How to safely recover a drone you lost sight of
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- You should always fly your drone VLOS (Visual Line Of Sight), but sometimes it will happen that you lose track of your drone in the sky while capturing some beautiful images or video. Using the Return To Home (RTH) should be your last resort and even then there are locations where it is not a good idea to just hit that button.
In this video I explain how you can bring back a drone that you have lost sight of safely, without the need of the RTH functionality. This is applicable to all drones.
Gear:
* DJI Mini 3 Pro: tinyurl.com/85...
* DJI Mavic 3: tinyurl.com/29...
* DJI Mavic 3 Classic: tinyurl.com/5b...
* DJI Osmo Mobile 6: tinyurl.com/46...
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I think we have all experienced that nervous moment when losing sight of our drone. Good advice!
i dont understand why you are trying to see the physical drone when you have a screen to see where you going
Anyone who says the can see their drone 100% of the time is a liar! I lose sight of mine almost every time I fly it. It’s never been a problem as I can see what it’s filming from my phone.
Who in the hell would want a drone if you would have to keep a visual line of sight all the time.
This guy up here in the video is not making any sense on running into a wind Mill. Set your return to home higher than wind Mill .😂. What's wrong with this guy ??!! He said you could run into a bridge 🌉. Adjust your return to home height . This guy in the video is crazy 🤣
Your definitely right!!
Use the GPS map, and make sure your return to home is at like 300 feet (taller then anything close to you) or just keep flying your drone outside of visual range and use the camera and have MORE fun!
Thank You for the tips 👉 I always lost sight of my drone
Nice video. Subtle hints but very useful as this happens all the time and not many have addressed this issue.
Thank you for the kind words. Much appreciated
With the mini drones there are many times when I have the drone in sight, then looked away at the screen to get the video I want and then looked back and can't see the drone against the sky. Also if you are 100m high but less than 20m from home you might still not be able to see it but can't use RTH anyway. I have to resort to using the map as you did, and checking the vision in that direction is a good idea.
Nice video but literally everyone I know that flies drones flies them out line of sight more than half of the time. I'm at about 75% personally. That's why we have the OSD
There is a map on the screen... that might help..
Covering that in the video as well. Still, the map doesn’t show potential obstacles when returning
All you have to do is adjust your return to home height. Why would someone run into a bridge. Or a wind mill ? Make sure your return to home is higher. 😅😅
This is great information to have when flying your drone. I dont think ive flown more than 250 meters from me (newbe but sure with time I will) but have had to use the map several times to get it back to were I could see it once I looked down at the controller and back to the drone or where the drone use to be! Never had to (or plan on it unless it does it on its own) use the RTH. 🚁
Any knowledge about the fovea vision? This is the central points of our retinas that have a significantly better resolution because of more accurate light sensitive cells (cones vs rods). Basic resolution for a good sight is 1 minute of arc (1/60°) within this denser cells area of the eye plugged to half of the nerves going to your brain. Based on that, a Mavic Mini is a black point that can disappear even while looking at it between 200 and 350 meters. However, if the drone quits this central position, wnen you look down on your radio controls, your chance of "reacquiring" it is a lot lower. You then have to scan the sky at the approximate location where it should be in order to place it back on this small 2° where your eyes have full fovea resolution. If unable to catch it after meticulous scans, you may need to bring it back closer at less than 150m in order for your peripheral vision to catch its movement (what it is very good at) and bring you to put it within foveas' attention again.
You also have a actual blind spot in your vidion, where the occipital nerve goes to the brain. There are no light capturing cells there. Your eye works around that by constantly scanning slightly different areas. But you can gave an object right in front of you tgat yiu can’t actually see. It’s funny, but true
The NLoS law that is probably going to cost drone users the most for breaching is the basic law of physics. The RF control signal isn't that strong in the first place (& the antennas are already pretty compromised for size/mounting etc) so hiding things NLoS any time behind trees, metal factories, large lumps of rock, power station chimneys, cooling towers, tower blocks, churches etc etc so you cannot see it, there is a fair chance that it cannot see (or hear) you. This will probably be the most common time you lose control & it may do something you rather it didn't.
One eminently foreseeable one someone will suffer from be on range testing. You will get comms when the drone is distant, high & clear but a head wind at height means you need to be low to get back, either that or your battery has a problem & you have to land "out", but as you drop down you drop into NLoS behind the "clutter" & lose connectivity with the drone.... catch 22... it needs to come down but you cannot control it down.
Vietnam Hueys may have been able to survive a little tree "weed whacking" emergency landing through light vegetation but DGI's tend to be a little less forgiving.
Hi, I have a mini 2 SE and the option "please check it on the map" is lost I only ear "home point is been updated, do you know how to get this part back. Thank you
I can imaging that when flying into the sun, losing sight of the drone happens frequently.
You are absolutely right. But given the light color of the drone, it’s not hard to just lose the drone in consitions such as these shown in the video
Normal sky itself after 200 ft away thats it.....i cant see shit. I always use the ATTITUDE meter to tel if its pointing towards me and then bring it back.
Well there is a live map in the corner and there is a return to home button, there saved you 9 wasted minutes
As explained in the video, RTH is not the right option in several scenarios. This provides you with options when you can’t use RTH
@@Drone-On if you're flying DJi, as I have for years, I don't care when I lose site. I do every time. I don't care when I lose signal. I set my RTH perimeters properly. And I never fly underneath anything, far away; tree, etc. That way, it doesn't rise into something while starting RTH. And simply regain control when back in range.
And yes, of course you use the GPS map when you're lost. Manually hitting RTH at any point is never done by anyone who deserves to fly this with basic knowledge and common sense.
I'm sure people appreciate this video, but it's been covered 100x in the past 6 years.
I have a Mavic 2 and have lost sight many times except for one time when my controller had a error message that said “magnetic interference land immediately “. Well that was followed by a gps signal disconnect and therefore RTH would not work. It was rth from some home point from months ago. They are called fly aways. And ever since I am hesitant to go to far and over hazardous areas where I can’t just go get it. Sucks. Never know when that will happen again and don’t want to be in a really bad situation when it does. I got insurance after that incident. So fyi don’t count on your RTH button
Load of bs 🙄 , I never vlos its impossible
Great video. Well done. 👍Fly safely.
Thank you for the kind words
how tall are the windmills?
These ones are about 90m at the center of the rotor. Blades go up to 120m. Newer windmills are more like 140m in total!
Thankyou for informative tutorial video❤🎉🎉❤
Dangerous advice. The risks associated with loosing visual of your drone is not your own navigation, it’s that you cannot possibly claim the be safely deconflicting from people and aircraft if you don’t even have correlation of your position with your mk 1. Is it easy? No. But do better folks.
Thanks for your help
Lovely 💪
My Mini was 30m high and suddenyl the wind caught it and it veered away from me over all the houses and i couldnt see it. I started to panic but it just hovered bless it waiting for my command. Obviously i hit rth and Dave did.
Yes, the wind isxalways stonger in the air than on the ground. It happens
@@Drone-On signal better on the air though especially with the hack
Very nice explanation. Zeer mooie uitleg 😉. I think you are from Belgium. Correct?
Yes, I am. 😁
@@Drone-On Ik herkende direct de tongval hihi. Van welke omgeving ben jij? Ik woon in Puurs en ik heb een Mini 2 en Mavic 3 Classic
@@TOPCyber Lokeren, maar opgegroeid in Sint-Amands en in Puurs naar school geweest 😁
Thank you was a big help
You are welcome!
Nice video
Push the return to home button
Mines is small
Don’t feel too bad about it.
@@daveyr7454 😂
Why would u fly next to windmills
Inspections, capturing footages, you live there etc.
Rth usually works
Yes, usually. But as explained in the video, there are several situations where RTH cannot or should not be used. RTH could also even cross forbidden airspace for those who like to fly far away (which is not legal to start with). It could get you into trouble in many ways. This is about the alternative solution to the RTH
You are providing poor advice. If you are intent on not flying beyond a certain distance from your self you should be monitoring your distance by your OSD. Trying to find your drone by looking skyward is not only useless, but it takes your attention away from your screen. Looking at your screen is the best way to see where you are. It is far better advice to promote situational awareness. Look around before taking off. Pay attention to where you are at all times.
My eyes are $h*** so VLOS would have me confined to 100 feet lol. That's why I rely on the camera, map, and set my RTH altitude at the ceiling of what I'm permitted to fly (400 feet). I'll use RTH until it gets back to my VLOS, then take over the controls.
Just be very careful when you are flying in the area where there are wind mills or power lines. RTH potentially flies straight into them
I love you
Call the faa ,they're here to help.
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Bs nobody can see the drone more them 300m.Quit misleading people
This guy doesn't know what hes saying!
You were not disconnected so ...this was useless
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