... Or how not to!!! And avoid needing the services of your DJI Service Centre!
I thought I'd have a bit of fun outlining the 15 top mistakes people make when starting out or flying in general.
My first crash was, if there is such a thing, a controlled crash to make the point. Hopefully you'll have a laugh and remember a few things not to do...
The main points are listed below:
Cheers
Ian
1. Flying Indoors
2. Flying Towards You (disorientation of controls)
3. Flying Backwards
4. Trees
5. Powerlines
6. Flying Too Far Away
7. GPS Loss
8. Flying too Low
9. RTH Altitude too Low
10. Flying round Obstacles
11. Pushing Battery to its limits
12. Critical Battery Autoland
13. Flying under Bridges
14. Being Distracted
15. Flying in Forests
**Additional suggestions made:
16. Bird Strike
17. Over confidence / showing off to mates
Irate Retro Posted at 2017-9-23 09:41
That's hilarious! It takes guts to intentionally crash your Mavic into a pine tree just for a video intro. Entangled props and everything.
Yeah... I had the gimbal guard in place and long grass below, and chose my lower branches carefully
It sounded worse than it was
Cheers fella!
Yeah, I did wonder if I was nuts doing the first crash. All fine though Re batteries; just get yourself some spares; takes all the pressure away!
Great vid mate. Maybe over confidence should be added to the list and showing off to your friends too. Both of these can bite you in the butt when you least expect it to.
Ian
Thanks a lot. Great Video
Should be mandator watching for all of us.
I fact, I need to watch it at least once a month, so I don't forget.
In my short career as a MP pilot I can humbly say I have survived several of you examples but didn't learn my lesson until I hit the power line, crashed and burned.
Again Thanks
Maveriksam Posted at 2017-9-24 00:06
Great vid mate. Maybe over confidence should be added to the list and showing off to your friends too. Both of these can bite you in the butt when you least expect it to.
Yep; everyone likes to show off their toy; just remember it's even worse when all your mates see you crash
It was pointined otu this post woudl be way more useful to actually list the main wasy, whcih would allow others to add their own experiences too.
I've edited the opening post tolist these now, as per below:
1. Flying Indoors
2. Flying Towards You (disorientation of controls)
3. Flying Backwards
4. Trees
5. Powerlines
6. Flying Too Far Away
7. GPS Loss
8. Flying too Low
9. RTH Altitude too Low
10. Flying round Obstacles
11. Pushing Battery to its limits
12. Critical Battery Autoland
13. Flying under Bridges
14. Being Distracted
15. Flying in Forests
Maveriksam Posted at 2017-9-24 00:06
Great vid mate. Maybe over confidence should be added to the list and showing off to your friends too. Both of these can bite you in the butt when you least expect it to.
"Maybe over confidence should be added to the list"
Good point, that certainly could be a recipe for trouble.