So, I finally overcame my initial nerves and flew.

[Paulf10]

Please dont be over confident and careless as I was with my first Mavic 2 Pro, may she rest in peace. I fiddled with the battery warning levels because I thought it was being too conservative, and then ran out of battery and she landed a few feet from me in the water. It was so traumatic I have hardly used my new one, thank you insurance, and will never ever get too gung ho again. Hard lesson learned, for me, it will never be the same with this drone as with my first one, I feel like the whole thing has been trashed with my drone. The replacement is never as good even with the new Smart Controller I bought, and you cant go back, only forward. Eventually I will build up my confidence again but I am using it mostly for real estate work which is what it was intended for. ie Work tool, not fooling around and crashing. You can tell its really spooked me hey!! Be careful, be alert and listen to the experienced guys, they know it all, have seen it all too. But have fun too, just be careful and dont fiddle with the battery settings!!!

Wendy, it takes a big person to admit when they screwed up. You have my total respect!?

 

[wendyc]

Congrats on your early flights. The Mavic 2 is an excellent platform, and as long as you are careful and follow the protocols of flying, it will take care of you well. One point I find is so important is when using the RTH, always be sure you have a good 50 foot diameter vertical clear space. The GPS which is used initially to head for home can be off by up to 20 feet, but the bird will correct on the way down, usually at around 50 to 70 feet for precision landing. When flying with adjacent tall trees, that can be a problem if your vertical window is not big enough.

I have found the landings are very accurate, as long as you have a good contrasting landing pad. Over the holiday I was up in the mountains at a rental house flying off a back porch made of wood but the color of the wood apparently was not enough different from the orange target, and the hot tub cover on the deck, that it would come down close (+/- 3 feet), but not dead on the target. When I flipped it over to the blue target, it went back to be spot on. At least that is how my M2 reacted....

I have just changed mine from 20 to 50 thanks

 

[BlackViperXI]

Please dont be over confident and careless as I was with my first Mavic 2 Pro, may she rest in peace. I fiddled with the battery warning levels because I thought it was being too conservative, and then ran out of battery and she landed a few feet from me in the water. It was so traumatic I have hardly used my new one, thank you insurance, and will never ever get too gung ho again. Hard lesson learned, for me, it will never be the same with this drone as with my first one, I feel like the whole thing has been trashed with my drone. The replacement is never as good even with the new Smart Controller I bought, and you cant go back, only forward. Eventually I will build up my confidence again but I am using it mostly for real estate work which is what it was intended for. ie Work tool, not fooling around and crashing. You can tell its really spooked me hey!! Be careful, be alert and listen to the experienced guys, they know it all, have seen it all too. But have fun too, just be careful and dont fiddle with the battery settings!!!

You live and learn as they say, fall off the horse get right back on!

 

[mharvey65]

@Camino Ken totally agree ken ,you do have to stay focused and follow your preflight routines at all times,for me they are part of the experience and they do become second nature after a while as far as the flying part is concerned ,although i have complete faith in my MPP, and getting there with my MM i am always conscious of the fact that things can and will go wrong,when you least expect it

Hi there, I'm still hunting for a pre-flight checklist for the Mavic 2 Pro... Don't suppose you can point me to one???

 

[Sleepy]

Hi there, I'm still hunting for a pre-flight checklist for the Mavic 2 Pro... Don't suppose you can point me to one???

These are some I grabbed from some where online, hope they help