I have a DJI mini 3p, my 1st dji and I must say Autel smokes dji on precision landing. I used to have an Autel evo 2 v1, and it NEVER missed, landing pad or not. My Parrot anafi would always hit, too, if i used the blue side. Dji just doesn't have it when it comes to precision landing.
Well in the past I never had issues with my M4P or Air 3. I have been hand launching and catching for a long time so its been a while since I have tested this. I think I see my mistake I only went 7ft and it should be 7meters. I will test this again!
Well I did not move. Where I took off at is where I wanted it to land. The only time I update the RTH is when I move to a new location after take off. Thanks for comment!
I'm the same way. I always hand launch and land my drones myself. It doesn't really bother me if it's precision landing is not accurate as long as it's within the proximity of the area where it took off from. I think the drone marks a home point spot within the area where it's hovering at. Maybe when it says "the home point is updated please check it on the map" you should check wether or not is actually centered on top of the mat and the home point on the screen to see if it's accurate before flying away from the home point. I may have to try this theory with my drones myself. Great video BTW.
@@TheDroneRanger215 yeah I need to retest this. I did not go high enough on take off. Should have gone 24 ft not 7 ft lol manuel says 7 meters . Lol I plan on retesting and publishing . Thanks for watching and commenting.
Possible mistake at 4:01 ?! They say 7 meters not 7 feet for precision landing scoping ! Is it that you just didn't hover high enough over landing pad before departing for the rest of the flight ?
@@demosloizides2060 yes but where you should go 7m= 22.95 ft but I miss read and only went 7 ft. So if I have time today or tomorrow I will be doing this test again with both drones. I’ll post my results. thanks for commenting and watching.
Great video and test! I saw another video a few days ago that indicated the Mini 4 Pro needs to ascend straight up from the target landing pad, about 22 feet, to properly capture the image data needed for the precision landing on the return-to-home. Possibly in your test flights there wasn't enough pure vertical climb after takeoff before the horizontal flight started, so the Mini didn't have a suitable reference image of its home target? I actually had just tested this yesterday with my own Mini 4 Pro, and if I ascended vertically > 20 feet before flying around, then the RTH was dead-on the center the landing pad in multiple flights.
Yes, that's what I was going to say. Have it launch from the landing pad and go straight up to 22 feet, or 7 meters, not 7 feet and hover a few seconds. That seems to work for me, although I haven't installed the latest update. Great tests though, John!
My Autel Evo Lite Plus doesn't advertise precise landing but it definitely does. Or once it gets close. It will tell you it's moving over to where it started from. So I can't say Autel has this as well. But it definitely lands where I started. Even on LONG FLIGHTS ✈️.
Yeah both of these drones I have always did land right where they took off this is why i wonder if there was an update that changed this. The comment above had an idea that ill test! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I would just like to mention, that the Earth has been experiencing a lot of solar storm activity recently, and this will affect the accuracy of the drone's receiver to calculate an accurate landing position. You can go to recent solar activity to check current conditions. I hope this explains what more than likely is going on. Safe flying, I enjoy your channel. Tom
@@tomfuller7401 Thanks Tom but I need to raise to 23 ft and them see if that solves the issue. I will being doing another test Sunday and Ill post my results! Thanks for watching and commenting !
Mr. J I suggest this to the Roberts and it worked perfectly. That's try the automatic lunch and return to home it will land at the exact spot even there's wind blowing. But I love your videos keep it up. Welbeck from Accra Ghana West Africa. Stay blessed and safe all the time Amen . Idaho Quadcopter is Marcus
@@Randomentertainmentz yes me and the Roberts talked about this . I will try that and a few more test !! Thanks. I’m hoping to do the test today and post later this evening.
I could be wrong, but it looks like you were taking off manually and possibly pulling the stick ever so slightly to the right or the left which can't confuse it's a return to home spot slightly. Also, I apply several different drones but I use automatic take off to take it straight up let it sit for a few seconds then you go straight up to 20 fe the two drones you were using are both pretty good. Sometimes it will not return the whole likelihood on the other hand. I have a Mavic 3 pro. You're lucky if it's within 5 to 10 feet you almost always have to manually landed.
@@jimellison3358 yeah I was trying to go straight up! Lol but Sunday I am going to try again . One thing I realized I was going 7ft not the 25 ft. 🙄🙄🤦🏻♂️ we will see :) . Thanks for commenting and watching!
Move further away from the landing mat and keep your shadow well away from the mat as the drone is taking off and landing. It’s essential the take off area must remain unchanged. You must ascend to 7 metres not 7 ft and hover a moment for the drone to “memorise” the position before proceeding horizontally
Look at the screen on your controller. When you forced it on the pad by manually landed it, the orange/red halo shows up exactly where you and your camera are located indicating your optical avoidance detected either you or your camera.
Awesome video, man!!! It’s pretty cool you remembered Dwight’s name. Haha. So, I made a video for this coming Sunday where I was testing something other than precision landing and guess what… crap! I can’t give it away, but something happened and I bet you’ll be surprised. lol. My big question for DJI here is the drone knows it’s coming in for precision landing and when it’s coming down it’ll try to fine tune its spot, right? If the distance is showing it’s 4 feet off like you Air 3 was showing, why wouldn’t it try to adjust its spot? In the manual it says the drone won’t land until the terrain matches it’s take off terrain and ain’t no way the drone would thing the terrain was the same if it took off from a pad and was landing in the grass. lol. I don’t know if that came out right but hopefully you get my drift. I’m not a wordsmith!!! Hahaha. Thanks for the mention, brother and for following up with this test. Oh, that spot you flew at was pretty awesome. I love flying around water like that. The only thing I would’ve done different was I would’ve stayed in the truck. 😂
@@WeretheRoberts yes I cant wait to see it. I did make sure I went up to 7ft but the other comments below say I did not go high enough so I will do this again and go higher on take off if I have some time Sunday. I have shoots on Friday evening and Saturday l’m droning a race so no time those days. Yeah I thought about putting on the back of my truck like you did but I did not want to get the message cant land . Stayed in truck no I wanted to see it. I do think that one time the air 3 would have landed on pad. I need to test this again but I may wait to see what you do first . Lol
@@JandE-TEX-DRONES lol yea we Americans get confused sometimes. The manual says 7 meters but who thinks in meters? Not us!!! Haha. Sounds like you needs a vacation, too man. Too much work interfering with your fun stuff!
@@f.scottmckinney2015 yeah I do think this effected the air 3. But I think the main reason is that it did not go high enough. I went 7 feet instead of the 24 feet I was confused when in the manual it says 7 m not feet. I will do another test today. I believe I will have time and I’ll post it. Also, I will make sure I am far enough away from the air 3 this time.
@@SoCalDrone well I never had this issue in the past but there was not any wind. Also the air 3 is a beast and it can fight the wind with the best of them. I do think I did not go high enough. I only went 7ft and it should have been 25 ft. I miss read that it was 7 meters not ft! I will be doing another test this Sunday! Stay tuned! :) Thanks for your comment and watching!
@@JandE-TEX-DRONES I would not stress over it. The definition of precision landing is subjected to a set of variables. You can always get a larger landing pad.
@SoCalDrone yeah I dont I always hand launch and catch but when I saw others having this issue thats where I wanted to figure it out and try to duplicate it! :)
@@f.scottmckinney2015 yeah thats not what others have seen. I should be doing another test today if I have time. But I think the issue is that I did not go to the 24ft. I went the 7ft not 7 meters.
Im assuming you're wife is so beautiful you don't want people stalking her. Fair enough too. If I was you I would probably be in jail by now for sorting out the creepy freaky weirdoes
I have a DJI mini 3p, my 1st dji and I must say Autel smokes dji on precision landing. I used to have an Autel evo 2 v1, and it NEVER missed, landing pad or not. My Parrot anafi would always hit, too, if i used the blue side. Dji just doesn't have it when it comes to precision landing.
Well in the past I never had issues with my M4P or Air 3. I have been hand launching and catching for a long time so its been a while since I have tested this. I think I see my mistake I only went 7ft and it should be 7meters. I will test this again!
One minor flaw in your test. You didn't update the RTH position each test.
Well I did not move. Where I took off at is where I wanted it to land. The only time I update the RTH is when I move to a new location after take off. Thanks for comment!
@@JandE-TEX-DRONES when performing a test like this, you should always update rth on each run.
That's why you got the same exact spot each time.
I'm the same way. I always hand launch and land my drones myself. It doesn't really bother me if it's precision landing is not accurate as long as it's within the proximity of the area where it took off from. I think the drone marks a home point spot within the area where it's hovering at. Maybe when it says "the home point is updated please check it on the map" you should check wether or not is actually centered on top of the mat and the home point on the screen to see if it's accurate before flying away from the home point. I may have to try this theory with my drones myself. Great video BTW.
@@TheDroneRanger215 yeah I need to retest this. I did not go high enough on take off. Should have gone 24 ft not 7 ft lol manuel says 7 meters . Lol I plan on retesting and publishing . Thanks for watching and commenting.
Possible mistake at 4:01 ?! They say 7 meters not 7 feet for precision landing scoping ! Is it that you just didn't hover high enough over landing pad before departing for the rest of the flight ?
Yep thats what I am going to change . That was my bad. Will be doing this test over again. Thanks for commenting and watching.
If home is on the ground, shouldn't he launch it from the same point?
@@demosloizides2060 yes but where you should go 7m= 22.95 ft but I miss read and only went 7 ft. So if I have time today or tomorrow I will be doing this test again with both drones. I’ll post my results. thanks for commenting and watching.
Great video and test! I saw another video a few days ago that indicated the Mini 4 Pro needs to ascend straight up from the target landing pad, about 22 feet, to properly capture the image data needed for the precision landing on the return-to-home. Possibly in your test flights there wasn't enough pure vertical climb after takeoff before the horizontal flight started, so the Mini didn't have a suitable reference image of its home target? I actually had just tested this yesterday with my own Mini 4 Pro, and if I ascended vertically > 20 feet before flying around, then the RTH was dead-on the center the landing pad in multiple flights.
Thanks for watching and commenting! I will definitely try this. Maybe I did not give it enough time or vertical height.
Yes, that's what I was going to say. Have it launch from the landing pad and go straight up to 22 feet, or 7 meters, not 7 feet and hover a few seconds. That seems to work for me, although I haven't installed the latest update. Great tests though, John!
My Autel Evo Lite Plus doesn't advertise precise landing but it definitely does. Or once it gets close. It will tell you it's moving over to where it started from. So I can't say Autel has this as well. But it definitely lands where I started. Even on LONG FLIGHTS ✈️.
Yeah both of these drones I have always did land right where they took off this is why i wonder if there was an update that changed this. The comment above had an idea that ill test!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Autel is the king of precision landing
I would just like to mention, that the Earth has been experiencing a lot of solar storm activity recently, and this will affect the accuracy of the drone's receiver to calculate an accurate landing position. You can go to recent solar activity to check current conditions. I hope this explains what more than likely is going on. Safe flying, I enjoy your channel. Tom
@@tomfuller7401 Thanks Tom but I need to raise to 23 ft and them see if that solves the issue. I will being doing another test Sunday and Ill post my results! Thanks for watching and commenting !
Mr. J I suggest this to the Roberts and it worked perfectly.
That's try the automatic lunch and return to home it will land at the exact spot even there's wind blowing.
But I love your videos keep it up.
Welbeck from Accra Ghana West Africa.
Stay blessed and safe all the time Amen .
Idaho Quadcopter is Marcus
@@Randomentertainmentz yes me and the Roberts talked about this . I will try that and a few more test !! Thanks. I’m hoping to do the test today and post later this evening.
@@JandE-TEX-DRONES thanks for your lovely response. I'll soon be posting my mini 4 pro experience so far.
Thanks bro
I could be wrong, but it looks like you were taking off manually and possibly pulling the stick ever so slightly to the right or the left which can't confuse it's a return to home spot slightly. Also, I apply several different drones but I use automatic take off to take it straight up let it sit for a few seconds then you go straight up to 20 fe the two drones you were using are both pretty good. Sometimes it will not return the whole likelihood on the other hand. I have a Mavic 3 pro. You're lucky if it's within 5 to 10 feet you almost always have to manually landed.
@@jimellison3358 yeah I was trying to go straight up! Lol but Sunday I am going to try again . One thing I realized I was going 7ft not the 25 ft. 🙄🙄🤦🏻♂️ we will see :) . Thanks for commenting and watching!
Move further away from the landing mat and keep your shadow well away from the mat as the drone is taking off and landing. It’s essential the take off area must remain unchanged. You must ascend to 7 metres not 7 ft and hover a moment for the drone to “memorise” the position before proceeding horizontally
@@user-SSPAUL yeah thats is what I am hoping . I will have some time to test on Sunday! Thanks for your comment and for watching!
@@JandE-TEX-DRONES Good stuff👍 I’ll watch your test on Sunday. I hope it works much better for you. Nothing like a good precision landing. lol 🙂↔️
@@user-SSPAUL right lol
Look at the screen on your controller. When you forced it on the pad by manually landed it, the orange/red halo shows up exactly where you and your camera are located indicating your optical avoidance detected either you or your camera.
@@RandyWilliams-ic4ck yeah I saw that ! Ill move over more next time! :) thanks for watching and commenting!
Awesome video, man!!! It’s pretty cool you remembered Dwight’s name. Haha. So, I made a video for this coming Sunday where I was testing something other than precision landing and guess what… crap! I can’t give it away, but something happened and I bet you’ll be surprised. lol. My big question for DJI here is the drone knows it’s coming in for precision landing and when it’s coming down it’ll try to fine tune its spot, right? If the distance is showing it’s 4 feet off like you Air 3 was showing, why wouldn’t it try to adjust its spot? In the manual it says the drone won’t land until the terrain matches it’s take off terrain and ain’t no way the drone would thing the terrain was the same if it took off from a pad and was landing in the grass. lol. I don’t know if that came out right but hopefully you get my drift. I’m not a wordsmith!!! Hahaha. Thanks for the mention, brother and for following up with this test. Oh, that spot you flew at was pretty awesome. I love flying around water like that. The only thing I would’ve done different was I would’ve stayed in the truck. 😂
@@WeretheRoberts yes I cant wait to see it. I did make sure I went up to 7ft but the other comments below say I did not go high enough so I will do this again and go higher on take off if I have some time Sunday. I have shoots on Friday evening and Saturday l’m droning a race so no time those days.
Yeah I thought about putting on the back of my truck like you did but I did not want to get the message cant land . Stayed in truck no I wanted to see it. I do think that one time the air 3 would have landed on pad. I need to test this again but I may wait to see what you do first . Lol
@@JandE-TEX-DRONES lol yea we Americans get confused sometimes. The manual says 7 meters but who thinks in meters? Not us!!! Haha. Sounds like you needs a vacation, too man. Too much work interfering with your fun stuff!
Yess! I was thinking 7ft. 🙄🙄 lol
Hi, for presision landing you have to activate it by doing an automated take off & then go straight up to about 25 feet
@@neilbirkinshaw818 hmmm I did not know that! I will add to my retest on Sunday!
Thanks!!!
take off with gimbal down and make sure the ground has something it can recognise...it's in the manual too
@@vince-n ill try that.
also, when you ser taking off, your GoPro was in the "warning zone" on your screen. It may be trying to avoid the camera.
@@f.scottmckinney2015 yeah I do think this effected the air 3. But I think the main reason is that it did not go high enough. I went 7 feet instead of the 24 feet I was confused when in the manual it says 7 m not feet. I will do another test today. I believe I will have time and I’ll post it. Also, I will make sure I am far enough away from the air 3 this time.
The preciousion landing with my mini 4 pro is spot on every time after I have gone straight up to 8 meters from its landing pad 😊
Ok I will try this . Maybe I did not go high enough. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I keep a log and out of over 220 landings I’ve only missed the pad less then 2% of the time….and it was due to wind gust.
@@SoCalDrone well I never had this issue in the past but there was not any wind. Also the air 3 is a beast and it can fight the wind with the best of them. I do think I did not go high enough.
I only went 7ft and it should have been 25 ft. I miss read that it was 7 meters not ft! I will be doing another test this Sunday! Stay tuned! :)
Thanks for your comment and watching!
@@JandE-TEX-DRONES I would not stress over it. The definition of precision landing is subjected to a set of variables. You can always get a larger landing pad.
@SoCalDrone yeah I dont I always hand launch and catch but when I saw others having this issue thats where I wanted to figure it out and try to duplicate it! :)
unless you reset "Homepoint" won't it go to the same spot?
@@f.scottmckinney2015 yeah thats not what others have seen. I should be doing another test today if I have time. But I think the issue is that I did not go to the 24ft. I went the 7ft not 7 meters.
And you need to do a precision landing from the pad up 7 feet and let it sit for 10 seconds
@@lennymogus7104 yeah I did another video tonight and will be posting! Thanks for watching!
OMG, just move out at least behind the trees. You're disturbing the obstacle avoidance....
The tree is really far from me. Probably 4-5 car lengths away. I dont think that is the issue. Thanks for comment.
Im assuming you're wife is so beautiful you don't want people stalking her. Fair enough too. If I was you I would probably be in jail by now for sorting out the creepy freaky weirdoes
@@Piratepoilet 🤣🤣🤣🤣