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Do you think that drone would follow you down bike mountain trails?

At least it was fine

Always have the app or controller about yourself! For recovery purposes.

Cant beat the occasional episode of Charge Fly Repeat. 😉

those are rockshox yari forks, fox doesnt even make 35 forks

Hell I live in suffolk been blue skys and frost Don’t want any of that white stuff Shame about the Neo Obviously don’t like snow either

Wow, at least you got it back

Man…that was crazy. Even crazier was that drop of death when the battery died. I thought it would descend before getting to that point. At least you were in an open area. Imagine having people around when that thing fell. Heart stopper. 😂

I have noticed with mine that when the battery runs too low, and the drone decides to head back i.e automatic ‘return to home’ kicks in…if your ‘return to home minimum height’ is set to, say 50m - it will go straight to that height, irrespective of what you are doing…. Maybe?

Someone suggested contrasting clothing you sort of looking like you blending into the none snow covered bits a little. Havent tried it myself yet but i was having problems too.

Flying in freezing, windy, snowy weather with a small drone meant for selfies...what could go wrong? lol

It seems like the ground sensors fogged up or something and it thinks its close to the ground and just went up probably due to the 1st crash warm drone cold snow? Mega footage at the beginning following ypu on the bike!

See this video as reference with a demonstration of the stabilisation modes: th-cam.com/video/cUpKUSotrxA/w-d-xo.html Seemingly the drone was unable to stabilise itself by GPS (which it does first, when it has 10+ satellites) - the clouds must have shielded the GPS signal too much, and the Neo's GPS antenna is very small compared to bigger drones. Then it fell back to its visual stabilisation sensors on the bottom, which were either wet/covered by snow or the ground had not enough texture or both. Maybe it mistook the shape of the raindrops on the positioning sensors as the ground texture, and thought it was stable at too high power, ascended, then finally found enough GPS satellites again, switched back to GPS stabilisation, and just stayed there. And you didn't bring it down by phone or controller. That's the other issue. Even if it does drift as it did, you still have some control over it. So, as mentioned in the other video, when using it in such a textureless environment, check on the controller that it has like 15+ satellites connected at all times.

I use a UAV weather app that shows if it's safe to fly any specific drone including the Neo. You shouldn't have been flying it in that weather. The blades were likely to ice-up. You did everything wrong.

I lost 2 Neo’s using the remote. One above trees at the top of a small cliff. 100’ up. It lost satellite connection and drifted. DJI said I shouldn’t fly it with low satellite connection. It was 100’ up and clear open sky! I don’t get it. Second was 15’ up in my garden. It just flew off. Video shows it spinning until it lost connection. Luckily they are cheap. No 3 on the way.

Mine flew away in similar conditions. I wasn't able to recover it.

Wow, my flew away today too

I had my Neo with me in December while I was riding in snow, but I didn't try using it. I was wondering how it would function over snow, and you answered my question. Now there is more than two feet on my favorite trails, so I won't be biking until next week when they groom one of my local trails for a fat bike race. I was planning on using the drone after the race, however, now I figure it would be a waste of time. Thanks for the heads-up.

Flying near a RAF base 🫣 in wet conditions 😬

Some crackimg shots

Can you post a link for this bike

Near a airport maybe interference

at least you got it back....most people watch them just fly off....DJI firmware fault

Glad you got it , such a cold day it should’ve run out of battery even quicker than that particular at the altitude. Somebody commented about the sensor having snow on it was probably exactly what happened. At least it was easy to find and fun watching it tumble.😂

Did you fly it straight after switching on? I noticed on remote, it takes at least 15 sec to get a lock with decent number of gps sats. I can imagine it goes haywire if you fly it right away, with snow texture on visual guidance, and no GPS sat lock.

I believe the flyaway occured because it was too cold and wet which caused the gps unit to go crazy - would love to see the footage from the drone.

The fact that the drone had no more power saved the day. Maybe it is also for me the best to buy a Neo. They only have 7 to 9 minutes of flight time. With a drone with a bigger battery you can stand staring at the sky for more than half an hour until it automatically comes down.

I crashed my neo in the snow, cleaned off the worst snow and got it airborne again. About 10 seconds in when I was at about 30m the phone said something like “unable to stabilize “ or something similar. And the drone just banked to the side and crashed into a cow pen. So yeah I’ll be more careful in the snow from now on.

atleast this still a happy ending. Got my Neo freaked out on me sometimes to. it went mad an thrashing and bumping everywhere and then fortunately after a few moments it stopped. Maybe DJI should look into this issue and patch it.

In the event of a flyaway, try turning the controller off, that should initiate a return to home.

DJI advises against flying in temperatures below 14°F (-10°C) for most drones especially Neo. Avoid low-altitude flights over thick or reflective snow to prevent visual sensor malfunctions. Luckily you got your drone back 🙏

Think you got some snow on the sensor for the ground radar, had the same thing happen with my Avata 2

‘Fly in a well lit textured environment’ 👍🏻

Could it be too cold. What was the footage like in the end?

Good thing you're not a real pilot, just thinking about flying a small drone like this in this weather it's kind of.....................

Would love some snow. "Come on you bugger run out of battery" is fantastic 😂

Lucky you got your drone back, I don't think the little Neo likes water, snow and low light

Those Magura horns 🙂

Happened to me too when flying it on its own, no controller or phone. Took off sideways but luckily flew into some tall grass. Was a nightmare to find it though. There needs to be a beeper that starts up if it's upside down to help find it.

Be sure to clean the sensors on the bottom from any snow or debris. From what I have seen if the sensors are covered the drone will want to climb.?

My neo doesn't like snow! Like flying over water. After he first crash it may also have had snow/ice on the sensors underneath.

Great video, man. Subbed. Can I ask where this beach is located?

poor neo...didnt like the snow...to reflective perhaps..like you not really ideally meant to fly over water

hey a fun ride - yup slippy 4 sure ;) I thought I wanted a drone like that & watched many yt vids and its [for me, anyway] its fun to watch others enjoy them.

We Poles call an unpleasant situation that might result in more unpleasantries a "ZONK" (a slang word) :) Here, the ZONK full scale! :)

lol. I had a drone....once. It's third flight found the bottom of a creek. Have fun in the snow !!

you will be amazed for the amount of grip when ditching the bald jumbo Jims for all mighty's or a set Surly Bud and Lou's. JJ's are great for summer beach at low pressure, and are most light weight, but I will never mount them again. 45Nrth vanHelga's are also awesome..

Sorry its more about drones than bike rides, it was soooo cold standing there waiting

couldnt get past the head banger sounds to see the video -