Running your battery down to zero....

Ian in London · Apr 21, 2017

Hello guys
Well, after losing my Mavic last month thanks to a stack of my mistakes lined up ( Bye Bye Mavic - How to lose it in 5 easy steps... (and how not to) ) I got a replacement Mavic and have been poking around with what happens as you run out of battery.
Part of the reason for losing my Mavic was not expecting some of the functions that kick in as the battery gets low, so I figured I'd make a video to list those functions out so people know what to expect.
Also tried out the new Find My Drone function on the DJI App; great addition but not failsafe and ironically wouldn't have helped me last month... Hence I now have a Loc8tor trackker on my new drone

Anyway, here's the vid; happy flying.....
Cheers,
Ian

Robbyg · Apr 21, 2017

Good video Thumbswayup

Happy to see that you got back a new Mavic

Rob

Top Hat · Apr 21, 2017

Thanks Ian glad to see you got a new bird.

Former Member · Apr 21, 2017

Good information and thanks for taking the time to shoot and edit the video.

Ian in London · Apr 22, 2017

Cheers guys! Good to be back up flying again.......

Ian

BorisTheSpider · Apr 22, 2017

Good to see you back flying - please let us know your opinion on the Loc8tor

mavic88 · Apr 22, 2017

I'm also interest about the Loc8tor- I checked by Amazon, but there is no delivery to Germany. Which place on the Mavic you take?
Maybe I find an alternative...

Keule · Apr 22, 2017

mavic88 said:
Maybe I find an alternative...

I had the same problem, so i put this Trackimo onto my Mavic. Velcro is your friend

- K.

stratos · Apr 22, 2017

Wellsi said:
Hello guys
Well, after losing my Mavic last month thanks to a stack of my mistakes lined up ( Bye Bye Mavic - How to lose it in 5 easy steps... (and how not to) ) I got a replacement Mavic and have been poking around with what happens as you run out of battery.
Part of the reason for losing my Mavic was not expecting some of the functions that kick in as the battery gets low, so I figured I'd make a video to list those functions out so people know what to expect.
Also tried out the new Find My Drone function on the DJI App; great addition but not failsafe and ironically wouldn't have helped me last month... Hence I now have a Loc8tor trackker on my new drone

Anyway, here's the vid; happy flying.....
Cheers,
Ian

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Good vid buddy many new pilots (and some seasoned) will appreciate it

Ian in London · Apr 22, 2017

stratos said:
Good vid buddy many new pilots (and some seasoned) will appreciate it

Cheers Stratos.... Been quite good for myelf to get this all in order too....

Ian in London · Apr 22, 2017

mavic88 said:
I'm also interest about the Loc8tor- I checked by Amazon, but there is no delivery to Germany. Which place on the Mavic you take?
Maybe I find an alternative...

I got mine direct from the Loc8tore themselves.... Have to say it's a great little bit of kit. Size of a £2 or €2 coin and the tracking remote is the size of a thick credit card.....
Range of 120 metres or so; but not Bluetooth and no reliance on cellhone network ...

mavic88 · Apr 23, 2017

Keule said:
I had the same problem, so i put this Trackimo onto my Mavic. Velcro is your friend

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- K.

How many flights you have done with your Tracking?
I'm asking because I remember any other discussion about the right place - don't come in trouble with the internal Mavic system

Keule · Apr 23, 2017

mavic88 said:
How many flights you have done with your Tracking?

Hard to say ... i have bought the tracker sometime in February - so i guess i have min. 50 flights with it.
I do not put it on with every flight, i.e. when i am flying at my local spot (size of a football field) i leave it off.