Hi Folks,
Yesterday, I was out shooting some property lots and everything went smoothly during the first flight and battery. However, about halfway through the second flight, my Mavic suddenly lost connection to the Smart Controller. I received a red message in the top left corner saying something like “Aircraft Disconnected.” I can’t recall the exact wording, as I was a bit panicked in the moment.
The live feed on the controller went static and gray, and the drone just hovered at 311 feet where the connection dropped. I expected the Return to Home (RTH) function to initiate, but it didn’t. Fortunately, despite the disconnection message, I was still able to manually control the drone and bring it back safely.
When I reviewed the flight logs, everything appeared normal up until the disconnection point (marked as Point S on the map below). At that moment, the recording of the flight just stops.
Any idea what could have caused this? I'm pretty concerned—especially with how difficult it is to replace DJI drones these days. While this drone has provided years of flawless performance, this incident definitely shook my confidence a bit.
For context, both the drone and Smart Controller are running the latest firmware versions.
Many thanks in advance for any insight you might be able to provide!
-David
Yesterday, I was out shooting some property lots and everything went smoothly during the first flight and battery. However, about halfway through the second flight, my Mavic suddenly lost connection to the Smart Controller. I received a red message in the top left corner saying something like “Aircraft Disconnected.” I can’t recall the exact wording, as I was a bit panicked in the moment.
The live feed on the controller went static and gray, and the drone just hovered at 311 feet where the connection dropped. I expected the Return to Home (RTH) function to initiate, but it didn’t. Fortunately, despite the disconnection message, I was still able to manually control the drone and bring it back safely.
When I reviewed the flight logs, everything appeared normal up until the disconnection point (marked as Point S on the map below). At that moment, the recording of the flight just stops.
Any idea what could have caused this? I'm pretty concerned—especially with how difficult it is to replace DJI drones these days. While this drone has provided years of flawless performance, this incident definitely shook my confidence a bit.
For context, both the drone and Smart Controller are running the latest firmware versions.
Many thanks in advance for any insight you might be able to provide!
-David
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