Sudden brief oddity while landing - jumped 6-8 ft rearward

[Dougcjohn]

If discussed, point me to the thread... I searched and didn't locate similar.

M3Cine, fully FW updated... several flights previous since FW updates.
Flew a road construction piece, brought M3 back to Jeep... brought down to hover 2-3 ft above ground, then held stick to land (Standard landing procedure... nothing new).
While holding stick to land, M3 got about 8-10" off deck then suddenly & very strongly took a 5:00 clock maneuver... flew about 8 ft backwards, then stopped. I was standing at 6:00 about 4 Ft behind it. It darted past me then stopped apx 4 ft behind me. I brought it back up to Lz point, and it landed without issue.

Batteries still had 50%, so I powered off, examined craft & props...started back up and flew it for 5 minutes and brought it back. No issues.

The sudden flash rearward movement introduces a little discomfort with Craft. The M2P and Inspire2's haven't displayed this oddity.

 

[Dougcjohn]

OH... few more points.
Landed with Nose 12:00,
Gusty day.. the Mini3 Pro was getting tossed around from side 3:00 winds.
M3 appeared to be adjusting smoothly in gusts.
Open Construction Road... no towers, no high voltage transformers... housing development to 3:00 Side.

 

[GadgetGuy]

OH... few more points.
Landed with Nose 12:00,
Gusty day.. the Mini3 Pro was getting tossed around from side 3:00 winds.
M3 appeared to be adjusting smoothly in gusts.
Open Construction Road... no towers, no high voltage transformers... housing development to 3:00 Side.

So as not to cause confusion, please don't use M3 as an abbreviation for the Mini 3 Pro. The M3 is an entirely different aircraft: The M3 abbreviation is exclusively reserved for the Mavic 3.

 

[BlairAir]

Suddenly bringing up Mini 3 Pro was confusing, but if you read the previous post, he was comparing the behavior of Mini 3 Pro to make a point about his Mavic 3 Cine wind handling. In this case "M3" was used for Mavic 3, exactly as you said.

 

[GadgetGuy]

Suddenly bringing up Mini 3 Pro was confusing, but if you read the previous post, he was comparing the behavior of Mini 3 Pro to make a point about his Mavic 3 Cine wind handling. In this case "M3" was used for Mavic 3, exactly as you said.

My bad.
Thanks for clarifying the confusion and only the appearance of misuse!

 

[MS Coast]

Might something have tripped the forward OA sensors? Falling leaf, bird, butterfly, reflected light from truck windshield?

It's fortunate the drone didn't hit you. 2-3' AGL encompasses some sensitive areas.

 

[Dougcjohn]

My bad.
Thanks for clarifying the confusion and only the appearance of misuse!

Lol... it was clear to me. Quick to jump there eh, M3 Police... misuse?
Kidding, no seriousness intended!

Yes, I made a flight comparison without lead-in introduction.
I think I picked up a habit from my Wife... she can change gears on me 20 times in one breath... keep up!

Your point has been noticed elsewhere, I agree. I've noticed some even use M3P for the Mavic 3 and Mini 3 Pro.

 

[Dougcjohn]

Might something have tripped the forward OA sensors? Falling leaf, bird, butterfly, reflected light from truck windshield?

It's fortunate the drone didn't hit you. 2-3' AGL encompasses some sensitive areas.

That's a good thought... although nose was a good 25 ft from any barricades or objects in ft and Jeep was behind me. Other than small rocks, nothing on ground, and it was older concrete road section.

Plus I thought the OA is disengaged once craft is in the actual landing mode. Similar to hand catch... it'll drop down once in landing mode.

I wasn't able to duplicate afterwards either.
I don't think it's associated, this was the 1st time I used the OA option to bypass eariler in flight as experiment... then switch back to normal during same flight. That was a few minutes before landing.