Where's the manual !!

[Deleted member 119181]

Well I got my shiny Mavic 2 pro and took it from my home in Cumbria UK to our place in France. First couple of flights were great and I got a bit cocky, the result was I managed to park it in a tree, I still had video and I could see it but it was stuck. The complication was that it was in a branch high up and hanging over our pond. 2 hours later after much ladder climbing, sawing, tree climbing and cursing I managed to lasso it, a tense moment as I pulled it free and caught it without falling into the pond. Now I am reading the manual properly and I have learned my lesson. Still it's an awesome drone and I have been using it on active track to view my dog agiity training !!

 

[BigAl07]

WELCOME to the forum

Glad you had a successful recovery and thanks for sharing your story.

SAFE Flights!
Allen

 

[old man mavic]

welcome to the forum, glad you rescued your drone,although they have sensors to prevent accidents, as you found ,they are not crash proof and in fact some of the sensors,are only active in certain flight modes,it is very easy to become disorientated when you first fly,and judging distance from objects is one of the hardest parts to master,its much harder to fly and judge distance, when you are not actually on board the aircraft, it takes a while to train your senses to cope with it

 

[Deleted member 119181]

welcome to the forum, glad you rescued your drone,although they have sensors to prevent accidents, as you found ,they are not crash proof and in fact some of the sensors,are only active in certain flight modes,it is very easy to become disorientated when you first fly,and judging distance from objects is one of the hardest parts to master,its much harder to fly and judge distance, when you are not actually on board the aircraft, it takes a while to train your senses to cope with it

Hi there, yes I had made sure the obstacl avoidance was turned on but I relied on it too much rather than keeping a watch. This time of year there are no leaves on the trees so I guess branches are harder to detect, the sensors were working and I had just finished a close up video of the roof of the house to check it out when I flew it away too aggresively without enough care . I am certainly more mindful now i have been reding articles in this forum which are very useful for sure

 

[Thomas B]

Welcome to the forum from the deserts of Arizona! Enjoy.
Glad you got your drone back intact.

 

[Deleted member 119181]

Welcome to the forum from the deserts of Arizona! Enjoy.
Glad you got your drone back intact.

Thanks, it was quite a relief for sure

 

[THE CYBORG]

Hi dogdrone from a fellow Cumbrian.
Gad to see you had a successful rescue.

 

[Deleted member 119181]

Hi dogdrone from a fellow Cumbrian.
Gad to see you had a successful rescue.

Hi Cyborg, thanks, all's well that ends well

 

[THE CYBORG]

Are you located anywhere near Workington dogdrone ?

 

[Deleted member 119181]

Are you located anywhere near Workington dogdrone ?

About 50 miles away, east of Carlisle in the wilds

 

[Deleted member 114292]

HINT: Trees love drones - stay far far away from them.
Also, drones don't turn like cars - they go sideway while turning the faster you go the wider the turn not matter how hard you push the stick.

 

[Deleted member 119181]

HINT: Trees love drones - stay far far away from them.
Also, drones don't turn like cars - they go sideway while turning the faster you go the wider the turn not matter how hard you push the stick.

Ha thanks for the hint, I think trees actually suck drones towards them

 

[Sowsalbitters]

That’s a given. I’m tring to find my video when I was too cocky and was flying it straight at me at eye level. Testing the obstacle avoidance. Went back to flying and put it into sport mode (which turns most if not all the avoidance censors off) didn’t realize this fact and went back to flying at my face. Lol let’s just say I said ohhh **** and bailed in the mic of time, but behind me was a tall bush and my house. Never made it past the Bush. I will find it and post it. Funny how lucky we get when we are cocky. Anyway Welcome to the group. And just remember your not the first one to do it. Lol