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Kuya Kano
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This may just be a rookie error;  Today I was testing out the Follow Me smart flight control when suddenly the P4P stopped near a tree branch.  Not willing to continue to track me, I exited the program and returned to manual operation.  When I did that, I had every control available except for forward.  I was able to move the drone sideways and land safely.  Then I turned off the P4P battery and turned it on again.  When I brought it back up i the air, it had full controls again.  I'm just wonedering if this has happened to anyone, or if anyone knows why the controller only lost forward motion in that setting.  Thank you all so much for helping this rookie fly more with confidence with each forum post I read and learn from.  

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RedHotPoker
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Sounds like a minor glitch in the app.

Don't ever fly near trees, as negative things are often bound to occur...  ;-)




You may have been fortunate to avoid this catastrophic crash.


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Kuya Kano
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RedHotPoker Posted at 2017-8-23 14:05
Sounds like a minor glitch in the app.

Don't ever fly near trees, as negative things are often bound to occur...  ;-)

Thank you.  The Follow Me setting was going slow as I was merely walking, and probably wasn't more than 5 feet away from the tree limbs when it stopped tracking me.
I later tried the "Active Track" and found it does a better job.  Not sure why P4P has both when they do the same function, with Active Track responding and setting up easier than Follow Me.
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Was the obstacle avoidance on ?
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Kuya Kano
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ALABAMA Posted at 2017-8-23 14:25
Was the obstacle avoidance on ?

Obstacle avoidance was on.  It was after I moved the P4P high and far away from the tree when I discovered that the forward motion control didn't work.  All the other directional controls worked perfectly.  Thank you for asking.
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Kuya Kano Posted at 2017-8-23 14:18
Thank you.  The Follow Me setting was going slow as I was merely walking, and probably wasn't more than 5 feet away from the tree limbs when it stopped tracking me.
I later tried the "Active Track" and found it does a better job.  Not sure why P4P has both when they do the same function, with Active Track responding and setting up easier than Follow Me.

Let's all hope it was only a rare occasion, & never to be witnessed by any one here, again... ;-)



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I would recommend you to calibrate the VPS and test again.

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Kuya Kano
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DJI Susan Posted at 2017-8-23 19:53
I would recommend you to calibrate the VPS and test again.

https://youtu.be/mYSqz7R5zwI?list=PL8-vxWY64sBNqoF71lWL0ZCztUE9JaFK8

Thank you for the tutorial video, Susan.  I'll give it a try this afternoon.  I didn't know there was a video screen that you could calibrate it to.  Technology is amazing.
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