As a veteran FPV drone pilot, I love seeing the amazement and ingenuity new FPV pilots have when solving their problems. Using Mavics as rescue drones is a bit of a tradition in the FPV world. Perhaps even a right of passage. The smile and joy at the end when you finally get the drone back and realize that it's pretty much still works is what makes this hobby so great. Thanks for sharing your adventure and happiness in this video!
@@Formulemedia There are a lot of ways to recover dromes. Depending on where you're stranded, different approaches will work. A mavic drone with hooks or a net work great for drones that are lying on roofs what are difficult to access. Drones that get caught in trees can be recovered by climbing a tree so ladders are a great way to get there but if you're not ready to risk your life just yet, a rope with a water bottle serves as an easy (but very portable) way to get access to a branch in the tree that you can then start pulling hoping the drone falls out. There's also long sticks (dronegrabber?) that you can buy. They are a bit more expensive than a rope but typically a bit more effective in the tree scenario. Joshua Bardwell made a video about that a few years ago, going over the several ways you can recover a drone. The one thing that ALWAYS comes in handy in the process is HOPE and some positive energy though! Hope this helps you get some insight in the funny advenctures us drone nerds have when things go south 🤣
@@roylaon Both or fine frames to fly with. Personally I am a big fan of the GepRC MK5. It's been very good for me but the nazgul is very popular as well. The internals can differ depending on where you buy it or who built it so there's not real simple answer here. Just look up the parts that will be in there and see if they fit your requirements (4S vs 6S, your RX protocol, your goggle's protocol, etc) and obviously your budget. One thing that I do think could come in handy is checking if you can source replacements parts for that drone easily in your location. You will be doing this so it's worth figuring out if you can fix the drone easily once you've flown/crashed it. Hope this helps! Happy flying!
This is Awesome! Well done you! Great storytelling, great rescue, and the commercial was just the cherry on top. I am happy that you manage to lift this drone. Well done Peter! 👏👏👏👏👍👍🖖
This is my greatest fear when flying my FPV drones. I typically don't get "epic" footage because I'm so scared to lose my drones. 😢 I can feel the disappointment in your tone and see it in your face when you crash. I feel for you there. Then the excitement when you get it rescued... Unbelievable happy moment! This rescue is amazing! Already scheming on testing out my own rescue setup with my Air 2S. 😆
Very entertaining and seriously impressive precision flying! I'm just wondering: if the magnet was stuck to the FPV drone and it would've gotten stuck, or the Mavic fell below the maximum towing power, how would you have been able to release the FPV drone so you could get the Mavic 3 back to safety? I suppose you could lower the drone first to release tension from the rope and then fly upwards quickly so the magnet snaps off? Curious to hear how you tackled this!
@@PeterLindgren1 dude! wish you would upload the footage of that! I was thinking you dropped tension off the string and maneuvered so the loop came off the hook on the magnet. So you determined before flight what strength string to use first?
What a *comeback* after the vacation, wonderfull storytelling, having some time off obviously did you good :) Also, just wanted to take this opportunity to leave a big, fat THANK YOU!! for all the inspiration, great content and constant motivation over the past 3-4-ish years. I FINALLY managed to finish my *first proper edit*, and UPLOAD last weekend as well - Because of all your videos (especially, but not limited to, the poker b-roll, but everything else as well) I've discovered a whole new world of 'can do' and some other great and entertaining creators as well, and it have finally culiminiated in a proper video on my own channel, and now the grind begins ... So THANK YOU again, very much looking forward to the run up to the next chapter with the house studio and where it's all going, have a great end of summer :D
It's funny this pops up because just I few days ago, I did just about the same thing, except using my original Mavic Mini. Tied a long string to the bottom of it with a rock tied on to the bottom. It was a rescue mission to get a Mavic Mini 3 pro out of a tall tree. It lifted the rock quite well. I was impressed with it. It didn't end up working through, so I had to climb the tree almost all the way up which was a little tough, but I got it.
I'm curious if you had a plan if the magnets stuck, but the mavic could not lift the load? I guess trying to unhook the magnets could work, like what happened by accident.
did the vtx survive too? thats the thing that tends to burn out smart move to not tie the magnets to tied otherwise you could have been teathered to the drone if it got stuck ^^ i think the motors are magnetic too?
at 9:34 you start lifting the drone, then you say that the battery of the mavic was running flat and you therefore aborted the lift.. How did you detach from the drone with the magnet?
Lowered the drone to release tension of the string, then pulled up as fast as I could. The force of the drone going up made the magnet loose it’s grip.
Nice job Peter! I've had to do the same kind of rescue before from a drone stuck on a 3 story apartment roof, but I used an improvised Hook on a short string. My biggest fear was the hook would get stuck on something and now I've lost two drones.
@@PeterLindgren1 Well, I'd rather have the test show a lower lifting capacity than what the drone can actually lift than have the test show a higher lifting capacity than what it can lift in the field. I probably would have used a hook made from a coat hanger as that should weigh less than the magnets, but your idea was a neat one. I've never seen anyone else use that method. Good job on the creativity.
At 7:46 you said that the only magnetic part on a drone are the screws. I haven't finished watching the video at this point, but I hope you know by now that the motors are extremely magnetic.
Hej Peter tack för en rolig video 🙏🏽 Står inför köpet mellan Nazgul Evoque v2 vs GepRc Mark5 och undrar vilken du skulle rekommendera mellan de två? Mvh
Hey Peter, thank you for all the amazing content. I have a question I can’t seem to find the answer anywhere. Can I buy just a DJI controler, use it with their simulator software and only buy the drone and goggles once I feel confident with flying or do I have to buy the full kit all at once?
@@PeterLindgren1 okay. Thx. I get you. well done. I was also worried about what would happen if you ran into some other metal etc. you’ve answered that also. ☺️👍👏👏
I used a Mavic with a magnet in the same way to retrieve a set of keys that had gotten tossed into the gutter on a three-story apartment building. One thing that I did was to use a servo-controlled remote "dropper" to attach the string to the rescue drone. I was very concerned that without the ability to break free of the line I might get the rescue Mavic stuck if the magnet attached to a heavier object or if the keys became tangled on the way out of the gutter. The dropper gave me a failsafe in that I could release the string and abandon the magnet if needed to save my Mavic.
good idea. BTW falloutdjsteve, what do you think about all gubments drawing a line around you(Antarctic Treaty) and saying you are not allowed to leave? If you don't know what I mean, read my about tab.
Just ordered one of those magnets for my drone recovery pole. The motors are also super magnetic and would have been where I probably would have tried first. Drone recovery and dropping fishing lures out to sea would be a great reason to get my old phantom working again. Not sure if I'd have taken the chance with a Mavic 3 unless I had a way to break away if the magnet got stuck.
Alternative solution: Package delivery harness on drones like Mavic series, hang hook/line from package delivery harness, if the line gets snagged, you can release the line and prevent losing a 2nd drone.
As a veteran FPV drone pilot, I love seeing the amazement and ingenuity new FPV pilots have when solving their problems. Using Mavics as rescue drones is a bit of a tradition in the FPV world. Perhaps even a right of passage. The smile and joy at the end when you finally get the drone back and realize that it's pretty much still works is what makes this hobby so great. Thanks for sharing your adventure and happiness in this video!
Interesting point! How do you usually recollect them? With magnets too?
@@Formulemedia There are a lot of ways to recover dromes. Depending on where you're stranded, different approaches will work. A mavic drone with hooks or a net work great for drones that are lying on roofs what are difficult to access. Drones that get caught in trees can be recovered by climbing a tree so ladders are a great way to get there but if you're not ready to risk your life just yet, a rope with a water bottle serves as an easy (but very portable) way to get access to a branch in the tree that you can then start pulling hoping the drone falls out. There's also long sticks (dronegrabber?) that you can buy. They are a bit more expensive than a rope but typically a bit more effective in the tree scenario. Joshua Bardwell made a video about that a few years ago, going over the several ways you can recover a drone. The one thing that ALWAYS comes in handy in the process is HOPE and some positive energy though! Hope this helps you get some insight in the funny advenctures us drone nerds have when things go south 🤣
@@roylaon Both or fine frames to fly with. Personally I am a big fan of the GepRC MK5. It's been very good for me but the nazgul is very popular as well. The internals can differ depending on where you buy it or who built it so there's not real simple answer here. Just look up the parts that will be in there and see if they fit your requirements (4S vs 6S, your RX protocol, your goggle's protocol, etc) and obviously your budget. One thing that I do think could come in handy is checking if you can source replacements parts for that drone easily in your location. You will be doing this so it's worth figuring out if you can fix the drone easily once you've flown/crashed it. Hope this helps! Happy flying!
So many epic fpv drone recoveries from you Peter! Glad to see this one survived
Hahahaha!!
@@PeterLindgren1 hope you made a drone cash and recovery playlist on your channel
seems an unspoken rule of flying drones, if there is even the littlest obstacle that you might crash into, your drone WILL find it.
This is Awesome! Well done you! Great storytelling, great rescue, and the commercial was just the cherry on top. I am happy that you manage to lift this drone. Well done Peter! 👏👏👏👏👍👍🖖
What a Rescue! That was amazing!!!!
Your genuine hard laughter was so great to watch :)
Best video ever! Especially the sponsorship! 😂
Thanks buddy 😂
love the acting Peter would like to see more of that!
This is my greatest fear when flying my FPV drones. I typically don't get "epic" footage because I'm so scared to lose my drones. 😢
I can feel the disappointment in your tone and see it in your face when you crash. I feel for you there. Then the excitement when you get it rescued... Unbelievable happy moment!
This rescue is amazing! Already scheming on testing out my own rescue setup with my Air 2S. 😆
They aren't that expensive (assuming you are building yourself). Risking 300 bucks for an amazing shot is not so bad as far as videography goes.
Unbelievable
The King of Drone rescues!
Hahahaha 😂
And *finally* some proper Kurt Olsson-Göteborsk-English as well, great Sponsorship-segment :)
Ajjemeeeeen!
@@PeterLindgren1 … «Men Herr Lindgren, hur bredt har ni egentligen filmat?»
Most wholesome and authentic laugh ever at the end :))) Point of no return has been reached. U got urself a new follower now ;)
haha FANTASTIC video! Sat like clued to the screen the whole time 😂
How did u disconnect the magnet from the mk5 when the mavic couldn't lift it?
Lowered the drone and then quickly pulled up. Made the magnet come loose
I thought for a moment how bad it would be if u couldn't connect it. But you'd probably need a much more solid connection for it to not come loose
You earned a problem solving degree there, my friend. Great job!
Who would have thought a video about rescuing a FPV drone could be so entertaining? Lol great job Peter!
Ingenuity and luck 🍀 congrats on getting the drone back 🎉
bro looked like he was about to cry when he lost it i can feel his pain everyone who has lost an fpv know that
Best ad inside the middle of video from artlist, that was super cool, i always skip those, but this one i watched even 3 x :D
Hahaha thank you 🙌🏼!
OMG. Talk about a nail biter. Love a happy ending. Loved this, Peter. I was punching the air at the end. Great job 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This video has officially earned my subscription
Bro this remembered me the Casey Neistat Vlog when he rescued his drone successfully. Great video! Didn’t knew how capable mavic 3 was lifting 💪
That Artlist commercial was 🔥🔥🔥
Very entertaining and seriously impressive precision flying! I'm just wondering: if the magnet was stuck to the FPV drone and it would've gotten stuck, or the Mavic fell below the maximum towing power, how would you have been able to release the FPV drone so you could get the Mavic 3 back to safety? I suppose you could lower the drone first to release tension from the rope and then fly upwards quickly so the magnet snaps off? Curious to hear how you tackled this!
That's exactly what i did, the tension of flying up fast made it loose grip. But if it were to get stuck, the string was weak enough to be ripped off!
@@PeterLindgren1 dude! wish you would upload the footage of that! I was thinking you dropped tension off the string and maneuvered so the loop came off the hook on the magnet.
So you determined before flight what strength string to use first?
Yep! @@WW5RM
This is a good advertisement for those magnets and the durability of the geprc. 👍👍
What a *comeback* after the vacation, wonderfull storytelling, having some time off obviously did you good :) Also, just wanted to take this opportunity to leave a big, fat THANK YOU!! for all the inspiration, great content and constant motivation over the past 3-4-ish years. I FINALLY managed to finish my *first proper edit*, and UPLOAD last weekend as well - Because of all your videos (especially, but not limited to, the poker b-roll, but everything else as well) I've discovered a whole new world of 'can do' and some other great and entertaining creators as well, and it have finally culiminiated in a proper video on my own channel, and now the grind begins ... So THANK YOU again, very much looking forward to the run up to the next chapter with the house studio and where it's all going, have a great end of summer :D
DUDE!!!! This was amazing!!!! I was actually cheering at the end. Well done! 🤘
This could be the best ad for the mavic 3 ever
Great story 🎉
That was so awesome!!!! Glad you were able to retrieve it.
Need subtitle translation for @10:38 😂😂😂
I love how the voice changes based on language that your speaking hahaha love the content ❤
Wow!!! Amazing work! Epic storytelling man!
Where is the mission impossible theme when it is needed :D
Good stuff, amazing job!
Why didnt you recover magnets ?
This was my first question
Well I couldn’t recover them without magnets 🤷🏻
what a thrilller Peter!!!🤣🤣
I’ve cut my fingers with those magnets clamping down and it catching the edge of it. Great job Peter!! Love the outside the box thinking💪🏼
Next mission rescue the lost magnets!! 😂
It's funny this pops up because just I few days ago, I did just about the same thing, except using my original Mavic Mini. Tied a long string to the bottom of it with a rock tied on to the bottom. It was a rescue mission to get a Mavic Mini 3 pro out of a tall tree. It lifted the rock quite well. I was impressed with it. It didn't end up working through, so I had to climb the tree almost all the way up which was a little tough, but I got it.
I'm so happy because of your drone :)
Great story telling. Almost feels like a tv show 😁💪🏻
Peter is a FPV god he's taught me a lot of what I know keep up the rad content
Beautifully told story! Thanks @peter!
It is a thriller, man!😮
Hey i was wondering how you were able to put in a new battery in the mavic if it was attatched to the fpv? 9:50
love the vids
Lowered the drone & quickly pushed up!
Amazing Peter ❤❤
This was epic. Well done for not giving up!
Woah!!! I felt as if I was there with you guys!!!
What about the magnets?!!! Have you rescued them as well? I was waiting for it 😂
Hi Peter, awesome vid as always. What are those things you have on the antennas of your goggles 2? Are they range extenders of some kind?
Awesome! This was so entertaining to watch!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 💪🏼
Should have used the inspire.
And risk getting that crashed 😂?
@@PeterLindgren1 Haha, that’s a point, but do you have the care pro?
That was AWESOME!!!
Brilliant idea man!!!
I'm curious if you had a plan if the magnets stuck, but the mavic could not lift the load? I guess trying to unhook the magnets could work, like what happened by accident.
Haha I did not 😂
Haha, sometimes the best successes come from just sending it 👌
At 10:00 how did you manage to get the mavic back to change battery, when it had the other drone connected to the magnet ???
Lower the drone to loosen the tension, lift fast and the magnet came loose.
@@PeterLindgren1 yes of course 👍... could see that the magnet did not grip that hard, at the end of the video
How did u get the mavic back once it was stuck to the drone but not enough power to lift it up
Lowered it and then pulled up fast so that the magnet let go 🤙🏼
did the vtx survive too? thats the thing that tends to burn out
smart move to not tie the magnets to tied otherwise you could have been teathered to the drone if it got stuck ^^
i think the motors are magnetic too?
Yup, everything works!
FPV quads are like race cars and camera drones are like safety cars
at 9:34 you start lifting the drone, then you say that the battery of the mavic was running flat and you therefore aborted the lift..
How did you detach from the drone with the magnet?
Lowered the drone to release tension of the string, then pulled up as fast as I could. The force of the drone going up made the magnet loose it’s grip.
Im Looking at my Mavic 3.
Its ready to RESCUE.
hahaha
Well done
Nice job Peter! I've had to do the same kind of rescue before from a drone stuck on a 3 story apartment roof, but I used an improvised Hook on a short string. My biggest fear was the hook would get stuck on something and now I've lost two drones.
Yeah, I was too scared to use a hook haha!
no turtle mode?
Was useless due to all the debris
This is awesome!
en fråga! jag är under 16 och tänker på att köpa en dji avata som väger 400 gram, måste jag registrera den?
This ad spot was incredible. 😂😂😂
So id you weigh the magnets and everything you lifted to get an accurate measure of what it lifted?
A total of 1010 grams!
@@PeterLindgren1 So it lifted more than in your test. I knew the Mavic 3 series could lift over it's own weight. Great job on the drone rescue.
Yup! As long as you had a fully charged battery, As soon as it went under 85% it reduced the lifting capacity significantly. @@thriftysurvivor6117
@@PeterLindgren1 Well, I'd rather have the test show a lower lifting capacity than what the drone can actually lift than have the test show a higher lifting capacity than what it can lift in the field.
I probably would have used a hook made from a coat hanger as that should weigh less than the magnets, but your idea was a neat one. I've never seen anyone else use that method. Good job on the creativity.
The hook would've been way too easy to get tangled up in to the branches =/@@thriftysurvivor6117
Great Video man!
At 7:46 you said that the only magnetic part on a drone are the screws. I haven't finished watching the video at this point, but I hope you know by now that the motors are extremely magnetic.
Yup, but you cant get a good grip on them. They’re too rounded to be able to have a secure lift grip. Trust me, I tried several times.
Hej Peter tack för en rolig video 🙏🏽
Står inför köpet mellan Nazgul Evoque v2 vs GepRc Mark5 och undrar vilken du skulle rekommendera mellan de två? Mvh
This is so epic 😂🙌
great interesting video mate. so entertaining. very different and engaging content mate. cheers
And how you turned off the magnets when the Mavic on a low battery couldn't lift it?
Lowered the drone and then raised it up fast as hell. Made it loose the grip
that was some serious precision flying but luckily you got it back with no damage
I may consider buying an inspire then :P glad you got it back
That was amazing, I literally had shivers up my spine. Your story telling is amazing. Thank you!
1:29 - 3:14 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hey Peter, thank you for all the amazing content. I have a question I can’t seem to find the answer anywhere.
Can I buy just a DJI controler, use it with their simulator software and only buy the drone and goggles once I feel confident with flying or do I have to buy the full kit all at once?
Yeah I did that with Velocidrone, but I recommend the Radiomaster Boxer, the DJI radio is crap...
Did you have a mechanism to release the magnet remotely? I mean how did you disconnect from the drone when you were low on battery.
Just full Throttle up. The magnet didn’t have enough of an area to grip on to hold down the mavic
@@PeterLindgren1 okay. Thx. I get you. well done. I was also worried about what would happen if you ran into some other metal etc. you’ve answered that also. ☺️👍👏👏
You could also save the lost magnets with a magnet if you haven't done that already :)
I'm certain the grip will be amazing
Grattis, grymt bra jobbat gubbZ
Nä fan vad coolt!!!! Sjukt att det funkade!!
Dude, you're laughing like a maniac. That's scary O_O
After 4 hours of trying, it was pure happiness.
10:00 wait ? how did you get the magnet off before flying back to change the battery ?!
Lowered the drone, then full force up
@@PeterLindgren1 ah thanks for explaining
I used a Mavic with a magnet in the same way to retrieve a set of keys that had gotten tossed into the gutter on a three-story apartment building. One thing that I did was to use a servo-controlled remote "dropper" to attach the string to the rescue drone. I was very concerned that without the ability to break free of the line I might get the rescue Mavic stuck if the magnet attached to a heavier object or if the keys became tangled on the way out of the gutter. The dropper gave me a failsafe in that I could release the string and abandon the magnet if needed to save my Mavic.
good idea.
BTW falloutdjsteve, what do you think about all gubments drawing a line around you(Antarctic Treaty) and saying you are not allowed to leave? If you don't know what I mean, read my about tab.
cool video but doesnt really make sense at some points how did u detached the drone from the magnet to go recharge the m3's battery
It wasn’t clamped on hard enough. I could just lower the drone to release the tension, then full force up.
The force made the magnet let go.
awesome man!
How did you pull off the magnet when you decided to refly with a new battery?
Lower the drone, then full thrust up.
How heavy was the drone??
Imagine the magnet gets hooked up on some branch of the tree.
Who's rescuing the Mavic 3 then?
Well, I guess we’ll find out if that happens 😎
Can you do the production stage of the video of throwing the lens in the air?
Just ordered one of those magnets for my drone recovery pole. The motors are also super magnetic and would have been where I probably would have tried first. Drone recovery and dropping fishing lures out to sea would be a great reason to get my old phantom working again. Not sure if I'd have taken the chance with a Mavic 3 unless I had a way to break away if the magnet got stuck.
Not close to good enough grip on the motors unfortunately!
Epic salvation 🚁😂💪
Everyone loves a happy ending 😎
lucky you - good job too !!! i lost a 5inch and all i had was a mini 2 , its a few months now and i still miss my lovely 5inch with vista 😒
Alternative solution: Package delivery harness on drones like Mavic series, hang hook/line from package delivery harness, if the line gets snagged, you can release the line and prevent losing a 2nd drone.
I just lost my Avata off a huge mountain. I might have to try this!
That is awesome. Congrats! Thanks for taking us along on the adventure.
Very nice rescue mission :) DId you retrieve the other dropped magnets as well now that you were already aceing it? :D