ArtistFirst
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SkunkWerxs Posted at 2017-4-24 16:41
ArtistFirst , Yes you are right about that ---- But look at his warning message , it is asking the op to switch to ATTI mode??????? , The Mavic has no switch and then it's followed up by a Compass Error Warning that seems to be happening a lot according to the Threads of this Form
Yeah, you are right actually upon further thought. And also if he had no LOS, he cant't fly it anyway, BUT if he had it set to when it loses connection from the APP to RTH and his RTH is set to a proper height and avoidance and the HP is set correctly, there would be no problems.
What I am not 100% sure of is what it would do if it was landing (in the actual landing process) and LOS ceased, would it override the landing and initiate an RTH. It definitely SHOULD do that.
Would a MOD PLEASE let me know if that is what would happen? Because for me, the main issue I've been having lately and I don't know why are with homepoints. I can't get dynamic HPs and I had one set itself without me pressing it at the bird and if I was say on my way home and 1.5 miles out on the ocean and I was halfway home, it would think I had not enough juice to get back and then try to RTH to the faulty HP in the ocean and then when it got there the battery would be too low and start landing in the water.
THIS Is the reason I was bugging out and why people didn't understand why about the bad transmitter issue (if it's that). Whatever it is, the engineers here know about it. I am almost certain.
I have friend at DJI who tell me things but they sometimes have to say it by just sort of not saying no sometimes. I am not saying there is an HP issue but something is up. They read these threads, they are very diligent and extremely caring about their customers contrary to popular belief. They are innovating better than anyone in the world right now (save for Elon Musk but that's apples and oranges).
I'm ADHDing a bit here but the point is there are what should be beta, even pre-beta weirdness going on that I believe is software, not hardware and DJI will figure it out but you guys need to be patient and be CAREFUL. I know now I won't fly over water or a valley with the units that are giving me issues until I find out why.
I realized the other day it all started when I changed he SIM card in my iPad pro. I am rarely flying with my IPP lately so I am not sure why or why that could effect it, but I am also not an engineer so it very well maybe be doing something.
On the Phantoms lately, I have been flying my P3P over the others lately. In all honesty, but for the new one (the P4P+ and its 1" CMOS), I don't think the P4 outdid the P3P. Maybe I'm wrong, I've never crashed a bird but a P4 and the obstacle avoidance was on and I was running a WP mission when it hit that tree it had just ran 2x without a crash.
DJI treat me very nicely. I don't know what other's experiences are; and while they tried to tell me it was all pilot error, when I pleaded my case, they brought it down to a very reasonable price and more importantly, have made even more contacts through that. I have milked those contacts through things like the recent NAB show I attended (with an exhibitor pass because my friend is head of content for Robe).
Before that authorized dealer did, I called out that it wasn't the P5, Mavic Mini, Spark, and whatever else was being thrown around as rumored. I knew it was the Ronin 2 (didn't know about anything else) but promised and did not post that anywhere.
I did however, and you can check out my blog and FB group to see that I called it about 2 weeks ago and TechCrunch actually quoted me yesterday from my FB page. My point is while it sounds like I'm chest thumping, I'm actually trying to say that I know the people at DJI and they are for the most part, really good people. Super smart people and the engineers, if you looked at the wiring schematics room in ShenZhen, China, you would have a conniption.
This is a very micro business and they are innovating to the bone and stomping on all the competition like they are little flees so it almost bothers me when MYSELF included and others get mad at them. When we buy these things, we have to accept the reality of what we are buying. We are buying the next car after the Model T.
And they MADE THE MODEL T.
The process is happening. They are innovating. And as a professional film maker who makes his living with things like Ronin gimbals and 100k cameras on them, I am happier than a pig in poop (EDIT: man, it took me forever to find that to allow this post) that they are not abandoning that market because with the success of the Mavic, I was sure they would but I could not have been more wrong. The Tracktenna and the new remotes for the Inspire made me jump up and down while the viewers were all complaining.
I am sorry. This has turned into an "Adam" post. I don't even remember what I was responding to. I should probably just erase this but I feel there is some info in it so I will post it but yeah, you were right to begin with.
I just get frustrated when people interchange LOS and VLOS as one term when they are so different. You can have LOS with it behind a mountain and you are actually (in America) breaking he law even if the Mountain is just a hill right in front of you. You cannot lose VLOS and losing LOS is when you get that message and you (meaning whomever) needs to set their failsafes in case of loss of LOS. (RADIO).
So DJI, will it disengage a landing if LOS is lost to the RC? And if so can I PLEASE put it in the suggestion box that if that happened RTH is intimated.
Let's put it this way as an example. Say I was landing somewhere and then a baby stroller came right underneath the area where I was landing but the mother didn't see it. No big deal, I move the sticks and land where I want to (which is how I would anyway but indulge the circumstances). But if it's landing somewhere where I have no VLOS for some reason be it by mistake or not, if I CAN'T SAY IT the bird will LAND ON THAT STROLLER if it doesn't disengage and to what it's supposed to on RtH. I would truly guess if you lose LOS that it should revert to your RTH failsafe. Alt least I hope so.
Sorry for this ridiculous post. I spent many years in college and not all of it was learning. ;) |
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