Mavic Mini crashing into tree. It was worth it ?
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raulvolador
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Hi,

I crashed into a tree trying to filming this bridge. It was a nice day for flying but something was wrong. Please take note taking off under a tree is high risky.

I was lucky and no visible damage. After a bit of cleaning I was on the air again and cathed amazing views of the bridge, the hill and the nearby town



R.

2020-10-14
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Montfrooij
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Lesson learned!
2020-10-14
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DJI Stephen
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Hello and good day raulvolador. Thank you for reaching out and for posting this video you have created.  It is great to know that the said crash did not damage your DJI Mavic Mini, just a reminder that since the said drone crashed on an tree branch before and if you feel that the drone is not preforming well on your future flights. I would recommend to contact our DJI support team at  https://www.dji.com/support for further assistance and for us to be able to check the said drone thoroughly for damages. Thank you.
2020-10-15
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Suren
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Good that no damages, safe flying
2020-10-15
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A J
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Lucky man - in a way
2020-10-15
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DAFlys
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Very lucky.
2020-10-15
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ALABAMA
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Nice, including the tree closup!
2020-10-15
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videoeditman
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Thanks for sharing your footage and glad your mini survived!
2020-10-15
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SublimeQuad
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The Mini seems to be robust to these types of crashes. Earlier this summer I flew my 5" aerobatic quad at high speed through a tree crotch and accidentally clipped a branch with a prop. That caused the quad to spin out of control at about 60MPH and hit the ground and cartwheel for 100 feet! Other than some broken props, it was undamaged.

It's a good day to fly,
Michael
2020-10-15
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DowntownRDB
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Ouch!  Glad your Mini different suffer any major damage.  You still got some very nice footage.
2020-10-15
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jwp721
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Nice panoramas.  Glad the crash wasn’t severe...  thanks for sharing!
2020-10-15
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K6CCC
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That was similar to the issue I had with my Mini crash - but I was not quite so lucky.  In my case, I had taken off and cleared the tree, but on a RTH, the Mini descended into the edge of the tree and I was unable to abort the RTH because the App decided that it was a good time to lock up.  I had some damage that cost me $94.77 to get fixed.  I wrote about mine at:
https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=224044

Nice video after the recovery!

2020-10-15
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Woe
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Tough lesson to learn.
2020-10-15
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Blériot53
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No ill-effects, happily. Nice video.
2020-10-19
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Cients
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You have a great drone!
Very nice shots.
All the best!
2020-10-23
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