calls4u2
Second Officer
Flight distance : 211604 ft
United Kingdom
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GeoffN Posted at 2017-3-10 05:03
Not sure why it's suggested that "beginners mode" should be avoided......... I found it very useful when you're trying to get the hang of things. Certainly, letting go of the sticks is excellent advice.......... I wish I'd realised that when I started!! Now, usually push the left stick up and right stick back now when things are looking dodgy............... you stop really quickly going backwards and up which seems to work getting me out of trouble..... not a good idea if you've got something above you though!
Why would I not advise beginners mode?
My first few flights I left everything in beginners mode, it should have made things 'safer' I thought, while I took it easy and learned the controls and feel of the craft.
Then one fine day I was taking it easy, in a nice open space, showing someone how things worked when.. Suddenly the home point jumped - the drone now believed it was over 2 miles from 'me'. Of course that meant it was outside of it's boundary, and headed off away from me at a steady pace.. Being in beginner mode, and not having enabled the advanced modes there was no way to stop it from heading off into the distance.
At the time I had no idea that the home point had shifted, I'd not hit the home button, nor anything in the app. All I knew was the craft was doing some kind of 'flyaway'.
I had minimum control, could go up and down, and fight to get it to go left/right, but always it headed away from me, even full reverse it kept going at 5mph away from me. I managed to bring it down, watching it from a distance while running after it, due to the 5mph speed I had to touch down very very slowly.
Afterwards checking the logs it became apparent about the home point, and I could see WHY it was heading away, but not why the HP had changed. DJI checked the logs and advised no pilot error and that I send it in or go back to the retailer for a replacement (which I did).
Now maybe it was a firmware issue, maybe has been fixed long ago (this was last spring), but I always now advise beginners to have the option of FULL control themselves should they need it.
Due to the weather here (and work commitments!) I've not flown for a few months now, and those same nerves you're getting are what I'm feeling. Hoping next weekend I can get my bird back in the air |
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