmware update.