Made this mistake in my mini 3 pro and it emergency landed almost in the middle of a forest 1km away from home. Luckily I was able to redirect and make it land on the sidewalk of a road nearby and saved it
Pro Tip (I fly drones): when you're flying back, depending on the wind conditions as you are nearing the end of the battery life go to the maximum height that you are allowed to fly and definitely be flying in sport mode. You can override battery alarms and in sport mode you'll get the maximum speed. It will start to automatically land but as long as you are at maximum height, you can fly another good distance as it slowly descends. The joys of DJI :)
Aside from sport mode, flying near the ground or way up in the air can help you mitigate against wind. You can see if you're flying faster or slower high or down by the ground. I think many drone pilots have ran into situations like this, at least once in their learning journey I first ran into this when I was in the other side of a giant lake and while I had more than 50% battery I realized that there was a strong headwind and barely made it back. I found that there was a lot less wind down by the water, but it will try to automatically land at a certain point. So it's really helpful to fly up to maximum allowed height before it starts to auto land. This will give you some additional runway
rip the battery. I had mine die on me 200m in the air becasue a blizzard caught me 2k away while filming a mountian and the bottom sensors got covered and the drone refused to desend as it thought it was near the ground. Would not desend faster than landing speed. Luckly I managed to position it over a large snow bank which it fell softly into. Drone was fine. Battery died though. (DJI Air 2s)
That seems like a horrendous idea. Flying in sport mode and gaining altitude uses far more battery then just cruising along. The drone will initiate an auto land a lot sooner then if you flew it normally.
@@josephhacker6508 That hasn't been my experience. Particularly for the use case I shared and have personally experienced where DJI software forces you to land. I would rather it force land at me on land with a 1% battery than auto land into the water at 8%. Again, it's not about efficiency in this situation, it's about gaining the additional horizontal distance that you get as it auto-lands but you can keep moving horizontally (ie getting closer to land) than if you were flying along 10ft above the water. at 30mph, if it forces a landing due to low battery, and you're at 399ft up, we're talking a good 500-1000ft of distance. Just speaking from my own experiences with a DJI Phantom and Mavic.
@@mindless7577how do you know it was 1k? He doesn't say it anywhere in the story or in any of his posts? I think he meant to say "almost an expensive fail"
I don't want to bother you, but just a little trick to help you: I think, you could see the wind direction out there on the smoke of the ship. It was blowing away from you, if I see it right... Maybe that could be a hint for you next time to return earlier. You had great luck with the small fishing boats in reach. And most importantly: Have fun with your drone! :-)
A lot of these drone guys don't realize flying against the wind equates to almost double the battery power.. commercial drone flying 101. So yes the drone calculates it's gonna need that 35% or whatever to get back safely to home so it warns you, but in reality, it needs like 45%+..
@Slim Sheep I'm sure they realize it. Most drone guys are drone guys because they fly drones. I doubt this was his ll2nd time flying it. He simply just took a risk because he can obviously afford to get a new one of need be.
Ive been on this cruise. Its very nice in there. I would always wake up in a new place and eat breakfast on the balcony and watch the sunrise. Best experience ever.
I would be saying the same thing but he is not in FAA's airspace. So it doesn't matter about that. The real problem is "what if". What if there was a manned aircraft in the area...... one day, it most likley will happen. And accident that leads to a fatality.
@jdsstegman There is no airspace that is unregulated. It is either controlled or uncontrolled, meaning ATC is involved or not. All drone owners are supposed to register with FAA. It does not matter where you fly. The rule is you have to be able to see the drone at all times.
@brandonbass7105 FAA conducts the International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA), assessing the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of each country that has carriers operating to the United State. I look rules and regulations in Europe and Asia and both state visual line of sight must be kept. There is no way he could see that drone.
That's the rule of thirds, bud: 1/3 for the trip out and on station 1/3 for the ride back 1/3 for headwinds, inaccuracies in the battery meter, etc. You should have been headed home at 60%, not 40%.
This video went from me thinking it will be facts about a ship and I thought that would be interesting, then it turned into a cool cinematic of it which I also thought was cool and then it turned into some action thriller movie with a happy ending. This was an awesome video :D
what surprises me is he went 5 km off over the ocean to do a cinematic and my dude expected to return back with 40% battery. avoiding flying near water in general with drones, never know whats happening next.
tip for anyone who doesnt know, the orange is adjusted to how much battery its gonna take to return to your homepoint. Never let it get 5-10% below that or youll probably die before you can return.
If you’re going to fly that far out over water, I recommend getting a set of floats for your mavic. They’re about $20-$30 but will save your drone in a pinch
True story, I know the feeling exactly, it happened to me yesterday while catching the dawn through country side fields. I managed to get my Mini 3 Pro back almost at the very end of the battery and it's so scary. Especially because around 25% the Mini 3 Pro percentage goes down sooo fast!😱
But why didn’t the drone fly back completely to the take off zone ? Does not automatically calculate the distance to travel and the battery capacity and come back to the start point ? Asking as I’m new to drones and learning.
This happened to me in Gatlinburg Tennesee, was flying my mini 2 over a large lake and was returning to home, but the wind changed directions fighting the drone's RTH. I had it at a high enough altitude when it forced its landing, I skimmed it over trees and landed it on a connector road. When I got to it, the drone moved to the middle of the road hovering and a car was coming, thank goodness I got it
Love a happy ending. I had such a near miss too, got overconfident when there was 7%, but it dropped suddenly and engaged auto landing. Thankfully reached ashore in the nick of time.
infact, there are few way to prevent if really not enought time to come back. (1.spotmode. while it return home, push max speed forward and higher it, so when it landing, buy you a curve line giving sometimes forwarding. but not applicable for windy place. 2.if is windy place. closer to the ground is better, make it used lesses battery to return home. 3.manufacturer could have a tiny airpump to make a baloon pump. can activate it if really no choice. not to worry adding it will heavier the weight. it is very tiny like highschool project every final year. well~if you wanted to tight empty bottle below it before take off also can. 4.manufacturer could have waterprove spray for all electronic part inside. like some of the digital door circuit board to prevent weather and rain damage.) BUT, if giving you all those function, they won't be able to sale you the next drone. included camera using managetic connected function instead of wire so you can upgrade the camera without buyig new one everytime. same logic how Apple Magickeyboard connect it's ipad.
Keep in mind DJI limits the amount of power the drone gets when the battery gets low so if there is wind the drone wouldn’t be as strong as it is normally to combat wind
I'm not a drone pilot but I do have some understanding of aerodynamics. If you need to stretch battery life over distance it's better to go at low speeds since you use significantly less battery than at high speeds. This is because the higher velocity of an object through a liquid (air is a liquid) there is not only more force required but the force is actually squared. This is why if you move your hand through water at high speeds it uses a significant amount of energy but slow speed down only to probably half of that and it's almost effortless. This pilot may have used this technique but if he didn't, he could have probably made it to land if he had
Hey Pilot and flight instructor here (fixed wing though). While what you are saying is mostly correct, flying at lower speeds wont always increase range. Its a bit technical but you are welcome to read up on it (or message me if able). It is due to the drag curve. There is a speed at which the aircraft is most efficient. When headding into wind, its actualy better to speed up a little (from that most efficient point) as that will give you more range
@@deonfourie2828 oh yes I think that actually makes sense. If you maintain the drone's "most efficient" speed into a head wind, the wind will counteract that effective range.
I did this exact same thing last year!!!!!! I was on the Ningaloo coast in Western Australia and tried to fly my drone out to a whale spotting boat offshore. Got it out about 1700m then realised I might not make it back. Then I made the mistake of trying to fly it back in sports mode instead of using the return to home feature. That drone ended up in the water less than a 100 metres off shore. I went snorkelling that arvo to find it so we got it back but it was beyond repair.
Unbelievably, I once lost control of my drone over the ocean due to strong winds. Taking advantage of a lull, I lowered it close to the water and steered it back to shore, capturing sea lions swimming on the journey back.
What really limits these drones is the Shawty battery life, these batteries lasted at least an hour, then you could actually take advantage of the satellite distance you can travel.
You can turn off the auto landing (there is a setting in the DJI Go app) in these situations, also switch to sport mode, even tho it drains faster you will get more meters per % of battery. If you disable auto land you don’t need to fly high, slowly descending will allow you to get more of the drones energy into forward speed, most importantly don’t suddenly stop descending or change direction, all accelerations will take a lot of energy and might cause you to drop the battery to shutoff voltage.
Once at Tenerife I flew in to NFZ over sea and drone started landing in to water but I was able to flew back and crash it in to rocks so at least I recover SD card with unsaved files. Video clip from Tenerife is on my channel.
Expensive FAIL. I'm so happy that drone came back to me )
Thank God 🙏😌😌
and what the fuck is expensive about that!
@@tplays2528 Expensive for the rest of us flyers
But... it didn't. You had to go recover it, from private property.
So you paid the fisherman handsomely then since it was an expensive fail as you say?
50% to play
50% to return
That's how I roll
Not with a head wind
Made this mistake in my mini 3 pro and it emergency landed almost in the middle of a forest 1km away from home. Luckily I was able to redirect and make it land on the sidewalk of a road nearby and saved it
And a GoPro. @@RussianBot89
50/50
@@RussianBot89 makes sense, that sucks.... I suppose battery management requires more planning than expected
Pro Tip (I fly drones): when you're flying back, depending on the wind conditions as you are nearing the end of the battery life go to the maximum height that you are allowed to fly and definitely be flying in sport mode. You can override battery alarms and in sport mode you'll get the maximum speed. It will start to automatically land but as long as you are at maximum height, you can fly another good distance as it slowly descends.
The joys of DJI :)
Aside from sport mode, flying near the ground or way up in the air can help you mitigate against wind. You can see if you're flying faster or slower high or down by the ground.
I think many drone pilots have ran into situations like this, at least once in their learning journey
I first ran into this when I was in the other side of a giant lake and while I had more than 50% battery I realized that there was a strong headwind and barely made it back.
I found that there was a lot less wind down by the water, but it will try to automatically land at a certain point. So it's really helpful to fly up to maximum allowed height before it starts to auto land. This will give you some additional runway
rip the battery. I had mine die on me 200m in the air becasue a blizzard caught me 2k away while filming a mountian and the bottom sensors got covered and the drone refused to desend as it thought it was near the ground. Would not desend faster than landing speed. Luckly I managed to position it over a large snow bank which it fell softly into. Drone was fine. Battery died though. (DJI Air 2s)
That seems like a horrendous idea. Flying in sport mode and gaining altitude uses far more battery then just cruising along. The drone will initiate an auto land a lot sooner then if you flew it normally.
@@josephhacker6508 I would agree. Sport mode in highly inefficient.
@@josephhacker6508 That hasn't been my experience. Particularly for the use case I shared and have personally experienced where DJI software forces you to land.
I would rather it force land at me on land with a 1% battery than auto land into the water at 8%.
Again, it's not about efficiency in this situation, it's about gaining the additional horizontal distance that you get as it auto-lands but you can keep moving horizontally (ie getting closer to land) than if you were flying along 10ft above the water.
at 30mph, if it forces a landing due to low battery, and you're at 399ft up, we're talking a good 500-1000ft of distance.
Just speaking from my own experiences with a DJI Phantom and Mavic.
That canoe ride must have cost 10000 $ cause it was eXpEnSiVe FaIl 🤡
🤡
It's a kayak
@@iaintheater6027 🤓🤓🤓
Bro you have no Idea how much more they charge Tourist 😅
@@wingless747 IKIKIIILILLOL LIOLOLJIJ 888888
Wow bro !! so good you made it to a boat without bothering too much to the people on it
Yeah thanks
Cringe 😬
@@zachdavis9827 wha
It's fake man the boat fisher would have retired selling that drone but there wasn't even anyone on the boat.
@@Chris_da_fro some people have this little thing called kindness
Glad you got it back - but very misleading title - there was nothing expensive about that fail lol
Local fisherman charged him 1k for bringing him😋
@@mindless7577how do you know it was 1k? He doesn't say it anywhere in the story or in any of his posts?
I think he meant to say "almost an expensive fail"
@@jameswfreedom641 it was a joke😄 edit to my post👍🏻
Yes
@@jameswfreedom641 Jesus christ dude...
I don't want to bother you, but just a little trick to help you:
I think, you could see the wind direction out there on the smoke of the ship. It was blowing away from you, if I see it right...
Maybe that could be a hint for you next time to return earlier. You had great luck with the small fishing boats in reach.
And most importantly: Have fun with your drone! :-)
A lot of these drone guys don't realize flying against the wind equates to almost double the battery power.. commercial drone flying 101. So yes the drone calculates it's gonna need that 35% or whatever to get back safely to home so it warns you, but in reality, it needs like 45%+..
@Slim Sheep I'm sure they realize it. Most drone guys are drone guys because they fly drones. I doubt this was his ll2nd time flying it. He simply just took a risk because he can obviously afford to get a new one of need be.
Man I hope he replies to your comment. Well wished!
I always thought you should probably start heading back with 60% just in case.
No wonder the battery died so fast, you’re carrying that heavy af 360 camera on the drone’s back
Damn I would of been stressing out to the max. Lucky someone was nearby to help. Hope you tipped him well haha!
Same as driving a EV, running low on juice and far from a charging station.
*This short is far more exciting than high-budget Hollywood thrillers!*
That local fishermen was a g for helping you in my opinion 😂
Excellent short. That was like watching a whole film!
Ive been on this cruise. Its very nice in there. I would always wake up in a new place and eat breakfast on the balcony and watch the sunrise. Best experience ever.
Sounds great! You been near Samui?
Bro you are soooo lucky!
Yes I am! 😂
This cruse ship does not have particulate or NOx filters, that is why the white smoke was visible.
You know what a scrubber is?
I lost mine in the ocean, but luckily amazon was generous and sent me a new one. It was Mavic air 2
Amazon, wow that's beautiful. 🙌
I’ve lost two and they didn’t help me at all. 😢
Remarkable luck and quick thinking. Good work captain.
Your content writer is mind-blowing.
Bruh it should have a feature to activate emergency RTH to stop recording and and using only minimal software to conserve battery .
Years ago while testing drones using GPS we will just throw the return switch, the advantage it will return in a straight line.
That's why per FAA drones must be line of sight. Doubt you could visually see it 5000m away.
I would be saying the same thing but he is not in FAA's airspace. So it doesn't matter about that.
The real problem is "what if". What if there was a manned aircraft in the area...... one day, it most likley will happen. And accident that leads to a fatality.
@jdsstegman There is no airspace that is unregulated. It is either controlled or uncontrolled, meaning ATC is involved or not. All drone owners are supposed to register with FAA. It does not matter where you fly. The rule is you have to be able to see the drone at all times.
@@stealthmanx2 not if he isn’t in the United States… the FAAs jurisdiction ends at our border…🤔
@brandonbass7105 FAA conducts the International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA), assessing the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of each country that has carriers operating to the United State. I look rules and regulations in Europe and Asia and both state visual line of sight must be kept. There is no way he could see that drone.
That's the rule of thirds, bud:
1/3 for the trip out and on station
1/3 for the ride back
1/3 for headwinds, inaccuracies in the battery meter, etc.
You should have been headed home at 60%, not 40%.
Returns on 40% battery instead of 50% battery… yeah. Cause that makes sense
He probably used less than 30% getting there. Burned 30 filming the ship and winds caused him to come up short.
This video went from me thinking it will be facts about a ship and I thought that would be interesting, then it turned into a cool cinematic of it which I also thought was cool and then it turned into some action thriller movie with a happy ending. This was an awesome video :D
That boat came in clutch 😂
what surprises me is he went 5 km off over the ocean to do a cinematic and my dude expected to return back with 40% battery. avoiding flying near water in general with drones, never know whats happening next.
The ship is allowed to shoot down the drone if filmed without permission.
tip for anyone who doesnt know, the orange is adjusted to how much battery its gonna take to return to your homepoint. Never let it get 5-10% below that or youll probably die before you can return.
Your range is how far you can fly and go back safely.. that's the reality.. you can push your luck if you got the cash to satisfy your thrill
Pushing to the limit lol 😂 glad you recovered it 🔥🔥
Did you learn your lesson? Don’t fly so far away get yourself a bigger 😂😂😂
If you’re going to fly that far out over water, I recommend getting a set of floats for your mavic. They’re about $20-$30 but will save your drone in a pinch
At that point it becomes a top water bait for any big fish.
Glad you got it back 👍👍👍
Happy you didn’t lose it bro. Nice save
That's why idiots shouldn't be allowed to fly drones.
He is not allowed he always breaks the law in every video he is posting
I saw you attaching another camera on top of it.. what was that please?
He should’ve lost his drone because of his carelessness.
Who hurt you?
If you put recording off, would you have made it ?
The cruise security will soon be shooting down the drone. Sooner the better!
You are so lucky bro when sometimes it does force landing or emergency Landing that’s awful
Yes
@@man.fromearth near airport that happens a lot be careful
I had no clue they had that kind of range, that's amazing!
If no trees and buildings yes !
Uaually its no more than 2 km tho.... best case
Flying over lakes/oceans is different.
DJI: “our next commercial for the fly more combo is gonna be sick!”
Im so happy that you got the drone back.
What type of dji drone was that? May i please know thanks
It wasn’t a fail after all! You managed to redeem the drone!
It certainly was a failure, a failure to manage the battery life. Should never have got into this situation.
How did u find the excat place of the drone ?
am i the only one that's amazed how this tiny drone has a range of almost 10km
Its mavic air 2.actually not that "tiny"
More tiny one such as the mini 3 pro can do the same range also
True story, I know the feeling exactly, it happened to me yesterday while catching the dawn through country side fields. I managed to get my Mini 3 Pro back almost at the very end of the battery and it's so scary. Especially because around 25% the Mini 3 Pro percentage goes down sooo fast!😱
So lucky bro😂
Yep
@@man.fromearth bro may I know your rates for Dji fpv for cinematic pls🙏🏻
Always make sure you are not coming back against the wind.
imagine if that ship was electric
Okay Gretta
Golden rule of Lipo batteries: time to land at 40%, not fly home.
If I was on the boat, I'd throw it out, no stow away please 🥺
But why didn’t the drone fly back completely to the take off zone ? Does not automatically calculate the distance to travel and the battery capacity and come back to the start point ?
Asking as I’m new to drones and learning.
Dislike for clickbait, we expected the drone to be lost.
Edit: reported for misinformation. Also, blocked to help the algorithm
how did he clickbait? it would've been an expensive fail, and he couldn't return the drone to the shore...
Same
Phew! As a drone owner myself, I was even sweating this!! LOL.
🤪👍👍👍
Really stretching that Line of Sight rule there
He always flies illegal in literaly every video he is posting
Hack the firmware. Fly up to 1500m above Samui. The views are great.
Similar thing happened to me just 2 days ago... managed to get it back with some help from the public 🙌🏾😄
Wow. That’s amazing. So glad you got it back 🔥🔥🔥
This happened to me in Gatlinburg Tennesee, was flying my mini 2 over a large lake and was returning to home, but the wind changed directions fighting the drone's RTH. I had it at a high enough altitude when it forced its landing, I skimmed it over trees and landed it on a connector road. When I got to it, the drone moved to the middle of the road hovering and a car was coming, thank goodness I got it
Damn! This stressed me out. 😵💫 Lesson: Follow your drone in a boat if you're going 5kms away from the shore in case you run out of battery.
Bruh got blessed so many times💀
Only 5km for Mavic3? Due to the extra camera?
Love a happy ending. I had such a near miss too, got overconfident when there was 7%, but it dropped suddenly and engaged auto landing. Thankfully reached ashore in the nick of time.
Bro your videos are amazing, thankyou for sharing and for the inspiration.
infact, there are few way to prevent if really not enought time to come back. (1.spotmode. while it return home, push max speed forward and higher it, so when it landing, buy you a curve line giving sometimes forwarding. but not applicable for windy place. 2.if is windy place. closer to the ground is better, make it used lesses battery to return home. 3.manufacturer could have a tiny airpump to make a baloon pump. can activate it if really no choice. not to worry adding it will heavier the weight. it is very tiny like highschool project every final year. well~if you wanted to tight empty bottle below it before take off also can. 4.manufacturer could have waterprove spray for all electronic part inside. like some of the digital door circuit board to prevent weather and rain damage.) BUT, if giving you all those function, they won't be able to sale you the next drone. included camera using managetic connected function instead of wire so you can upgrade the camera without buyig new one everytime. same logic how Apple Magickeyboard connect it's ipad.
What drone you use
Oh my... I got so nervous. Glad you found it.
Great thinking - surprised nobody was even on the boat to see the landing.
What drone are you using ?
DJI air 2
@@man.fromearth thanks
That feeling when your drone crashes but you retrieve it back makes you a bigger pilot next time. Fly and stay safe guys
Almost expensive fail. That "whoohoo wasn't near as enthusiastic as youd expect 🤣
Keep in mind DJI limits the amount of power the drone gets when the battery gets low so if there is wind the drone wouldn’t be as strong as it is normally to combat wind
This was such a gripping video, my heart was racing hoping u would make it 😁
I'm not a drone pilot but I do have some understanding of aerodynamics. If you need to stretch battery life over distance it's better to go at low speeds since you use significantly less battery than at high speeds. This is because the higher velocity of an object through a liquid (air is a liquid) there is not only more force required but the force is actually squared. This is why if you move your hand through water at high speeds it uses a significant amount of energy but slow speed down only to probably half of that and it's almost effortless.
This pilot may have used this technique but if he didn't, he could have probably made it to land if he had
Hey Pilot and flight instructor here (fixed wing though). While what you are saying is mostly correct, flying at lower speeds wont always increase range. Its a bit technical but you are welcome to read up on it (or message me if able). It is due to the drag curve. There is a speed at which the aircraft is most efficient. When headding into wind, its actualy better to speed up a little (from that most efficient point) as that will give you more range
@@deonfourie2828 oh yes I think that actually makes sense. If you maintain the drone's "most efficient" speed into a head wind, the wind will counteract that effective range.
I did this exact same thing last year!!!!!! I was on the Ningaloo coast in Western Australia and tried to fly my drone out to a whale spotting boat offshore. Got it out about 1700m then realised I might not make it back. Then I made the mistake of trying to fly it back in sports mode instead of using the return to home feature. That drone ended up in the water less than a 100 metres off shore. I went snorkelling that arvo to find it so we got it back but it was beyond repair.
You shouldn't have made that distance in the first place. People like you are the reason we get more and more harsher drone laws
Best 👍 video of the week.
We need more.
Thanks 🙏.
Thanks 🙏 where you from?
This is Probably the best drone save on the internet
Dude got really lucky!!
No auto return mode ?
Well it has but its Not perfect and you can Override/deactivate it
That gave me goosebumps, had 0% over water as well, luckily only about 100 meters from land.
Nice emergency landing ! By the way, what did you put on the drone ? How did you manage to do this arcobatic shots with a Mavic ?
Moral to the story: don't be an idiot!
Unbelievably, I once lost control of my drone over the ocean due to strong winds. Taking advantage of a lull, I lowered it close to the water and steered it back to shore, capturing sea lions swimming on the journey back.
Exactly what I was thinking when the auto land kicked in. Lol. Good job
What really limits these drones is the Shawty battery life, these batteries lasted at least an hour, then you could actually take advantage of the satellite distance you can travel.
The worst feeling ever, checking to see if your drone is done 😂
You can turn off the auto landing (there is a setting in the DJI Go app) in these situations, also switch to sport mode, even tho it drains faster you will get more meters per % of battery.
If you disable auto land you don’t need to fly high, slowly descending will allow you to get more of the drones energy into forward speed, most importantly don’t suddenly stop descending or change direction, all accelerations will take a lot of energy and might cause you to drop the battery to shutoff voltage.
I didn't know the drone battery drains so fast 😮 how long was the recording?
Bro This is why the FAA is fuckign with drones now xd
“At 40% it was time to go home “
Dead
Once at Tenerife I flew in to NFZ over sea and drone started landing in to water but I was able to flew back and crash it in to rocks so at least I recover SD card with unsaved files. Video clip from Tenerife is on my channel.
Someone just got free money.
Thank you dear being for all of your videos that you have on your channel, one of the best. All the best wishes and enjoy life 🙏🤠
That was crazy hahaha! I was like "ohh! what he do!? he definitely saved it since you upload it: hahaha!
1st vid of urs i seen. Viking shots were awesome
U have 10million channels views in 7months. Your content must be good. Will watch a lot more.
Wow 😊. Nice! Lucky you.