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It was DEFINITELY not the metal. The exact same thing will happen on a wooden boat. The expression of "I stopped the boat" does NOT exist at the sea. The waves will shake your drone relative to the gps coordinates (especially the "Z") the currents will move the boat X,Y. I really don't know why you stick to the wrong answer so desperately. Watch your own video and analyse it at 1:27 (a so called stopped boat) and at 7:03 (a pure proof what is really happening) . (I don't want to comment the idea/tip to calibrate the compass on a boat... especially if you think that there are lot of metal elements around you 🙂 ) Peace
Brett, I am pretty sure its the momentum of the boat that was impacting the take-off of the drone. Its not likely the pitch or anything. Think about it this way, if you are trying to jump straight up from a moving car, you will have a momentum in the opposite direction of the car, i.e. backwards. There is your explanation of what was happening to your drone.
@@brettgaramella DoctaM3 is right. You were stopt but not as on pavement. The boat was stil moving slowly on whater so the drone wants to stay on that gps point from the take off moment. ;)
Much more likely the metal of the boat. The micro waves on which the information is encoded are interfered with from any metal. The larger the metal objectthe more interferance.
It’s not the metal. I’ve flown from boats a ton. So, boats are never still, even if you think they are. The GPS is programmed to stabilize flight and if you are coasting even .5 knots the drone will still correct flight immediately on launch and fly in the direction to keep it GPS static. Hope that helps. Always hand launch and catch. 👍🏼
@@ryansouthwell It is an established fact that the free electrons in metals strongly reflect microwaves & these are what your information from the controller to the drone are encoded on. They would garble the signal, so it is correct to use a hand held take off & land. The further away from the boat you take off & land the better. It is also a type of inverse distance square that the "garbbling" effect comes into play. The closer you are to the metal the more disproportionately stronger garbled becomes the signal. On land, when flying your drone take off & land well away from large metal objects.
One more tip; change how the drone reacts to “lost connection” from “return to home” to “hover”. If you lose radio connection from a moving boat, your drone will otherwise return to the launch location which will result in it landing in the water
@@brettgaramella Except that won't work if the boat is moving much Brett. Because by the time it gets to where it recorded the transmitter location at time of disconnection the boat could have moved enough to land in the water as well if your not paying attention. Hover could be best as long as you know where it is and can regain RC connection.
Kevin Hudson Hover is the best of the available options for LOST SIGNAL. You don’t want the other options which are “immediately land in place” or “RTH and land”
Hi...how are you? I'm from Brazil. I watched several videos on YT about how to take off a drone from a boat and your video was the best because you gave very important tips, especially the part about the compass with the metals. Thank you. It helped me a lot. Att. Célio - Sao Paulo/Brasil
The reason the drone was flying back when you tried to take off is because the drone set its home point, which since the boat was moving forward, you were leaving the home point behind. The drone was trying to hurry to the home point. Look how fast the pro2 moves back compared to the speed the boat is moving. It’s the same speed.
@@geoffj3191 wow, I forgot I made this comment 3 years ago. I was still new then, and was completely wrong. But, with that said, new updates like the air 3 just got, allowing the drone to land without pausing will make hand caching on boats much easier.
I am watching this post about my last Drone mission. I had to do an emergency landing that required me to grab the drone out of the air with my hands. The Crew and Captain cheered the way your friends did. It was my first drone flight from a boat, and I was NERVOUSE! But the shots came out fantastic.
It wasn't taking off correctly from the deck because they are designed to hover as soon as you take off, or fly straight up. That "straight up" coordinate is determined through gps, and the boat is moving, so that takeoff gps coordinate is now behind the boat by the time you lift off since its moving.
Nice experience! One week ago I did the same with my Mavic Mini but I had to grab it quickly because of the lower sensor. How did you manage this? Can you disable it? Thanks for the video!
Good video. I was launching and landing on banka boats in the Philippines. They have about a two foot wide triangular area in the front, with wood going up a couple inches on the sides. My boats were always anchored. Landing on a fast moving boat would be crazy in my opinion. Takeoffs were fairly easy but on landing, the drone would move at the last minute so I damaged 3 propellers. After that I decided to try a hand landing on land and it worked good. I flipped the drone over to turn off the propellers like you did. You need to have obstacle avoidance turned off when you do this. DJI will tell you not to do a hand landing or launch, but I feel it's safe. Anyway good video.
I might want to suggest not to calibrate the compass on the boat. The boat's steel and such may through it off. If you're going to do it. Do it on the ground near your location.
I just tried a month ago. Still didn't work. Think it the Mavic Pro lack of manual control of the Atti mode. With the drone trying to maintain a GPS location it flies into the wall during take off.
Very detailed and great tutorial. I’ve never tried taking off and landing on a moving boat but after watching you video, I would loved to try once. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and precious experiences🌈
Hey brother, loved your video was helpful , but I need little more help , you see I fly my drone from a moving cruise ship or a merchant ship , as I work on them , I need to learn how to land while the ship is moving at like 10 miles and hour, also does the mavic air switch off when u flip it
Thx for the video. I tried this yesterday before I saw your video and I damaged 2 props then packed up the drone. lol I was nervous to tear up the seat if it happened again.
Careful! Grab and flip method can cause damage to the gimbal! Not sure if it was mentioned in the video. Better is to turn off the down sensor (if you have the option) and grab it that way
Just saw this video. Pretty interesting. I was searching for flying drones to and from a moving train … suggestion for a future video One suggestion for you to improve your videos … the constant moving of the arms
Great video and great info. What do you think abut using a Mavic mini in this same situation? I am new to flying drones and have recently purchased a Mini. I'll be taking a fishing trip to Alaska this summer and would really like to get some drone videos while I'm there (weather permitting and provided my flying skills and much better by then).
Thank you for the video, but the boat was not moving forward 😄 I am looking for a solution of not stoping the boat, just going slow and landing on the boat or landing the drone.
Your first mistake was to calibrate the Compass on the boat next to those engines the next one is you’re trying to takeoff from a moving boat with a drone that tries to maintain its GPS position.
can you comment about down sensors drone and water relation? You suggest positioning at border of boat... don't have interference problem with reflections surface?
During pre takeoff did you check props if there right ones taking off if there not your takeoff will be clumbsy drunk swaying to one side I think thats what happened if not sure try put wrong way test it low wide area Brett
Aloha, Need a bit of clarification when you say turn off the Blue Tooth/Wifi are you referring to every phone on board (if possible) or just the phone being used with the drone. Also, I want to keep my boat Garmin GPS Plotter/Navigation on while underway (too many reefs here) so do you have any experience with what happens when that GPS device is live and you are working with the Drone?
Yeah, turn off the bluetooth on the device you're using with your drone. I don't think that GPS device should have too much affect on it, but you could try with it on versus off to see. Just follow the other tips I recommend and you should be fine. Stay away from metal as much as possible. And do your compass calibration before flying it.
I think you might not have considered a thing, while trying to explain the cause of the problem while taking off. There might be some interference with the metal in the boat, but I don't think that affects the drone like that. For me the cause is more likely, that the boat is moving. Since DJI drones use GPS, it tries to stay on that exact spot; it doesn't expect that you are on a moving something. So since the boat is moving forward, the point it tries to keep will always be behind the boat, hence its motion to the back of the boat. I have only seen footage, where you are trying to take off while the boat is moving, so for me this explanation seems more likely, but I might be wrong. You could try it on a stopped boat, or when you take off from your hands and the boat is moving, you should be able to feel, that it tries to get out of your hands, in the opposite of your moving direction.
@@brettgaramella Oh, so you tested it while stopped as well? All right, well, now I know that the metal can cause things like this as well, thanks! But if it was the metal, shouldn't the app tell you, that there is magnetic interference? If I remember correctly, the app shows an error (MP1).
Great.... I live in Helsingborg / Sweden. We have a strait between Sweden and Denmark 6.8 miles and tonight it will be windless I look forward to testing this from my boat and hope that Mavic wants to land safely in my hand. Keep your fingers crossed
Yeah let me know. Remember, the farther away you can launch and land your drone away from metal the better. Hard to do on a boat but it's possible. By the way, my mom's grandmother is from Aland islands... been there once, was really beautiful.
No, that is not correct. I have worked with many drone technicians who use this method to turn off their drones. You could also put your fingers together flat and land it straight into your hand, whichever you feel more comfortable. On a boat, it is easier the way I did it, but practice on land first.
@@brettgaramella Hang on buddy.... I missed the fact in your video when you said do Compass Calibration... NOW, ON A MOVING BOAT, HOW CAN IT CALIBRATE BUDDY?
@@waddac2 Hold it as high and away from the boat or any metal object when doing a compass calibration. It may take a couple times. Go to a different part of the boat if it keeps failing.
Hi! HELP# I always fly my drones over the bay, since here in Miami Beach, FL, where I live, is a crowded area with many tall buildings. I already crashed on the water the Mavic Mini and the Mini 2. My mistake is that: While using the left joystick to rotate, I keep lower the altitude by mistake and forget to check it. I get very distracted looking at the video images. Why the drone doesn't have a "Low Terrain warning" or "minimin altitude reached warning" that I could preset to, let's say 10 or 20 meters, so it sends me a warning when it gets below that altitude. Especially over the bay waters where I can't receive it? Thank you!
The downward sensors have a hard time seeing the water because of the reflection. It is best to always keep visual line of sight with your drone when you're flying low over the water - don't worry so much about your monitor because you can always redo the shot but once your drone crashes, well...
Flying in boats is difficult to non-experts pilots, you need perfect control for taking off and landing specially with those fishing poles or metal interference. Great video Brett!
This is not how you suppose to calibrate your drone. You should keep the rotating axis on the body of the craft, not spinning around with the drone in your hand!
It's probably worthwhile to consider, ahead of time, what you would do if you had a mishap and the drone cut you or one of the others. I mean you're out on a boat and any kind of EMT assistance will likely take much longer to arrive than on land... (assuming you can contact them at all). Even if you are an expert at hand launch/recovery on land, doing it on a boat adds many other variables.
Tried for the 1st time today. The drone went strait for an antenna and bounced into the water. Even if I saw your video afterwards, I did basically all your tips. I wouldn't recommend doing it on a small boat, you put yourself in the mercy of your luck.
That's a bummer. Did you successfully do a compass calibration before takeoff. I also hand-launched over the edge of the boat and warned against antennas in my video. What drone were you using?
@@brettgaramella Don't worry mate i'm not blaming you, i saw you video afterwards. But it's important to specify it's not easy AT ALL to do a boat take off, or landing in a boat. If i were to go back and do it today, knowing my mistake i'd still be very uncomfortable (as a matter of fact i will not try it again on a small boat). The risk is just too high to fail, and if you do it's 2k€ straight to the water. Even if you are careful / gifted enough it only needs a wave, an unexpected wind, to kill your drone. I had the M2 pro
The problem you're coming into with launching and the drone moving is the GPS lock. Your drone the moment it leaves the ground is designed to hold position, the boat will always be moving slightly unless anchored due to winds and currents. In your case you guys were still moving at 7-8knots and every time you took off the drone was trying to stay in it's GPS position so it is moving. Best way to launch from a boat is to launch from the hand, be clear of the gunwales and you're good. Also always launch from the side of the boat that's not he backside of the drift meaning you want to launch and have the boat moving away from your drones GPS position otherwise your boat will hit the drone if you don't get out of the way fast. The rule is clear the gunwales and then go up once the boat is out of the way.
Metal in the boat does not cause the drone to move sporadically. Metal in the boat is not magnetic. If it caused problems for the drone it would cause problems for the boat too. It was entirely because the boat was in motion.
On take off vertically from a moving boat, or even holding the drone while walking, the drone wants to stay at the same GPS coordinates. So as soon as the drone take off it wants to go back to the place it was. It has very little to do with metal. Try walking while holding the drone for takeoff and you will feel it tugging to go back.
I understand your point, but I discussed this with the drone techs I worked with who know a lot more than I do and they said it is the metal. In addition, after stopping the boat, it did not work close to the metal but worked fine with hand launch. So it is definitely the metal from my experience.
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watched the whole video, initially sounds very childish type of guidance but I promise every word Brett said will help you avoid 90 accidnt, rest depends on your luck in case if there is a unexpected situation.
Looks like everyone has covered why the drone hit the back of the boat, or rather the boat hit the drone. GPS or not, the forward momentum of the boat is going to catch up with that drone real quick in the small launch site and with the GPS on the boat is guaranteed to hit the drone before you get it above the gunwale. Thanks for the video though. My daughter was wanting to know how to launch and land on a jet ski and this video gave her some solid ideas on what to do and not do.
If anyone knows the law of physic, this is not a big of issue. If the boat is moving while taking off and landing, you have to do both on your hands. Also turn off obstacles avoidance so that when you catch the drone to flip, it won’t detect your hand and try to resist.
I did that, but still same result. When launching from a boat, need to hold the drone away from any metal objects, so that is why hand launching is the best way.
Its not the metal...ship is moving and the drone wants to stay on his home position. As you move forward the drone wants to go behind the boat. If the boat was moving backward the drone would go forward.
Even when the boat came to a complete stop, it still did that. The metal interferes with the drone's compass. I verified this with the drone techs I used to work with.
Drone almost hit me and went off the side so I just had to smack the drone out of the sky with my hand and push it down to the base of the boat so as not to lose the footage or the drone in its entirety. Cut my hand up with bruised fingers and a bruised and cut leg but only broke one blade. Don't think i'll try landing on a boat again even with this method. Too scared haha
@@brettgaramella haha yeah I’m 4 years commercial using with 100 hours of flight time mostly hand catching. It’s still too risky in my opinion to be doing it on a small boat
Not going with a flotation system because you're certain in your abilities is the difference between confidence and arrogance. Because when something happens you didn't expect and the drone hits the water and sinks you'll suddenly realize how little control over things you really have.
I tried to take off from a boat and the Mavic came towards my face and I raised my hand to protect the face and I was cut by the hand and miraculously the Mavic did not fall into the water
I think the main factor that the drone doesnt take off properly on bed of the boat is because of the waves. It tilts boat and same as the drone upon takeoff
First tip, get a DJI drone. If you can't afford the Mavic 2 pro, get the Mavic Air 2, before trying all kind of crazy things like flying a drone from a boat... ( in this case, a mini boat 😊... This is from a beginner point of view 😉. Why DJI? Next to the fact that they are quite reliable, DJI is everywhere , so you don't need to rely on obscure chinese websites like Banggood, Geekbuying, Aliexpress, etc. in order to purchase them...
Happened after the boat was completely stopped, but when I did a hand launch, away from the metal, it was perfectly fine. The metal messes with the drone's compass. I recommend doing a hand launch.
Practice on land without having anyone assist you with the remote. Not a good idea to give your remote to anyone; you need to have full control and it’s easy.
This video is rather silly. 1. Learn to properly fly with a cheap drone without GPS, optical-flow, or even altitude hold. You do not get any skills flying with GPS. And you are going to need a lot of skills. 2. If you're not rich, don't fly a Mavic off a boat. 3. In fact don't use DJI drones at all. Because they don't have GPS follow-me. Unless you use Litchi or Maven or Dronelink. Yes you can use active-track or fly it manually. But without follow-me the drone can lose you, or you can lose the drone. 4. Any drone should have a home-update and/or return-to-controller option. Plus the option to disable return-to-home to where it took off. Because that will be water.
Well, the drone wasn't doing that because metal surfaces. It's GPS based, and the boat was moving as I can see on the video. So it tries to stay in the same GPS position, which is moving away from the boat.
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It was DEFINITELY not the metal. The exact same thing will happen on a wooden boat.
The expression of "I stopped the boat" does NOT exist at the sea.
The waves will shake your drone relative to the gps coordinates (especially the "Z") the currents will move the boat X,Y.
I really don't know why you stick to the wrong answer so desperately.
Watch your own video and analyse it at 1:27 (a so called stopped boat) and at 7:03 (a pure proof what is really happening)
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(I don't want to comment the idea/tip to calibrate the compass on a boat... especially if you think that there are lot of metal elements around you 🙂 )
Peace
Brett, I am pretty sure its the momentum of the boat that was impacting the take-off of the drone. Its not likely the pitch or anything. Think about it this way, if you are trying to jump straight up from a moving car, you will have a momentum in the opposite direction of the car, i.e. backwards. There is your explanation of what was happening to your drone.
@@brettgaramella DoctaM3 is right. You were stopt but not as on pavement. The boat was stil moving slowly on whater so the drone wants to stay on that gps point from the take off moment. ;)
Much more likely the metal of the boat. The micro waves on which the information is encoded are interfered with from any metal. The larger the metal objectthe more interferance.
@@sablez1714 perhaps they can work on a firmware update they can call it shark mode
It’s not the metal. I’ve flown from boats a ton. So, boats are never still, even if you think they are. The GPS is programmed to stabilize flight and if you are coasting even .5 knots the drone will still correct flight immediately on launch and fly in the direction to keep it GPS static. Hope that helps. Always hand launch and catch. 👍🏼
@@ryansouthwell It is an established fact that the free electrons in metals strongly reflect microwaves & these are what your information from the controller to the drone are encoded on. They would garble the signal, so it is correct to use a hand held take off & land. The further away from the boat you take off & land the better. It is also a type of inverse distance square that the "garbbling" effect comes into play. The closer you are to the metal the more disproportionately stronger garbled becomes the signal. On land, when flying your drone take off & land well away from large metal objects.
One more tip; change how the drone reacts to “lost connection” from “return to home” to “hover”.
If you lose radio connection from a moving boat, your drone will otherwise return to the launch location which will result in it landing in the water
@@brettgaramella Except that won't work if the boat is moving much Brett. Because by the time it gets to where it recorded the transmitter location at time of disconnection the boat could have moved enough to land in the water as well if your not paying attention. Hover could be best as long as you know where it is and can regain RC connection.
Brett Garamella I would just tell the captain to stop and change the home point to where I am
Kevin Hudson Hover is the best of the available options for LOST SIGNAL. You don’t want the other options which are “immediately land in place” or “RTH and land”
You can update your RTH while flying from the menu
@@sebsadventures41 Technically true but if the boat is constantly moving, that won’t solve the lost connection problem
Hi...how are you? I'm from Brazil. I watched several videos on YT about how to take off a drone from a boat and your video was the best because you gave very important tips, especially the part about the compass with the metals. Thank you. It helped me a lot.
Att. Célio - Sao Paulo/Brasil
I might have missed this in your tips, but was waiting for Turn Off Return to Home. Best Dave
"spotter" is a VO (visual observer) and they are a great help during missions
The reason the drone was flying back when you tried to take off is because the drone set its home point, which since the boat was moving forward, you were leaving the home point behind. The drone was trying to hurry to the home point. Look how fast the pro2 moves back compared to the speed the boat is moving. It’s the same speed.
Not really. What happens is that the drone tries to hold its position using the GPS and the boat moves away from that position.
@@geoffj3191 wow, I forgot I made this comment 3 years ago. I was still new then, and was completely wrong. But, with that said, new updates like the air 3 just got, allowing the drone to land without pausing will make hand caching on boats much easier.
Was good but I wish you would have mentioned what RTH steps to RTH
I have a jetski and I want try this with that some of the active track modes are cool on this
I am watching this post about my last Drone mission. I had to do an emergency landing that required me to grab the drone out of the air with my hands. The Crew and Captain cheered the way your friends did. It was my first drone flight from a boat, and I was NERVOUSE! But the shots came out fantastic.
Cool video! Ill be droning some insane droning this year on my boat!
It wasn't taking off correctly from the deck because they are designed to hover as soon as you take off, or fly straight up. That "straight up" coordinate is determined through gps, and the boat is moving, so that takeoff gps coordinate is now behind the boat by the time you lift off since its moving.
Yeah and a lot of people don't get this. Most of them blame it on the wind, speed of the boat or the metal underneath the boat.
Nice experience! One week ago I did the same with my Mavic Mini but I had to grab it quickly because of the lower sensor. How did you manage this? Can you disable it? Thanks for the video!
Good video. I was launching and landing on banka boats in the Philippines. They have about a two foot wide triangular area in the front, with wood going up a couple inches on the sides. My boats were always anchored. Landing on a fast moving boat would be crazy in my opinion. Takeoffs were fairly easy but on landing, the drone would move at the last minute so I damaged 3 propellers. After that I decided to try a hand landing on land and it worked good. I flipped the drone over to turn off the propellers like you did. You need to have obstacle avoidance turned off when you do this. DJI will tell you not to do a hand landing or launch, but I feel it's safe. Anyway good video.
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Sweet idea... You can do it! I would practice on land doing a hand-launch before on the boat.
Ha ha that opening video-in-video effect was bad-ass!
I might want to suggest not to calibrate the compass on the boat. The boat's steel and such may through it off. If you're going to do it. Do it on the ground near your location.
I just tried a month ago. Still didn't work. Think it the Mavic Pro lack of manual control of the Atti mode. With the drone trying to maintain a GPS location it flies into the wall during take off.
Very detailed and great tutorial. I’ve never tried taking off and landing on a moving boat but after watching you video, I would loved to try once. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and precious experiences🌈
Glad you enjoyed it. I would try first on land before you do it on a boat so you feel confidence and have some practice executing it.
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Really useful tip bro, tnx and its great mix here, sailing and flying same time...you have really great time💪
Hey brother, loved your video was helpful , but I need little more help , you see I fly my drone from a moving cruise ship or a merchant ship , as I work on them , I need to learn how to land while the ship is moving at like 10 miles and hour, also does the mavic air switch off when u flip it
Thx for the video. I tried this yesterday before I saw your video and I damaged 2 props then packed up the drone. lol I was nervous to tear up the seat if it happened again.
Careful! Grab and flip method can cause damage to the gimbal! Not sure if it was mentioned in the video. Better is to turn off the down sensor (if you have the option) and grab it that way
I've been flying for more than 7 years and never had a single gimbal issue flipping my drone.
Just saw this video. Pretty interesting. I was searching for flying drones to and from a moving train … suggestion for a future video
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Great video and great info. What do you think abut using a Mavic mini in this same situation? I am new to flying drones and have recently purchased a Mini. I'll be taking a fishing trip to Alaska this summer and would really like to get some drone videos while I'm there (weather permitting and provided my flying skills and much better by then).
Thank you for the video, but the boat was not moving forward 😄 I am looking for a solution of not stoping the boat, just going slow and landing on the boat or landing the drone.
How does a compass calibration work if your moving?
The main concern with a compass calibration is to try to be as far away from metal objects as possible.
Thank's. If the boat are mooving, how can I update my home point?
It’s better to not use return to home with the home point because the boat is not at the area you started at.
Update Home Point manually from within the app
Change your RTH mode to hover in the settings.
Your first mistake was to calibrate the Compass on the boat next to those engines the next one is you’re trying to takeoff from a moving boat with a drone that tries to maintain its GPS position.
can you comment about down sensors drone and water relation? You suggest positioning at border of boat... don't have interference problem with reflections surface?
During pre takeoff did you check props if there right ones taking off if there not your takeoff will be clumbsy drunk swaying to one side I think thats what happened if not sure try put wrong way test it low wide area Brett
@@brettgaramella mentall note me don't forget fly and stay safe Brett
Aloha,
Need a bit of clarification when you say turn off the Blue Tooth/Wifi are you referring to every phone on board (if possible) or just the phone being used with the drone. Also, I want to keep my boat Garmin GPS Plotter/Navigation on while underway (too many reefs here) so do you have any experience with what happens when that GPS device is live and you are working with the Drone?
Yeah, turn off the bluetooth on the device you're using with your drone. I don't think that GPS device should have too much affect on it, but you could try with it on versus off to see. Just follow the other tips I recommend and you should be fine. Stay away from metal as much as possible. And do your compass calibration before flying it.
I think you might not have considered a thing, while trying to explain the cause of the problem while taking off.
There might be some interference with the metal in the boat, but I don't think that affects the drone like that.
For me the cause is more likely, that the boat is moving. Since DJI drones use GPS, it tries to stay on that exact spot; it doesn't expect that you are on a moving something. So since the boat is moving forward, the point it tries to keep will always be behind the boat, hence its motion to the back of the boat.
I have only seen footage, where you are trying to take off while the boat is moving, so for me this explanation seems more likely, but I might be wrong.
You could try it on a stopped boat, or when you take off from your hands and the boat is moving, you should be able to feel, that it tries to get out of your hands, in the opposite of your moving direction.
@@brettgaramella Oh, so you tested it while stopped as well? All right, well, now I know that the metal can cause things like this as well, thanks!
But if it was the metal, shouldn't the app tell you, that there is magnetic interference?
If I remember correctly, the app shows an error (MP1).
@@brettgaramella just wanted to point out I took off from a metal trailer before with mavic 2 and no issues with take off
That's a very helpful video, Brett - thank you.. Are you flying non-DJI props ? I thought I saw a little tilt up at the tips ...
Those are DJI Props... the curved ends are one thing that make them quieter.
@@brettgaramella Thanks Brett - I have the M2P - no obvious tilt tips - I think I was just seeing an illusion from the white tips at some angles...
Great.... I live in Helsingborg / Sweden. We have a strait between Sweden and Denmark 6.8 miles and tonight it will be windless I look forward to testing this from my boat and hope that Mavic wants to land safely in my hand. Keep your fingers crossed
Yeah let me know. Remember, the farther away you can launch and land your drone away from metal the better. Hard to do on a boat but it's possible. By the way, my mom's grandmother is from Aland islands... been there once, was really beautiful.
What if the boat can’t stop or even slowing down? How do u land the drone?
I have heard that when hand catching DJI Drone, and inverting the drone to stop it and props it, can cause major issues on motors and props.
No, that is not correct. I have worked with many drone technicians who use this method to turn off their drones. You could also put your fingers together flat and land it straight into your hand, whichever you feel more comfortable. On a boat, it is easier the way I did it, but practice on land first.
@@brettgaramella Hang on buddy.... I missed the fact in your video when you said do Compass Calibration... NOW, ON A MOVING BOAT, HOW CAN IT CALIBRATE BUDDY?
@@waddac2 Hold it as high and away from the boat or any metal object when doing a compass calibration. It may take a couple times. Go to a different part of the boat if it keeps failing.
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Hi!
HELP#
I always fly my drones over the bay, since here in Miami Beach, FL, where I live, is a crowded area with many tall buildings.
I already crashed on the water the Mavic Mini and the Mini 2. My mistake is that: While using the left joystick to rotate, I keep lower the altitude by mistake and forget to check it. I get very distracted looking at the video images.
Why the drone doesn't have a "Low Terrain warning" or "minimin altitude reached warning" that I could preset to, let's say 10 or 20 meters, so it sends me a warning when it gets below that altitude. Especially over the bay waters where I can't receive it?
Thank you!
The downward sensors have a hard time seeing the water because of the reflection. It is best to always keep visual line of sight with your drone when you're flying low over the water - don't worry so much about your monitor because you can always redo the shot but once your drone crashes, well...
Flying in boats is difficult to non-experts pilots, you need perfect control for taking off and landing specially with those fishing poles or metal interference. Great video Brett!
Brett Garamella 😂 Let's think something creative to collab...
how far out are you? can you still get a cell signal?
This is not how you suppose to calibrate your drone. You should keep the rotating axis on the body of the craft, not spinning around with the drone in your hand!
very legit! thanks so much for this
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ialso wear a cap helps a lot to with face collision its happens to me but that plastic shade is very usefull
this was so helpful thanks
I'm so glad!
Hi Brett, do I need to off any sensors to fly above water.
It's probably worthwhile to consider, ahead of time, what you would do if you had a mishap and the drone cut you or one of the others. I mean you're out on a boat and any kind of EMT assistance will likely take much longer to arrive than on land... (assuming you can contact them at all). Even if you are an expert at hand launch/recovery on land, doing it on a boat adds many other variables.
Tried for the 1st time today. The drone went strait for an antenna and bounced into the water. Even if I saw your video afterwards, I did basically all your tips. I wouldn't recommend doing it on a small boat, you put yourself in the mercy of your luck.
That's a bummer. Did you successfully do a compass calibration before takeoff. I also hand-launched over the edge of the boat and warned against antennas in my video. What drone were you using?
@@brettgaramella Don't worry mate i'm not blaming you, i saw you video afterwards. But it's important to specify it's not easy AT ALL to do a boat take off, or landing in a boat. If i were to go back and do it today, knowing my mistake i'd still be very uncomfortable (as a matter of fact i will not try it again on a small boat). The risk is just too high to fail, and if you do it's 2k€ straight to the water. Even if you are careful / gifted enough it only needs a wave, an unexpected wind, to kill your drone. I had the M2 pro
He did a lot of things wrong and got lucky. Many drones will be lost after watching this video. Sorry yours was one of them
The problem you're coming into with launching and the drone moving is the GPS lock. Your drone the moment it leaves the ground is designed to hold position, the boat will always be moving slightly unless anchored due to winds and currents. In your case you guys were still moving at 7-8knots and every time you took off the drone was trying to stay in it's GPS position so it is moving. Best way to launch from a boat is to launch from the hand, be clear of the gunwales and you're good. Also always launch from the side of the boat that's not he backside of the drift meaning you want to launch and have the boat moving away from your drones GPS position otherwise your boat will hit the drone if you don't get out of the way fast. The rule is clear the gunwales and then go up once the boat is out of the way.
Metal in the boat does not cause the drone to move sporadically. Metal in the boat is not magnetic. If it caused problems for the drone it would cause problems for the boat too. It was entirely because the boat was in motion.
@@brettgaramella I had checked the compass when I was having problems. Everything I saw was okay (Mavic Pro).
On take off vertically from a moving boat, or even holding the drone while walking, the drone wants to stay at the same GPS coordinates. So as soon as the drone take off it wants to go back to the place it was. It has very little to do with metal. Try walking while holding the drone for takeoff and you will feel it tugging to go back.
I understand your point, but I discussed this with the drone techs I worked with who know a lot more than I do and they said it is the metal. In addition, after stopping the boat, it did not work close to the metal but worked fine with hand launch. So it is definitely the metal from my experience.
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watched the whole video, initially sounds very childish type of guidance but I promise every word Brett said will help you avoid 90 accidnt, rest depends on your luck in case if there is a unexpected situation.
Great tip about turning drone sideways to catch!
Or just turn off collision sensors when you are ready to land
Looks like everyone has covered why the drone hit the back of the boat, or rather the boat hit the drone. GPS or not, the forward momentum of the boat is going to catch up with that drone real quick in the small launch site and with the GPS on the boat is guaranteed to hit the drone before you get it above the gunwale. Thanks for the video though. My daughter was wanting to know how to launch and land on a jet ski and this video gave her some solid ideas on what to do and not do.
Glad to hear it... if you get good with hand launching, you should be fine.
what did you catch brett ?
If anyone knows the law of physic, this is not a big of issue. If the boat is moving while taking off and landing, you have to do both on your hands. Also turn off obstacles avoidance so that when you catch the drone to flip, it won’t detect your hand and try to resist.
Wish me luck guys
the reason why the drone went crazy on takeoff was the GPs senses its moving (even an an inch) and compensating
@@brettgaramella did you do a calibration before take off Brett ?
The drone didn't know the boat was moving when you launched it, so have the Captain stop the boat to launch or land
I did that, but still same result. When launching from a boat, need to hold the drone away from any metal objects, so that is why hand launching is the best way.
Its not the metal...ship is moving and the drone wants to stay on his home position. As you move forward the drone wants to go behind the boat. If the boat was moving backward the drone would go forward.
Even when the boat came to a complete stop, it still did that. The metal interferes with the drone's compass. I verified this with the drone techs I used to work with.
The drone was going like that because the boat was moving at certain speed. Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity covers that.
Did the same thing when the boat was completely stopped. It is the metal in the boat that interferes with the drone's compass.
Drone almost hit me and went off the side so I just had to smack the drone out of the sky with my hand and push it down to the base of the boat so as not to lose the footage or the drone in its entirety. Cut my hand up with bruised fingers and a bruised and cut leg but only broke one blade. Don't think i'll try landing on a boat again even with this method. Too scared haha
Sorry to hear that. That's why I recommend practicing on land before you get on a boat. Takes some practice but you can do it.
@@brettgaramella haha yeah I’m 4 years commercial using with 100 hours of flight time mostly hand catching. It’s still too risky in my opinion to be doing it on a small boat
@@ZenzeroCAM Gotcha... well, you could hire me to do it!
@@brettgaramella long trip to Scotland but sure haha!
Try Landing an FPV Racing Drone on a boat. Not an easy feat. Thanks for the Vid 🤙🏻
True!
The drone as so much power. If i grab it or even hold it in the air i almost take off.
Not going with a flotation system because you're certain in your abilities is the difference between confidence and arrogance. Because when something happens you didn't expect and the drone hits the water and sinks you'll suddenly realize how little control over things you really have.
Yes, this is why it's important to practice on land before you get on a boat.
NEXT TIP....HOW NOT VOMIT WATCHING AT THE SCREEN FLYING WITH THE WAVES MOVING YOU UP AND DOWN ? LOL
I tried to take off from a boat and the Mavic came towards my face and I raised my hand to protect the face and I was cut by the hand and miraculously the Mavic did not fall into the water
Glad to hear you were ok. Try doing it on land first. Then do it in the dock before taking off to the water. Be safe.
Wear a glove to protect your hand. Hat and sunglasses to protect your face. He left out many safety procedures
I think the main factor that the drone doesnt take off properly on bed of the boat is because of the waves. It tilts boat and same as the drone upon takeoff
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First tip, get a DJI drone.
If you can't afford the Mavic 2 pro, get the Mavic Air 2, before trying all kind of crazy things like flying a drone from a boat... ( in this case, a mini boat 😊...
This is from a beginner point of view 😉.
Why DJI? Next to the fact that they are quite reliable, DJI is everywhere , so you don't need to rely on obscure chinese websites like Banggood, Geekbuying, Aliexpress, etc. in order to purchase them...
Nothing to do with metal, Turn off The GPS (boat is moving)
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Your drone is wanting to stay in the same place via GPS, but the boat is moving. It's not metal.
Happened after the boat was completely stopped, but when I did a hand launch, away from the metal, it was perfectly fine. The metal messes with the drone's compass. I recommend doing a hand launch.
Did you try and hand launch Brett ?
no
@@joeys5429 yes
Nooo! Bro if your boat is moving You can not have the drone takeoff where it’s black around it
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Practice on land without having anyone assist you with the remote. Not a good idea to give your remote to anyone; you need to have full control and it’s easy.
This video is rather silly.
1. Learn to properly fly with a cheap drone without GPS, optical-flow, or even altitude hold. You do not get any skills flying with GPS. And you are going to need a lot of skills.
2. If you're not rich, don't fly a Mavic off a boat.
3. In fact don't use DJI drones at all. Because they don't have GPS follow-me. Unless you use Litchi or Maven or Dronelink. Yes you can use active-track or fly it manually. But without follow-me the drone can lose you, or you can lose the drone.
4. Any drone should have a home-update and/or return-to-controller option. Plus the option to disable return-to-home to where it took off. Because that will be water.
Your drone moved backwards because the boat was moving forward. It's all relative. Think about it.
Yeah use a hood
Bro seriously you talk too much...
Should I use sign language?
just talking BS
Well, the drone wasn't doing that because metal surfaces. It's GPS based, and the boat was moving as I can see on the video. So it tries to stay in the same GPS position, which is moving away from the boat.
Thanks man! I'm a fishing guide in the New Orleans area, and I just got a drone to help provide better footage for my UA-cam channel.
Which video editing program you use? That first shot in the beginning is killer!
Thanks Bryan... I primarily use Adobe Premiere Pro. That first shot is a feature with the Mavic 2 Pro. Which drone do you fly with?
Thank you very much!!!