I also have spotty experiences with active track. I do know however that when expecting to experience obstructions the follow me mode can do a better job since it is more dependant on GPS. It does not do as well at centering the subject in the frame.
Thank you for the time and effort you put into this video. When talking with Tech Support you mentioned that you were located right at 5 miles from a small airport. I have 33 acres and half of my property is in just in a small airport circle and the other half is beyond that. :-)
Mavic Pro owner here. Just wanted to let you know that I enjoy your videos. I pretty much have had the same experience as you with the active track mode. So this video was very helpful. Going to try the compass calibration as soon as I get some good weather here in Smyrna, DE. I will let you know if it works for me. Thank you. Keep up the good work.
Great video, glad you went through the pain with customer support and not me :) I have found active track works ok if the speed is steady and subject increases steadily but if you change direction or speed quickly It loses track, but I think thats to be expected really.
Thank you for sharing the video I thought about doing active tracking on my bicycle as I ride let me know if it turned out any better with the calibration have a blessed day God bless you and your family always in my thoughts and prayers
Hi, great video..I too, am not comfortable with the 65MPH. Maybe with a 35MPH tail wind.. Other than that, did you consider the placement of the remote control in relation to the Mavic? Was it on the seat of the truck, on the dash, on the roof or in the bed? All that metal will effect the ability of the controller to send/receive from the aircraft. Just a thought.. Tom
no that was not a good situation but I bought it it's Sam a month ago and they were kind enough to take it and replace it with another one off the shelf hopefully this one works a little better than the first other than that it has been a great
THANK you so much for your comprehensive evaluation of accutrack. As much as I love my mavic I'm starting to really lose faith in it. Not only only in it's smart features but in the overall workmanship and quality of it. I feel like it's an unfinished product. Things seem to be fine at one point and a month later they're not so fine. CAMERA works perfectly for 30 days and in the next 30 days Jell-O. Lol. I'm starting to lose faith in the product and very close to just waiting for mavic 2 to come out. I'm sorry but for the price that they sell this product for it should work the way it's supposed to, or at the very least the camera should record proper video and take proper photos without any problems. WITH that being said, for now I'll keep flying my mavic in hopes that an update will fix some of these bugs and not add more like the last update did. 4.0.7 Ugh. SORRY for rambling on. I'll stop now before I get into the customer service. Lol lol omg Just SAD. Michael
LOL! Yes, I am always optimistic in updates. Let's hope some of the bugs continue to get worked out. I'll try to keep in mind that in the big picture, the Mavic is not very old, so hopefully some of these things get worked out.
I've just watched this. I would've like to see at the end of the video, if by doing the compass calibration first, a test in the same/similar conditions. I'm not an owner but I am ingesting as much info before purchasing.
I don't think he said that it will fly 65m/hr "active tracking," though that was the subject. I think he meant under certain conditions it will fly 65,
Just starting to try some of these features out , looking forward to mastering all of them. Thanks for all your demos , and thank God you were able to stay on the phone like that. I would have gone nuts.LOL.
That just happened yesterday: I wanted the Mavic Pro to follow me making a big U-Turn (partially under some tries) on my bike in spotlight mode - it was relatively dark (forest 1 hr before sunset). 1. First part worked great then without any obvious hurdle it lost me and beeped. 2. So I stopped and quickly indicated the subject (i.e. me) and said "go". 3. Then it followed me (obviously in Track-mode not Spotlight!!!) which is hell of a danger in a forest and luckily it lost me again before it would have crashed into some branches (maybe 2ft left!!). Really freaking. So lesson learnt: always double check that Spotlight mode is on after it lost you!!!!! Correct or did I something wrong???
It sounds like you did it correctly. I do not believe it is supposed to drop out of Spotlight mode until you tell it to. I will do some more research and get back to you!
Been thru that painfully, I'm both a whistle blower on gaslighters in gov and a professional tech for these type of electronics. I assume with confidence they knew the 2 follow modes were largely broken and after I bought 6 new devices that were suppose to work with "follow me", I understood they were just gaslighting reasons for failure "operator error". Don't fall for the advertisments that this drone tracks anything with confidence.
I don't have a mini Ipad, but yes I will definitely check the difference between my phone and the controller. That interests me. Thanks for a great suggestion!
Do you happen to know when the mavic pro 2 is coming out and any rumors of the kinds of changes if any it will have. I also subscribed to your channel. 👍🏻
Hey it's me again and I have a question, other than convenience and portability which drone is better with a better camera and a sharper more colorful and focused imaged, the phantom 4 or the mavic pro!?
Hussein Khalil Colorful and focused image depends on how skilled you are. Better camera? Considering "better" as a bit of a subjective term, I would say the Phantom 4 Pro.
sir when I'm flying my Mavic pro and when i press my rigth/left joystic, my camera moves like an airplàne even though my plane mode is off, kindly advice tnks
have a question about the gimbal and camera,it will start jumping around going in al direction and a over load message comes on my phone ,has any one have this happened from Larry O
I used it with my 4-wheeler. It would lose connection if I turned to sharp or to fast. I need to play with it more. My fastest speed with the wind pushing me is 43.5 mph ( not in Active track) can't see it going 65 if it did I don't think it would be able to get back to me.
I show a new top speed after flying this weekend. I used fixed Wing mode my top speed now reads 53 mph it was a big gust of wind I must have hit it just right.
Your profile mode messed up because it was designed to recognize "profiles" from the side and not from overhead. In all, it looks like the algorithms did what they were designed to do....
Understood, however I still question why the Mavic stood still as I drove away in trace mode, and lost signal with no obstructions. No one has been able to explain that.
He should have said 65mph if with a tailwind push of 25mph. who then would be flying their MP in 25mph winds? If I just had to test this, which I don't, I would fly only with the wind flow and have someone further up the way to be there when it landed. I would not try to fly it back to me lol.
You taking the hit for us on that call deserves a like, comment, and immediate subscription. Thank you!
After watching this here’s my advice. Join some of the online Mavic forums to help troubleshoot. A lot less trouble than DJI help desk.
I also have spotty experiences with active track. I do know however that when expecting to experience obstructions the follow me mode can do a better job since it is more dependant on GPS. It does not do as well at centering the subject in the frame.
Russ,
Being new to drones and as a retired college prof, I greatly appreciate your DETAILED THOUGHTS! I always want to know WHY?
Many thanks
Dr. GPW
You have a lot of patience my friend, thanks for the video!
Thank you for the time and effort you put into this video. When talking with Tech Support you mentioned that you were located right at 5 miles from a small airport. I have 33 acres and half of my property is in just in a small airport circle and the other half is beyond that. :-)
Mavic Pro owner here. Just wanted to let you know that I enjoy your videos. I pretty much have had the same experience as you with the active track mode. So this video was very helpful. Going to try the compass calibration as soon as I get some good weather here in Smyrna, DE. I will let you know if it works for me. Thank you. Keep up the good work.
Douglas Mast Thank you Doug! I appreciate that very much! Glad to help.
Great video, glad you went through the pain with customer support and not me :) I have found active track works ok if the speed is steady and subject increases steadily but if you change direction or speed quickly It loses track, but I think thats to be expected really.
Thank you for sharing the video I thought about doing active tracking on my bicycle as I ride let me know if it turned out any better with the calibration have a blessed day God bless you and your family always in my thoughts and prayers
So great to share the phone call to Mavic...how many of us felt we were the only ones who scratched their head after 30 minutes.
Good stuff man. Keep it up. Glad I found your channel early on
Thank you Colin!
Hi, great video..I too, am not comfortable with the 65MPH. Maybe with a 35MPH tail wind..
Other than that, did you consider the placement of the remote control in relation to the Mavic?
Was it on the seat of the truck, on the dash, on the roof or in the bed? All that metal will effect the ability of the controller to send/receive from the aircraft.
Just a thought..
Tom
I believe he was stating Km/h rather than MPH. The controller was on the seat. I believe the biggest issue was the trees.
no that was not a good situation but I bought it it's Sam a month ago and they were kind enough to take it and replace it with another one off the shelf hopefully this one works a little better than the first other than that it has been a great
THANK you so much for your comprehensive evaluation of accutrack. As much as I love my mavic I'm starting to really lose faith in it. Not only only in it's smart features but in the overall workmanship and quality of it. I feel like it's an unfinished product. Things seem to be fine at one point and a month later they're not so fine. CAMERA works perfectly for 30 days and in the next 30 days Jell-O. Lol. I'm starting to lose faith in the product and very close to just waiting for mavic 2 to come out. I'm sorry but for the price that they sell this product for it should work the way it's supposed to, or at the very least the camera should record proper video and take proper photos without any problems. WITH that being said, for now I'll keep flying my mavic in hopes that an update will fix some of these bugs and not add more like the last update did. 4.0.7 Ugh. SORRY for rambling on. I'll stop now before I get into the customer service. Lol lol omg Just SAD.
Michael
LOL! Yes, I am always optimistic in updates. Let's hope some of the bugs continue to get worked out. I'll try to keep in mind that in the big picture, the Mavic is not very old, so hopefully some of these things get worked out.
Great video , did you go back and try the same again after doing the compass calibration , did it make any difference ? Thanks
65mph! Maybe if you had a 50 mph tail wind on a nice warm day going down hill.
I've just watched this. I would've like to see at the end of the video, if by doing the compass calibration first, a test in the same/similar conditions.
I'm not an owner but I am ingesting as much info before purchasing.
Could it be that the 65MPH is in fact 65KPH (=40MPH). I believe DJI has made a MPH/KPH mistake before in the GO App
Yes, I think you might be right muf!
I don't think he said that it will fly 65m/hr "active tracking," though that was the subject. I think he meant under certain conditions it will fly 65,
When the software is "hacked" it will fly at 85km/h. The angle of attack changes dramatically. 50 Miles per hour, give or take.
I saw you TC cap, are you in MN or just a fan? I’m 25 miles SE of MPLS and looking for a place to fly. Any recommendations?
Good post; I learned a few things about the active track modes, thanks.
paulhett That's great! I'm so happy I could help!
Just starting to try some of these features out , looking forward to mastering all of them. Thanks for all your demos , and thank God you were able to stay on the phone like that. I would have gone nuts.LOL.
Bill14886 Lol! Thank you! Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!
I also have not used Active Track. Probably because it is not commonly used nor most popular flight mode.
That just happened yesterday: I wanted the Mavic Pro to follow me making a big U-Turn (partially under some tries) on my bike in spotlight mode - it was relatively dark (forest 1 hr before sunset).
1. First part worked great then without any obvious hurdle it lost me and beeped.
2. So I stopped and quickly indicated the subject (i.e. me) and said "go".
3. Then it followed me (obviously in Track-mode not Spotlight!!!) which is hell of a danger in a forest and luckily it lost me again before it would have crashed into some branches (maybe 2ft left!!). Really freaking.
So lesson learnt: always double check that Spotlight mode is on after it lost you!!!!!
Correct or did I something wrong???
It sounds like you did it correctly. I do not believe it is supposed to drop out of Spotlight mode until you tell it to. I will do some more research and get back to you!
Whats a good program to use using windows 10 for video editing.
Maybe the speed can be achieve in the vacuum of space and gravity.
Been thru that painfully, I'm both a whistle blower on gaslighters in gov and a professional tech for these type of electronics. I assume with confidence they knew the 2 follow modes were largely broken and after I bought 6 new devices that were suppose to work with "follow me", I understood they were just gaslighting reasons for failure "operator error". Don't fall for the advertisments that this drone tracks anything with confidence.
Hi, really love your videos,
Still thinking of buying one of these ,
Dave
U.K.!
Thanks Dave! Please consider using one of my description links if you should feel so inclined! Appreciate it!
Mavic pro can in fact go 64mph with the wind. Check out some videos on TH-cam. It's not a mistake in the kph/mph.
i don't feel confident with charlies answer either. let me know if the calibration took care of the problem. thanks
Nope, Mavic Pro Platinum - "Subject not found" error active tracking a pedestrian.
Thank you for sharing the video I
Thanks so much for sharing...great video.
Thank you! It took a lot of time to edit!
51 Drones, could you check out if there is a difference when you press the RTH button on the controller versus the button on the mini I-pad ?
I don't have a mini Ipad, but yes I will definitely check the difference between my phone and the controller. That interests me. Thanks for a great suggestion!
Do you happen to know when the mavic pro 2 is coming out and any rumors of the kinds of changes if any it will have. I also subscribed to your channel. 👍🏻
I'm sorry I don't. I kind of gave up on trying to figure that out! I would imagine October of this year though.
thanks for your great videos
Hey it's me again and I have a question, other than convenience and portability which drone is better with a better camera and a sharper more colorful and focused imaged, the phantom 4 or the mavic pro!?
Hussein Khalil Colorful and focused image depends on how skilled you are. Better camera? Considering "better" as a bit of a subjective term, I would say the Phantom 4 Pro.
51 Drones which drone has the best RAW footage the phantom 4 (regular) or the mavic?
Hussein Khalil I would say the Phantom, but if you want a for sure answer, I would ask Ed Ricker from Ed Ricker Vlogs. He has both of them.
sir when I'm flying my Mavic pro and when i press my rigth/left joystic, my camera moves like an airplàne even though my plane mode is off, kindly advice tnks
So it acts like it's in FPV, but it's not?
51 Drones it moves like am in fixed wing mode, but i did turn it off.
Hey thanks for sharing the modes, wondering if you could test the mode with Sport mode on to follow your vehicle.
MRD Wood Shop Yes, I plan to. Not sure I'll do a video on it yet. I will update anything in the description though for sure!
Thanks a ton!
West Michigan Drones im pretty sure you cant use flightmodes with sport mode switched on.
have a question about the gimbal and camera,it will start jumping around going in al direction and a over load message comes on my phone ,has any one have this happened from Larry O
I have not. That does not sound good.
I did when first put lens filter on or gimbal is stuck some where when it trying to calibrate after start up
for lens filters I now let drone start up normally when gimbal calibrates and finish I then put on lens filter
I used it with my 4-wheeler. It would lose connection if I turned to sharp or to fast. I need to play with it more. My fastest speed with the wind pushing me is 43.5 mph ( not in Active track) can't see it going 65 if it did I don't think it would be able to get back to me.
Billy Gillentine 43.5 is good! I would be very surprised if it went faster than that.
I show a new top speed after flying this weekend. I used fixed Wing mode my top speed now reads 53 mph it was a big gust of wind I must have hit it just right.
Wow! That's fast!
It was just for a sec
Your profile mode messed up because it was designed to recognize "profiles" from the side and not from overhead. In all, it looks like the algorithms did what they were designed to do....
Understood, however I still question why the Mavic stood still as I drove away in trace mode, and lost signal with no obstructions. No one has been able to explain that.
Nice!! Where did you get the music from?
I get most of my music from Epidemic Sound. I have a monthly subscription. I get a few songs from TH-cam no copyright songs.
51 Drones thank you so very much
Ahhh 😱
Land Shark 🦈
I haven't even tried it yet.
I think you would have had much better luck if the Drone was much closer to the subject
It'd be funny if you could lock it onto it's own shadow... see if it follows itself. haha.
He should have said 65mph if with a tailwind push of 25mph. who then would be flying their MP in 25mph winds? If I just had to test this, which I don't, I would fly only with the wind flow and have someone further up the way to be there when it landed. I would not try to fly it back to me lol.
I did confirm. He was referring to 65kmh, not mph.
Ok good, I was getting a little scared of my lil MP lol