So glad you took us through these failure possibilities. Better to see them in a controlled situation, rather than freaking out when they happen you in the field. Thanks for the video.
Happened to me today on my first flight. Can confirm, heart dropped and thought I lost my $1k investment within a few hours of ownership lol. Low battery prompt, disconnected from RC & lost visual. Thankfully it came back to a distance where it could connect back to the RC & RTH began
This is what I mean when I talk to my friends about the reliability of DJI drones. You can truly trust the safety features and the failsafe system built into these drones.
@@joshdronephotography4060 they are safety features. you don't need obstacle avoidance most of the time when you are flying at 100+ feet and air sense is cool but not nessicary yet. I am not hating on the two features you mentioned and I actually user both of them on my ma2.
Happened to me too when i was 2km away over a lake in the mountains. Was scared as hell when my phone suddenly shut off. I then used my mobile battery to charge my phone to 4% while my drone RTH. When it was back, i was able to land it with my phone again. Didn't use the drone for a couple of days after that experience lol
thats why friends dont let friends use apple junk lol. This is easily avoided by default on android. However i do wish there was an option to turn it off since my tripletek tablet doesnt need to be charged from the remote LOL
Strange that the I phone app has more options than Android, usually it's the reverse. No option to turn off phone charging by the controller in Android.
Well why would the drone start crashing/falling? It's just the display, you still have full control over the motors and even gimble. And even THEN if you turn your RC off if you have it set to auto RTH after 10 seconds it will come back to the home point.
That is not true. I've had 2 different occasions when I lost connection one occasion i was literally right beside the drone and it veered to the right and smashed into a wall
I am a new flyer with the DJ I mini 2. I have been flying it for a couple of weeks now with no issues. With everything charged up I took it out for a short flight and brought it back due to a Highwind warning. I landed it and retrieved it and there was a message on the screen saying the aircraft processing ship had overheated and shut the aircraft down. Have you ever seen that before? I had only been flying maybe for 15 minutes
Great job! You explained it absolutely perfectly! A lot of flyers get very nervous about a disconnect, hopefully after watching this video, some of those fears will be suppressed!
Hi, New to flying the Mini2 myself. What I missed in your video was the point that if the app or the phone did crash and you really wanted to eeded to bring it back you could always just hit the RTH buton and it would bring it back to you as long as the home point was programmed before you left the area. I'm sure there are plenty of new pilots that would go into panic mode when this happened.
All the effort you’ve put into your channel is really showing btw. Your vid’s are top quality now, your shots are all very creative and not distracting (ie where you’re aware of the drone/ cameras movements the whole time). You’re always full of useful information and you communicate it very well to us the audience. Just figured I’d point out good work when I see it 👍
Great stuff Aldryn , this exact scenario happened to me only 5 days ago on my 1st serious flight in Sydneys west over a densly populated neighbourhood and it was out of site , the App just stopped , so i quickly rebooted the phone as i couldn't navigate out of the app to go back to my home screen , all i saw were hundred dollar bills floating away .But once i got the app back up i regained control and quickly packed it up and had a quick beer :)
Brand new drone pilot, got my license and a mavic 2 pro and smart controller and 3rd time out i got aircraft not connected and it stopped over a railway track and stayed there about 800 feet away. Could not control the drone with sticks and such. Walked closer and closer about 5 minutes. Was stuck over the tracks. Eventually I shut down the smart controller and restarted it. After it booted the drone finally started its return home. Nothing more confidence inspiring as a new flyer than the tech failing. Still have no idea why and its never happened again. After that I have deliberately done the same things in this video to be comfortable with dealing with failures. I also ruled out interference, knowing that microwave corridors exist and recreated the same flight path over and over and nothing.
Before take off, you must be sure to set "Signal Lost" to "Return to Home" , not “Hover” in “Advanced Safety settings” on DJI Fly app. Otherwise it may cause serious problems or crash the drone if RC keeps disconnecting with the drone.
Great job here Aldryn! I grab my mini 2 and air 2s from the front of the drone, grab the front of the body on the bottom, so I can easily get a grip on it without the sensors even seeing my hand! Works well for me. Thanks for sharing this bud!
Same thing happened to me the other day, I was in Cefalù and I flew my drone from the port over the city and my Mini 2 signal got blocked because of the buildings, I couldn’t see where it went. Luckily I had set the RTH high enough to clear the buildings as I don’t want to be crashing into a 900 year old church 😅 Great informative video! It’s a scary situation haha
Just had this happen today. Thankfully RTH kicked in, connection never returned until restarting phone, drone and remote. Oddly I was able to regain flight control when it came overhead even with RC not connected and frozen video.
Tip for grabbing your drone to land it: It is best you are doing it with the camera facing towards you because: - the sensors are further in the back , if you grab the drone from the front they might not even be triggered - the propellers in front of the drone are higher than the ones in the back - less risk of accidentally sticking your fingers in the propeller
Thank you for this. It helps SO MUCH of my anxiety around flying my mini 2. I had a cable lose connection today and nearly lost my mind. Thankfully in line of sight so I was able to land it and fix the issue but 99% of my anxiety has been around just suddenly having it disappear into the ether. This makes me feel so much better
If this happens it's always important to stay in control of yourself and your emotions. Don't give in to a resignation mindset "nothing I do matters" or "I've lost control of the situation." Take stock of the situation and evaluate the options available to you. If app crashes and you still have control of the aircraft, use RTH (if you can safely do so) or manually fly it back to you and land it. That's part of why VLOS Flight is so important. It's also important that checking your safety setting and going over lost link procedures is important during each preflight check. All great tips Aldryn, and I wish you'd have made this video back before my DJI Fly app crashed on me during my third ever drone flight.
The reason why the RC turned your phone back on at 10:00 is because iPhones always power on again when plugged into a charger and the RC acts as a charge source for the iPhone.
Over the last 3+ years of flying different drones using a variety of different devices (IOS, Android) I have experienced all these scenarios at one time or another. The one constant thing I always reminded myself: take a breath, stay calm and think logically about what just happened. In all but one of the 7-8 times this has happened, all turned out well. The one time it didn't: Autel Evo RC failed. Evo was 50 ft away 12ft height. No biggie. Trying to restart to RC, the drone went into RTH. I watched it fly straight up from 12 ft into a tree branch at 45ft. The landing was not pretty. Good video, Aldyn. I still, after all this time, have not hand launched/landed a drone. I have a thing about blood.
Just happened to me with DJI mini 2. Same thing. Made me realize that cheap Chinese drones are the way to go. All of these are disposable so pay vey little.
Today for the first time of flying I lost connection. Upon looking at the footage the drone instantly activated Return to Home and flew back to me seamlessly. It’s an amazing product.
Twice I had to grab the drone and flip it to turn it off it scared the daylights out of me and that's in part to me trying it once in cutting myself on the blade slightly. I'm also looking at getting rear lights for my air two should I get red or green or a mixture of both from fire House technology? I have two white LEDs for the front and a blinker which includes white red and green for the top.
Every flight with the mini 2 I experience app crash with my samsung s9, and not always the app connects back to the drone, but lackily the remote most of the time stay connected. Thanks for this life saving video!
I just love when I encountered this problem and immediately came to the realization that I’m about to learn the hard way because I am to stubborn and impatient to actually take the time to read through thoroughly in order to make sure I know exactly how all the important features work so I don’t do something like idk… hit a tree branch and land in my roofing gutter..😮
TY. Wish I saw this yesterday. Phone died, I panicked & lost line of sight (500m+), rushing for my charger bank, plugging in phone & praying that M2 was still in place... I should not panic, & trust #DJI
Aldryn - I recently won the GPC case for my MA2. I sent you and GPC both a letter of thanks via email and on both of your FB pages. It's not as big as I thought it was going to be and really is convenient to travel with. It's absolutely perfect. If/when I upgrade to another drone, getting a GPC case is just a must. Thanks again brother, love it!
I freaked out when this happened to me flying around a mountain. Rc connection lost a few minutes later it reconnected and was coming back to me awesome features.
I was flying my Mini 2 today and the batteries on my RC was pretty low so I landed it immediately as it gave me major anxiety, but after watching this I now know that it will activate RTH. Thanks for this video!!
Yeah you need to practice it. Just like he did in the video. Then you have confidence in it. Where I fly capturing wildlife footage its tons of trees. I go through a full disconnect and RTH numerous times each flight! I've actually coined a maneuver. "Drop Down Maneuver". When I find a target and want that close up footage I check the surroundings, get centered in the closest open area, ( if I'm not directly over my target I adjust the angle of the camera to where I think my target will be in frame. ) then drop straight down at 1-2 mph depending on the situation and altitude. It will disconnect. 11 seconds later initiate RTH and reconnect as soon as it regains signal. I cancel RTH and do it again until im satisfied I think I got my shot. Then I review the footage and choose the best one. Sometimes they all come out great. DJI has GREAT safety features!
Once while flying over the ocean my phone (secondary) died. I could have hit the return to home button but I just switched to my primary phone and continued.
Another great video Aldryn. Lost my screen on my mini 4 once while flying my mini. I could see the drone so just manually landed it. You demonstrated these possible failures so well.
Hello Aldryn, I hope your day is going well. Two things. 1. At 10:00, the phone is supposed to turn on because it is charging, and it can not charge when the phone is turned off. 2. One question, Can you also flip the DJI Mavic Air 2 around to shut off the motors (Emergency Shutoff)? 4:06 Thank you, and have a great rest of your day.
My mini 2 was saved by return to home. I was flying over a lake, and flew into a cove where I lost connection. The return to home kicked in, and the drone flew back to me.
DJI doesn't disappoint but thank you for the reminder it is a life saver when your remote/phone taps out and for a few minutes you are 😬! I would love to see a review on the smart controller and mini 2. thank for all your videos and great info.
My mini had low battery warning so i was bringing it back. I lost sight and it flew right over me. Couldnt get back to me as now it was in a headwind. I landed it in some grass at %7 battery. And the app showed me where to pick it up. It was kind of scary but pretty neat how well it worked.
I'm a new Mini 2 owner and now I have a greater understanding of how it behaves in these scenarios, I feel a lot happier flying it. Thank you. Subscribed.
thanks for the video . I was searching for such a video where these features are tested and I seriously couldn't find one . Great explanation too , thanks once again.
Gréât important info. The best advice I got was to never panic and start smashing buttons and going crazy with the joy sticks. You want the drone to do its thing. Thé drone probably waits to give you a chance to replace the battery or whatever. I wonder if there is a way to set the wait time. I think the ideal would be 3 minutes or less, depending on how much battery is left in the drone. It needs enough battery to get back.
It was simply awesome brow.. 5 min ago my mini 2 just was delivered, and thid video is helping me to hook all things up and be ready for anything ahead.
Thank you so much for this video. Just bought the mini 2 se and was feeling scared to let her fly too far. It has been so helpful to see you test all the fail safes this drone comes with. Thank you.
I've been flying my two Mini 2's for a few years now. The only thing that has ever happened is the app stopping. No big deal, I just restart it and it doesn't happen again. I normally fly 4 to 6 batteries, so when the app shuts down it only happens the one time and it's no problem..just stay calm and deal with it 😀
People need to know the range of these are NEVER anywhere in the ballpark of what's advertised. I've flown hundreds of km's in many different locations with my Mini 2. I've never flown a mile without losing signal, and it's often a bad signal at a quarter of that.
6:45 In case of app failure, but RC is still connected, initiate RTH with the button on the remote (long-press the RTH/flight pause button). It will then move the drone back to the home point, and land. Even with DJI Fly dead.
This is the question I was gonna ask- What happens if the phone died but the remote control is still connected. I forgot about the RTH button 😋 But just out of curiosity... What happens if you don't initiate the return to home. Will it eventually do it when the batteries get low enough 🤔
@@snatr Eventually, when the drone calculates that it only has enough power to safely return home (this is done onboard the drone), it will return home, and there is no way to cancel without the app. You can still adjust the position of the drone with the RC.
@@snatr well you are able to change the mode when RC loses connection, but not with a app disconnection. If everything is operating normal though, you can abort the RTH, but it will do a forced landing if it only has enough energy to safely land in the same spot. These times can be shown in the battery menu if you need reference.
Great video! I wish i would have seen this yesterday. I was doing some flying around buildings and that combined with a cell phone tower caused me to lose connection with the remote. Having flown for only one day - I immediately freaked out because I could only see a black screen and "lost connection". Obviously i now know that once this happens, it will fly back to you after 20-30 seconds (and once it did, i regained connection).. but wow, talk about a heartstopping moment for me the first time this happened!
My iphone was facing the sun while i was flying my air 2. My phone went to "Temp too high iPhone needs to cool down". Although my phone was unable to be used while i was flying, the controls/buttons on the controller worked so i was able to safely RTH and safely land it without the camera/screen on. Boy i had a mini heart attack when my iphone screen went black while i was flying.
Fantastic video Aldryn explaining what to do when the seemingly unthinkable happens when airborne thank you, props to DJI it has to be said they've got the safety features nailed on, do you know if the same happens with the fpv drone?
FlyPath....I learned a lot in just this one video...I have watch a few of your videos and to me you one of BEST Drone training guy tutorials online....Thank You!! I should have been subscribe...So now you have a new SUBSCRIBER KEEP UP THE GOOD TRAINING.....FlyPath:)
About 20 minutes ago , I was way out over the Ocean and kept getting Signal lost all the the time , it was quite frustrating cause this never happened before ! I don't know what was going on , so I pulled up my Map View to see exactly where I was and then I pushed the Return To Home and after it got a few miles closer then i took over manually , This has never happened before but we had some really bad Weather all lastnight , don't know if this could be a factor but yeah. Things can happen when you least expect it .
now if they would get rid of the absurd mandatory geofencing Id never look at another manufacturer. However with it Im likely to never get another dji product.
I decided it was good idea to try out the circle quickshot in a backyard with trees (it wasn't) while it was just about 10 feet away, thinking it'd just go around in a tight circle. The minimum diameter was something like 40m, so it quickly turned into a panic as it headed sideways towards the perimeter of trees. Panic. Hit the button to abort! Nothing. Likely was hitting the function button instead of the big RTH abort button, as I don't usually use that button. I was probably just mindlessly pushing the usual button in the final few seconds, with the panicky realization of imminent disaster. Flew right into the thicket about 20 feet up. Needed binoculars to see the blinking led light with the Find me option turned on. Needed to climb up to get to it. Poison ivy all over the tree. Poison ivy all over me climbing up. Broken left arm after next folly of shaking the tree branches to dislodge it to send it crashing to the ground (Mini 2 arm, not mine). I should have had someone catch it coming down or some gentler reentry to Earth. $25 replacement arm from Amazon, and it's back. Know now what not to do again...
I’m glad you mentioned the battery on the remote control for what the use in having 10 spare batteries for the drone if the remote control goes down!? Does t make sense!
I had the app crash on me once while in flight. I'll be honest, it freaked me out! lol Luckily enough though the drone was only a few feet out from me, I was able to gain control of it right away once I relaunched the app. But yah... you certainly have to try your best to remain calm and not panic when you're presented with one of those situations, because at some point it will happen. Great tips Aldryn!👍
Great video. Things we all hope won't happen but know that at some point, WILL inevitably happen. I would probably stress the **** out. Helpful! Thanks for the informative stuff!!
Dude, a nice 'Kite' with a gimbal camera can't fly away, it's not unmanned and you don't need all the paperwork to fly it, some of them are very manuverable with two or more strings/lines for control.
Nice video, maybe next time show us the failsafe RTH accuracy for the route the aircraft return on, as per manual (page 15) it states the aircraft will fly backwards for 50m on its original flight route then ascend to preset RTH altitude and preform straight line RTH and also if within 20m it will just hover. Just something to keep in mind if there is no visual of the aircraft.
My HS175D drone has the same features auto return home if it loses the transmitter signal for 6 seconds, it will do the same if the battery gets critically low. As for the app well, you can fly it perfectly well without using the app at all, so I'm not sure what the purpose of that demo was unless of course, you just wanted to prove losing the app or your phone is no big deal. Great video though, I enjoyed watching it.
I've had what happened at 11 seconds in, in this video. It happened about 2 miles away from me at about 400 feet. Software and phone were fine. I didn't panic, but it took like 45 seconds before it re-connected. Of course I watched the video as soon as I flew it back to my location, and the camera itself was on the whole time, while the drone was just hovering in one place. You could tell in the video when it re-connected as I was yawing it left and right.
I have only had this happen once but I found it was due to a satellite loss or drop which happened for a minute or two and then my signal came back and brought how my drone. During the loss of signal I stopped my drone moving so it hovered until I could see the signal come back, it was not even that far from my house either
07:21. So if you can't restart the app but you still have control with the remote. You have a "visual" on the drone & can fly it back to you (home) using the sticks? You don't have a "visual" on drone can you press/hold the RTH button on the remote & have the drone RTH? Confirm. 8:48. Your phone dies (low battery). Basically you only lost the screen. Even if you don't have a "visual" on the drone, your remote is still powered & active & allows for full control of all buttons/sticks. With home point set by GPS...press/hold RTS button & drone will RTH? Confirm. Seems to be most important here is to ensure "Home point set"!
Last weekend i was flying my mini 2 and it was a hot sunny day. My iPhone crash from the heat!!! and it was a alarm on the screen telling me to shut it down to reduce the heat. it was tense man luckily it took time to unplug the phone....reduce the heat a little bit and re-connect in time to bring him back. but it was some long and desperate 20 minutes.. if i just had hit the RTH it would be so much easier, but at the time i was so desperate to turn the phone on and locate the drone in the air that i didn't even thought about it. but now ill never forget this tips!!! LOL Thanks
So glad you took us through these failure possibilities. Better to see them in a controlled situation, rather than freaking out when they happen you in the field. Thanks for the video.
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Happened to me today on my first flight. Can confirm, heart dropped and thought I lost my $1k investment within a few hours of ownership lol. Low battery prompt, disconnected from RC & lost visual. Thankfully it came back to a distance where it could connect back to the RC & RTH began
This is what I mean when I talk to my friends about the reliability of DJI drones. You can truly trust the safety features and the failsafe system built into these drones.
This doesn’t have safety features
@@yeoj_ the mini 2 doesn’t have obstacle avoidance or air sense. This drone only has the simple features. “lmAo”
@@joshdronephotography4060 they are safety features. you don't need obstacle avoidance most of the time when you are flying at 100+ feet and air sense is cool but not nessicary yet. I am not hating on the two features you mentioned and I actually user both of them on my ma2.
@@JG-oc9gc yeah but the mini 2 isn’t crazy with technology as other drones are,
@@joshdronephotography4060 no but it still has safety features. So don’t say it doesn’t.
Happened to me too when i was 2km away over a lake in the mountains. Was scared as hell when my phone suddenly shut off. I then used my mobile battery to charge my phone to 4% while my drone RTH. When it was back, i was able to land it with my phone again. Didn't use the drone for a couple of days after that experience lol
You can charge your phone frome the remote, there's an option for that in the app
thats why friends dont let friends use apple junk lol. This is easily avoided by default on android. However i do wish there was an option to turn it off since my tripletek tablet doesnt need to be charged from the remote LOL
Strange that the I phone app has more options than Android, usually it's the reverse. No option to turn off phone charging by the controller in Android.
@@mysticaldragon2740 who said it was apple?
The iPhone will always boot up when connected to power. In this case, the RC was charging the iPhone so it booted back up.
The safety features built into these are no doubtedly remarkable.Especially when the app crashes the drone is able to stay put without crashing down.
Well why would the drone start crashing/falling? It's just the display, you still have full control over the motors and even gimble. And even THEN if you turn your RC off if you have it set to auto RTH after 10 seconds it will come back to the home point.
The same thing happened to me in the middle of my real estate shoot. Very annoying. Thanks for all you do brother.
This is for new pilots! There's no need to panic in case the drone disconnects. The RTH will engage no matter what.
So what? There's always newbie for everything. Go chill out.
RTH will never automatically comes up see my video in above comment drone crash
That is not true. I've had 2 different occasions when I lost connection one occasion i was literally right beside the drone and it veered to the right and smashed into a wall
@@rizzleriz4457 Yes. So I'm saying this is something newbies should take note of. No one's mad.
@@zakarismith917 the distance between you and the drone must be at a minimum of 20 meters to work rth function. Be aware of that that
I am a new flyer with the DJ I mini 2. I have been flying it for a couple of weeks now with no issues. With everything charged up I took it out for a short flight and brought it back due to a Highwind warning. I landed it and retrieved it and there was a message on the screen saying the aircraft processing ship had overheated and shut the aircraft down. Have you ever seen that before? I had only been flying maybe for 15 minutes
Great job! You explained it absolutely perfectly! A lot of flyers get very nervous about a disconnect, hopefully after watching this video, some of those fears will be suppressed!
Can confirm.. first app disconnection happened to me today thus the reason I'm here.. had no idea what RTH entailed.. feel so much better now
Hi, New to flying the Mini2 myself. What I missed in your video was the point that if the app or the phone did crash and you really wanted to
eeded to bring it back you could always just hit the RTH buton and it would bring it back to you as long as the home point was programmed before you left the area. I'm sure there are plenty of new pilots that would go into panic mode when this happened.
Have seen many videos before buying dji mini 2. Yours is the only one that i came across which shows what happens when remote shuts off. Fantastic
That will pucker up your hindside! Great tips Aldryn. Always good for new pilots and a good reminder for seasoned pilots.
All the effort you’ve put into your channel is really showing btw. Your vid’s are top quality now, your shots are all very creative and not distracting (ie where you’re aware of the drone/ cameras movements the whole time). You’re always full of useful information and you communicate it very well to us the audience. Just figured I’d point out good work when I see it 👍
Means a lot 🙏
Great stuff Aldryn , this exact scenario happened to me only 5 days ago on my 1st serious flight in Sydneys west over a densly populated neighbourhood and it was out of site , the App just stopped , so i quickly rebooted the phone as i couldn't navigate out of the app to go back to my home screen , all i saw were hundred dollar bills floating away .But once i got the app back up i regained control and quickly packed it up and had a quick beer :)
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the mini 2 of just the mini?
Brand new drone pilot, got my license and a mavic 2 pro and smart controller and 3rd time out i got aircraft not connected and it stopped over a railway track and stayed there about 800 feet away. Could not control the drone with sticks and such. Walked closer and closer about 5 minutes. Was stuck over the tracks. Eventually I shut down the smart controller and restarted it. After it booted the drone finally started its return home. Nothing more confidence inspiring as a new flyer than the tech failing. Still have no idea why and its never happened again. After that I have deliberately done the same things in this video to be comfortable with dealing with failures. I also ruled out interference, knowing that microwave corridors exist and recreated the same flight path over and over and nothing.
Before take off, you must be sure to set "Signal Lost" to "Return to Home" , not “Hover” in “Advanced Safety settings” on DJI Fly app. Otherwise it may cause serious problems or crash the drone if RC keeps disconnecting with the drone.
Great job here Aldryn! I grab my mini 2 and air 2s from the front of the drone, grab the front of the body on the bottom, so I can easily get a grip on it without the sensors even seeing my hand! Works well for me. Thanks for sharing this bud!
Good tip!
@@FlytPath Your the best at these detailed tutorials man! Keep it up!
Same thing happened to me the other day, I was in Cefalù and I flew my drone from the port over the city and my Mini 2 signal got blocked because of the buildings, I couldn’t see where it went. Luckily I had set the RTH high enough to clear the buildings as I don’t want to be crashing into a 900 year old church 😅 Great informative video! It’s a scary situation haha
Just had this happen today. Thankfully RTH kicked in, connection never returned until restarting phone, drone and remote. Oddly I was able to regain flight control when it came overhead even with RC not connected and frozen video.
Tip for grabbing your drone to land it:
It is best you are doing it with the camera facing towards you because:
- the sensors are further in the back , if you grab the drone from the front they might not even be triggered
- the propellers in front of the drone are higher than the ones in the back - less risk of accidentally sticking your fingers in the propeller
Thank you for this. It helps SO MUCH of my anxiety around flying my mini 2. I had a cable lose connection today and nearly lost my mind. Thankfully in line of sight so I was able to land it and fix the issue but 99% of my anxiety has been around just suddenly having it disappear into the ether. This makes me feel so much better
If this happens it's always important to stay in control of yourself and your emotions. Don't give in to a resignation mindset "nothing I do matters" or "I've lost control of the situation."
Take stock of the situation and evaluate the options available to you. If app crashes and you still have control of the aircraft, use RTH (if you can safely do so) or manually fly it back to you and land it. That's part of why VLOS Flight is so important.
It's also important that checking your safety setting and going over lost link procedures is important during each preflight check.
All great tips Aldryn, and I wish you'd have made this video back before my DJI Fly app crashed on me during my third ever drone flight.
The reason why the RC turned your phone back on at 10:00 is because iPhones always power on again when plugged into a charger and the RC acts as a charge source for the iPhone.
Over the last 3+ years of flying different drones using a variety of different devices (IOS, Android) I have experienced all these scenarios at one time or another. The one constant
thing I always reminded myself: take a breath, stay calm and think logically about what just happened. In all but one of the 7-8 times this has happened, all turned out well. The one time
it didn't: Autel Evo RC failed. Evo was 50 ft away 12ft height. No biggie. Trying to restart to RC, the drone went into RTH. I watched it fly straight up from 12 ft into a tree branch at 45ft.
The landing was not pretty. Good video, Aldyn. I still, after all this time, have not hand launched/landed a drone. I have a thing about blood.
Even after flying for so long, it’s hard for me to stay calm. Lol
My mini se RTH into top of tall tree today lol
I knocked it down with sticks🤣
Just happened to me with DJI mini 2. Same thing. Made me realize that cheap Chinese drones are the way to go. All of these are disposable so pay vey little.
@@jjmcwill1881get dji care
Today for the first time of flying I lost connection. Upon looking at the footage the drone instantly activated Return to Home and flew back to me seamlessly. It’s an amazing product.
Twice I had to grab the drone and flip it to turn it off it scared the daylights out of me and that's in part to me trying it once in cutting myself on the blade slightly. I'm also looking at getting rear lights for my air two should I get red or green or a mixture of both from fire House technology? I have two white LEDs for the front and a blinker which includes white red and green for the top.
Every flight with the mini 2 I experience app crash with my samsung s9, and not always the app connects back to the drone, but lackily the remote most of the time stay connected. Thanks for this life saving video!
I just love when I encountered this problem and immediately came to the realization that I’m about to learn the hard way because I am to stubborn and impatient to actually take the time to read through thoroughly in order to make sure I know exactly how all the important features work so I don’t do something like idk… hit a tree branch and land in my roofing gutter..😮
TY. Wish I saw this yesterday. Phone died, I panicked & lost line of sight (500m+), rushing for my charger bank, plugging in phone & praying that M2 was still in place... I should not panic, & trust #DJI
I love the subtle product placement for the Flytpath drone bags. ;) Nice touch!
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Aldryn - I recently won the GPC case for my MA2. I sent you and GPC both a letter of thanks via email and on both of your FB pages. It's not as big as I thought it was going to be and really is convenient to travel with. It's absolutely perfect. If/when I upgrade to another drone, getting a GPC case is just a must. Thanks again brother, love it!
Awesome david
I freaked out when this happened to me flying around a mountain. Rc connection lost a few minutes later it reconnected and was coming back to me awesome features.
I was flying my Mini 2 today and the batteries on my RC was pretty low so I landed it immediately as it gave me major anxiety, but after watching this I now know that it will activate RTH. Thanks for this video!!
Yeah you need to practice it. Just like he did in the video. Then you have confidence in it.
Where I fly capturing wildlife footage its tons of trees. I go through a full disconnect and RTH numerous times each flight! I've actually coined a maneuver. "Drop Down Maneuver". When I find a target and want that close up footage I check the surroundings, get centered in the closest open area, ( if I'm not directly over my target I adjust the angle of the camera to where I think my target will be in frame. ) then drop straight down at 1-2 mph depending on the situation and altitude. It will disconnect. 11 seconds later initiate RTH and reconnect as soon as it regains signal. I cancel RTH and do it again until im satisfied I think I got my shot.
Then I review the footage and choose the best one. Sometimes they all come out great.
DJI has GREAT safety features!
Thanks. Didn’t know that tipping the drone to the side like that would initiate auto-shutoff. Lesson learned, and another tool in the kit!
Same!
Not advisable though if you have a landing gear accessory attached. It may detach once you flip it sending your drone crashing.
Once while flying over the ocean my phone (secondary) died. I could have hit the return to home button but I just switched to my primary phone and continued.
Great Ideal as spare a phone when playing
Another great video Aldryn. Lost my screen on my mini 4 once while flying my mini. I could see the drone so just manually landed it. You demonstrated these possible failures so well.
Hello Aldryn,
I hope your day is going well.
Two things.
1. At 10:00, the phone is supposed to turn on because it is charging, and it can not charge when the phone is turned off.
2. One question, Can you also flip the DJI Mavic Air 2 around to shut off the motors (Emergency Shutoff)? 4:06
Thank you, and have a great rest of your day.
My mini 2 was saved by return to home. I was flying over a lake, and flew into a cove where I lost connection. The return to home kicked in, and the drone flew back to me.
So far I think this is one of the more important videos when it comes to drone handling I saw. :)
DJI doesn't disappoint but thank you for the reminder it is a life saver when your remote/phone taps out and for a few minutes you are 😬! I would love to see a review on the smart controller and mini 2. thank for all your videos and great info.
My mini had low battery warning so i was bringing it back. I lost sight and it flew right over me. Couldnt get back to me as now it was in a headwind. I landed it in some grass at %7 battery. And the app showed me where to pick it up. It was kind of scary but pretty neat how well it worked.
Once I had the same experience 😄
Great tips on how to hand catch. Thanks, Aldryn.
I'm a new Mini 2 owner and now I have a greater understanding of how it behaves in these scenarios, I feel a lot happier flying it. Thank you. Subscribed.
Great video and tips friend Aldryn, great for new drone people!!!, cheers.
Thanks 👍
Great video! 3 scenarios I won’t need to test now :). Well done
Flytpath that was a Great Video On the Mini 2 ! So far I haven't had any Bad Luck either ! Your always Great on your Videos ! Thanks Dave !
thanks for the video . I was searching for such a video where these features are tested and I seriously couldn't find one . Great explanation too , thanks once again.
Gréât important info. The best advice I got was to never panic and start smashing buttons and going crazy with the joy sticks. You want the drone to do its thing. Thé drone probably waits to give you a chance to replace the battery or whatever. I wonder if there is a way to set the wait time. I think the ideal would be 3 minutes or less, depending on how much battery is left in the drone. It needs enough battery to get back.
It was simply awesome brow.. 5 min ago my mini 2 just was delivered, and thid video is helping me to hook all things up and be ready for anything ahead.
Thank you so much for this video. Just bought the mini 2 se and was feeling scared to let her fly too far. It has been so helpful to see you test all the fail safes this drone comes with. Thank you.
I've been flying my two Mini 2's for a few years now. The only thing that has ever happened is the app stopping. No big deal, I just restart it and it doesn't happen again. I normally fly 4 to 6 batteries, so when the app shuts down it only happens the one time and it's no problem..just stay calm and deal with it 😀
The grab and shut off was too funny!
This is a great confidence builder, unless you fly your drone into something there is technically no way to lose it.
amazing and helpful content as always, aldryn! thank you
People need to know the range of these are NEVER anywhere in the ballpark of what's advertised. I've flown hundreds of km's in many different locations with my Mini 2. I've never flown a mile without losing signal, and it's often a bad signal at a quarter of that.
Really? I’ve often been able to fly up to 2.5km with decent signal
Thanks for the tips. My first flight with this baby tomorrow morning. Feels like a real Christmas.
Thanks for the video I ordered me a Dji mini 2 and cant wait to get it , keep the videos coming buddy.
6:45
In case of app failure, but RC is still connected, initiate RTH with the button on the remote (long-press the RTH/flight pause button). It will then move the drone back to the home point, and land. Even with DJI Fly dead.
This is the question I was gonna ask- What happens if the phone died but the remote control is still connected. I forgot about the RTH button 😋 But just out of curiosity... What happens if you don't initiate the return to home. Will it eventually do it when the batteries get low enough 🤔
@@snatr Eventually, when the drone calculates that it only has enough power to safely return home (this is done onboard the drone), it will return home, and there is no way to cancel without the app. You can still adjust the position of the drone with the RC.
@@mini2flyerau Cool. I thought it might just auto-land right where it was hovering. Thanks 👍
@@snatr well you are able to change the mode when RC loses connection, but not with a app disconnection. If everything is operating normal though, you can abort the RTH, but it will do a forced landing if it only has enough energy to safely land in the same spot. These times can be shown in the battery menu if you need reference.
Great video! I wish i would have seen this yesterday. I was doing some flying around buildings and that combined with a cell phone tower caused me to lose connection with the remote. Having flown for only one day - I immediately freaked out because I could only see a black screen and "lost connection".
Obviously i now know that once this happens, it will fly back to you after 20-30 seconds (and once it did, i regained connection).. but wow, talk about a heartstopping moment for me the first time this happened!
just bought one.. can't wait to fly
My iphone was facing the sun while i was flying my air 2. My phone went to "Temp too high iPhone needs to cool down". Although my phone was unable to be used while i was flying, the controls/buttons on the controller worked so i was able to safely RTH and safely land it without the camera/screen on. Boy i had a mini heart attack when my iphone screen went black while i was flying.
Appreciate these tests thank you
Fantastic video Aldryn explaining what to do when the seemingly unthinkable happens when airborne thank you, props to DJI it has to be said they've got the safety features nailed on, do you know if the same happens with the fpv drone?
FlyPath....I learned a lot in just this one video...I have watch a few of your videos
and to me you one of BEST Drone training guy tutorials online....Thank You!!
I should have been subscribe...So now you have a new SUBSCRIBER
KEEP UP THE GOOD TRAINING.....FlyPath:)
Number one rule: Wait for drone to acquire RTH before you fly off.
Aldryn - never a misstep with your excellent videos. This was a very important one - thanks for those reassurances
These informations about the RTH and issues with the smartphone/controller are exactly what I was searching for. Thank you!!
Thanks for the vid. I would have liked to have seen if it would just land by itself in RTH. If you hadn't put your hand under it.
Just purchased the mini 2 from watching your videos thanks for the advice keep up the good work
Great video. Thanks for giving me confidence in my equipment!
About 20 minutes ago , I was way out over the Ocean and kept getting Signal lost all the the time , it was quite frustrating cause this never happened before ! I don't know what was going on , so I pulled up my Map View to see exactly where I was and then I pushed the Return To Home and after it got a few miles closer then i took over manually , This has never happened before but we had some really bad Weather all lastnight , don't know if this could be a factor but yeah. Things can happen when you least expect it .
Thx for a great recap bro. MUCH Appreciated
Thank you for all the tips sir aldryn. 😊
Thanks for the video and especially for the hint of how to catch it and rotate on 180 degrees to shut the motors off. Like!
@FlyPath - Thanks for the videos! I'm a beginner and I love your channel!
I just got a mini too and absolutely love it thanks for your information
More reasons to love the Mini 2 (and all DJI)
now if they would get rid of the absurd mandatory geofencing Id never look at another manufacturer. However with it Im likely to never get another dji product.
@@mysticaldragon2740 Hi, mini 2 owner here (newbie tho) what do you mean by "mandatory geofencing"? :)
This is like the 15th "Mini 2" video I've watched, and NONE of the others even came close to mentioning what happens after comms failure.
Fantastic Information!
Happy Flying
My zoom and mini 2 have done that many times to me. First time was a pucker but once I realized everything was ok then I started to stop panicing
I decided it was good idea to try out the circle quickshot in a backyard with trees (it wasn't) while it was just about 10 feet away, thinking it'd just go around in a tight circle. The minimum diameter was something like 40m, so it quickly turned into a panic as it headed sideways towards the perimeter of trees.
Panic. Hit the button to abort! Nothing. Likely was hitting the function button instead of the big RTH abort button, as I don't usually use that button. I was probably just mindlessly pushing the usual button in the final few seconds, with the panicky realization of imminent disaster.
Flew right into the thicket about 20 feet up. Needed binoculars to see the blinking led light with the Find me option turned on. Needed to climb up to get to it. Poison ivy all over the tree. Poison ivy all over me climbing up. Broken left arm after next folly of shaking the tree branches to dislodge it to send it crashing to the ground (Mini 2 arm, not mine). I should have had someone catch it coming down or some gentler reentry to Earth.
$25 replacement arm from Amazon, and it's back. Know now what not to do again...
Some times we all need that reminder, and as usual a very good one again from you. Thank you.
Everytime i land this beast on my hand it feels like im trying to tame a cute little cat who just doesn't want to come near me
I’m glad you mentioned the battery on the remote control for what the use in having 10 spare batteries for the drone if the remote control goes down!? Does t make sense!
I had the app crash on me once while in flight. I'll be honest, it freaked me out! lol Luckily enough though the drone was only a few feet out from me, I was able to gain control of it right away once I relaunched the app. But yah... you certainly have to try your best to remain calm and not panic when you're presented with one of those situations, because at some point it will happen. Great tips Aldryn!👍
Great video. Things we all hope won't happen but know that at some point, WILL inevitably happen. I would probably stress the **** out. Helpful! Thanks for the informative stuff!!
Dude, a nice 'Kite' with a gimbal camera can't fly away, it's not unmanned and you don't need all the paperwork to fly it, some of them are very manuverable with two or more strings/lines for control.
Excellent Video Aldryn!! Great Information!! It's good to see you back again!!
Nice video, maybe next time show us the failsafe RTH accuracy for the route the aircraft return on, as per manual (page 15) it states the aircraft will fly backwards for 50m on its original flight route then ascend to preset RTH altitude and preform straight line RTH and also if within 20m it will just hover. Just something to keep in mind if there is no visual of the aircraft.
Well there really shouldn't be a situation where you or anyone else has no visual if you fly responsible
My HS175D drone has the same features auto return home if it loses the transmitter signal for 6 seconds, it will do the same if the battery gets critically low. As for the app well, you can fly it perfectly well without using the app at all, so I'm not sure what the purpose of that demo was unless of course, you just wanted to prove losing the app or your phone is no big deal. Great video though, I enjoyed watching it.
Lol. It’s like it gave a startled scream when you grabbed it from behind.
Awesome video, and info! Thanks again!
Thanks so much for this video, it was super helpful.
I've had what happened at 11 seconds in, in this video. It happened about 2 miles away from me at about 400 feet. Software and phone were fine. I didn't panic, but it took like 45 seconds before it re-connected. Of course I watched the video as soon as I flew it back to my location, and the camera itself was on the whole time, while the drone was just hovering in one place. You could tell in the video when it re-connected as I was yawing it left and right.
thank you for all your info on this matter i just got my dji mini 2 and i am really enjoying it its good to know what to do in a panic thanks agian!!!
you should discuss about when you lose gps signal
I have only had this happen once but I found it was due to a satellite loss or drop which happened for a minute or two and then my signal came back and brought how my drone. During the loss of signal I stopped my drone moving so it hovered until I could see the signal come back, it was not even that far from my house either
Great video, very thorough. Thanks!
07:21. So if you can't restart the app but you still have control with the remote.
You have a "visual" on the drone & can fly it back to you (home) using the sticks?
You don't have a "visual" on drone can you press/hold the RTH button on the remote & have the drone RTH? Confirm.
8:48. Your phone dies (low battery). Basically you only lost the screen. Even if you don't have a "visual" on the drone, your remote is still powered & active & allows for full control of all buttons/sticks.
With home point set by GPS...press/hold RTS button & drone will RTH? Confirm.
Seems to be most important here is to ensure "Home point set"!
Thank you for shairing this real life, albeit scary scenarios for fliers. Very informative
Last weekend i was flying my mini 2 and it was a hot sunny day.
My iPhone crash from the heat!!!
and it was a alarm on the screen telling me to shut it down to reduce the heat.
it was tense man
luckily it took time to unplug the phone....reduce the heat a little bit and re-connect in time to bring him back.
but it was some long and desperate 20 minutes..
if i just had hit the RTH it would be so much easier, but at the time i was so desperate to turn the phone on and locate the drone in the air that i didn't even thought about it.
but now ill never forget this tips!!! LOL
Thanks