My drones are named Hank, Hans, and Bruce... I featured Bruce in the latest video on my channel. I remember a couple years ago, I read somewhere that the drone backtracks a few meters in order to try to regain signal before starting the actual RTH procedure. This is the first video I've found that supported what I believe I read.
Lol. All awesome and fitting names. I’ve heard the same thing about it backtracking at first but I was surprised the mini 4 immediately went up. I figured it would follow suit with the mini 2, eh?
Congratulations on getting your 107! Now I expect to see more videos from you. Waypoints, hyper lapse, drone on drone filming, flying two drones at once etc. I got my 107 4 months after I started the hobby so I could start my TH-cam channel. (March 2023 is when I started flying). I name my drones as well. My air 3 is Bel Air, my mini 3 pro is Mini. I haven't named my mini 4 pro yet because I bought it during the winter and have only flown it 4 times. I'm thinkin' ... Dart, maybe.
Very cool, brother. Thanks so much for watching and for the congrats. It took a while but we got it done finally. Lol. Dart would be awesome by the way. I think the air 3 would be pretty cool to have for a business, eh? Talk Kristi into it for me please. Haha
Thanks, Ron!!! The test wasn’t as bad as I was anticipating but if I hadn’t studied I would’ve been screwed. Lol. We really appreciate your constant support, brother. I think you’ve been around since the start of our channel!!! :)
Great video m8. Much respect for what you do. I have a DJI Mini 4 pro and I love it to bits but I hardly get to fly it. But you know what they say "absence makes the heart grow fonder" so I love it more when I do🏴☠️🚁
Lol I know exactly what you mean. I don’t get to fly near as much as I’d like either so when I do it’s always a lot of fun. Whether it’s for a video or just for the fun of it. Haha. Thanks so much for watching and for the awesome comment.
Awesome!!!! Thank you so much for watching and subscribing, brother. A lot of people don’t subscribe because of the personality. Hahaha. It’s always cool to hear when someone enjoys our videos. What drones do you use? We started out with a Mini 2 and liked it so much we got a 2nd one as a back up. Then last September we got a Mini 4 pro. All 3 have proven themselves to be amazing little drones.
Thank you Kevin. Therefore is clear, wherever you select the RTH location, drone will go there. if the controller is disconnected/tihout battery, it will also go to the RTH selected location. Good job, as always, very useful ones. PS, be careful with Jack, he will be disappointed if you confuse again his name.
Lol yea, Jack would definitely begin to get a complex if I keep messing up his name. He may not RTH when I ask him if I’m not careful. Hahaha. Honestly I’m always impressed when I hit RTH and these drones do what they do. I really didn’t expect to see Jack backtrack like he did though. That was neat!
Hahaha. Thanks, brother. That big test wasn’t so bad but it wasn’t cheap! We have another mini 2 named rose so it’s jack and rose. They were our first 2 drones and wife named them after titanic. Lol. If we get another drone in the future Diane could be a good possibility though. Hahaha
Reference to the Jack & Rose in the Titanic movie works, too. I didn't think of that. But they might not be good for over-water flights!😄My first camera drone was a Yuneec Typhoon H hexacopter with 6 rotors that could still fly with only 5 working. I'm down in Louisiana (but more than a mile from Texarkana), so my drones fly over water quite a bit. Rotors #5 and #6 are somehow comforting.
Don't think; just do! Advice from ., since we're talking movies. BTW, to correct the record, my first camera drone was a Yuneec Q500 4K Typhoon Quadcopter, not the Typhoon H hexacopter. It was #2.
Lol thanks, Dave! I was telling Jason from JJ drones that now I’m one of you guys! Haha I really do wish I’d gotten this done a lot sooner but I must’ve been rebelling. Lol
Up to this point, I haven't been inspired to name my drones. But, I'm one to cause the lib's to melt down. So hence forward my Mini 4 pro's name will be Rosco. My Mini SE will be known as Cletus! That guy that wrote in complaining about the fact that you named your drones, really needs to get a life. Good job Captain Kevin! Keep doing what you're doing. Still one of the best channels out there.
Hahahaha. Go for it, Randy! I love Rosco! Maybe I should rename our drones to Uncle Jesse, Bo and Luke… and the hover-air could be Daisy. Lol. Those may be some future drone names, eh? I think that guy had a bad day or something and took it out on us. It’s happened before. Hahaha.
I rarely do an auto RTH I like to manually fly it back myself but it's a good practice to do just to make sure that it is working correctly. Also make sure to set RTH height higher than any obstacles in its path on drones without obstacle avoidance sensors. Congratulations again on your part 107. Keep those great videos coming. You've been doing an amazing job since the start.
Now that you are a certified part 107 pilot and the remote id is in full effect since 03/16/2024 Rose and Jack need to be fitted with a remote id module.
You’re not alone on the manual RTH, brother. There’s a bunch of people who say the same thing and I normally do the same when I’m just out flying around for fun. I do seem to do slot of RTH videos lately though, eh? Haha. We really love your constant support, man. We have a lot of fun making these videos and the 107 I guess is just another step to the process. Lol Oh, and I already got those RID modules for Rose and Jack. They don’t like them. Makes them feel fat.
Hey Kev , fantastic tests again brother! Enjoyed it! I was nervous with you when you switched off Dwight’s controller!see Jack was being a naughty kid again flying sideways haha! Take no notice about naming your drones mate, 100% wouldn’t be the same without them! Great job buddy! 👌
Hahaha. Thanks for the support on naming drones, brother. What a weird thing to get all amped up about, eh? I guess we’ve become used to jack and rose flying home sideways. Dwight has never done that so there must’ve been something they’ve tweaked in the settings or something. Either way, it makes them special. Hahaha. I’m just glad Dwight’s sd card kept recording. How boring would it have been to see a black screen with me talking? Maybe that’s what Kristi experiences most. She always seems to close her eyes and shake her head when I talk. Hahahaha
You’re welcome mate, they have to have their names! Haha yea they like flying sideways, think you might be right with something they have tweaked!? Haha that’s hilarious, she closes her eyes and shakes her head, at least Dwight didn’t do that he stuck by you haha 😂, keep them coming mate, fantastic as always ! 👍
Well, I don't think it's juvenile! I liked the idea so named my drones. My 2 Mini 2s were Fred & Ethel. But Fred drowned, so he was replaced by Grace. Then I sold Ethel to a friend so I could use the money to get my Part 107. Then I adopted Faith, my Mini 4 Pro. And I'm having a ball making those RTH tests, including a few crashes, but just hitting those small branches low to the ground, so no harm done, other than a few small nicks in the prop blades. Then Find My Drone has been a real lifesaver, or I'd never find Faith out in the woods. But that was some good tests that you did, Kev. But I forgot how to find "Update RTH", so thanks for letting me know it's under the safety tab. I was looking for it on the flight screen. I should try that and see how Faith will fly back to the new RTH in the woods. 😊
Hahaha. I remember you telling me about Fred drowning but I don’t think you ever told me his name. That’s hilarious. I’m thinking a dukes of hazard theme for our next group of drones. Kristi may agree but she may say no!!! We’ve been having a lot of fun watching your RTH videos brother and that landing in the woods idea is brilliant. Lol. That’ll be fun to watch.
Good test Kevin. The problem with the mini 4 pro is it has so many deciding factors with it having advanced return to home, not like the mini 2. In some cases, the Mini 4 pro will default to the preset over the optimal. Would take forever to try and explain on here, even when trying to decipher the manual haha... 😃 Keep safe brother 👍
Nice test. Kind of scary that the Mini 2 starts moving back before rising up when you lose connection. Good thing there wasn't anything there to run into. Good thinking with the home point updatefor testing. You are professional now that you got the part 107. Haha.
You wrote just what I was about to write 🙂 As a Mini 2 owner, I didn't like that part 😬 I'm wondering if something has been changed in the latest update, cause that's not the way, mine use to act. Yesterday, I was out flying my Mini 2, and as I was flying a waypoint mission, it didn't stop, when I pressed the emergency brake aka the pause button, which it normally does. I could only stop it when pressing stop mission. Had that been in follow mode, when riding my motorcycle, and I didn't know that, I could have clipped a tree or another obstacle 😰
It works as designed. In case of signal loss, it backtracks a bit in the hope that signal can be regained (say if you happened to fly behind a big structure and lost signal, or if you lost signal under a bridge, where just going up would be disastrous).
My concern would be that I lost signal because I flew behind something. Then if the drone flies back toward you before rising, it could run into the very thing that you flew behind. I would think that scenario would be far more likely than flying under something. But if they designed it with that in mind, it makes sense why the mini 4 wouldn't do that since it can detect obstacles above.
@@PickleFaceProduction no, it literally retraces its steps backwards. That's the beauty of it. If it could find a clear path going there, it can find the same on the way back.
@@olabergvall3154 oh!!! That's completely different. Guess I wasn't paying close enough attention. Haha. Thanks for the clarification. Makes sense now.
But what if you are a nomad? Maybe you can try that out? The update-homepoint should have a large button on the main screen. So important for hiker/bikers.
Lol we used to be nomads. We lived in our camper for about 6 years and it was the best life ever! Kristi changed our mind though so we moved back into a house last year. Lol. Boo I say! Sometimes I wish DJI would implement the option to auto update the homepoint like the Maven app does for the Mini 2 but I’d like to have the option to choose. Maven does it automatically when it’s in follow mode I believe. Maybe I need to confirm that before I say it. Lol.
@@WeretheRoberts It makes sense to dynamically auto-update homepoint in follow mode. You're no longer where it took off. If you can choose in the settings then even better. Although too many settings isn't good either. That's when you start making mistakes. Now I'm not a big fan of the obstacle avoidance. People crash it even more. But it is great of course if you have the drone land on it's own before you are there! You point at a spot on the map, and there it is waiting for you. That is the future. Maybe it even ordered lunch to save time?
Interesting tests Kevin. I haven't had Aeris out in a long while! Thanks to cold weather! I'm so ready for spring and warm weather to get here and stay! I have a test suggerstion: take Jack, Rose, and Dwight out to your favorite spot, divide the daylight hours for that day by 3, and fly each drone for that amount of time, JUST FOR FUN! (I might take the Pt 107 when/if I hit 1000 subs, we'll see.) 💜😎💜
Oh heck yea, man. I understand about the weather. We’ve been really fortunate this winter with the temps but the rain has been pretty consistent. Boooo i say! Lol. I like your test suggestion but now we have around 13 hours of daylight so id probably either run out of battery life or real life before that was over. Hahaha. Regarding the 107, take it when you feel it’s time man. If you’d rather fly for fun and recreation, continue that for sure. Just keep flying though cause you got an awesome drone.
Congrats on taking and passing the test. I shall now call you Captain Kevin. Hey I got a question for. I only seem to get a precision landing with my mp4 pro when I do auto takeoff. When I takeoff using the sticks method I missed the landing by 2 ft. Maybe check this out.
Oh cool man! Thanks so much for the congrats. It wasn’t as tough as I thought it was gonna be but I’m definitely glad I studied. Lol. I’d failed for sure. Regarding the auto take off, I’ve never really noticed any difference in precision landing but it definitely sounds like a great test. I’m not saying it won’t be different but I’ve not noticed why. You know though I’m easily distracted and usually wrong. Hahaha. I’m gonna add this to the list, brother. Thanks!!!!
Congrats on passing the part 107 test. Got a question, first flight as a licensed pilot, flying the mini 2, do you have a RID module on it or is it broadcasting RID? I know the mini 4 will broadcast it with the intelligent plus battery but if you use the non- plus battery don't you have to have a RID module with the smaller battery? Getting that license is great and comes with some benefits but now that you have it even flying recreationally don't you have to broadcast a RID at all times regardless of aircraft weight?
PT 107 drone operators can fly under recreational rules, and as such, would not require RID. The caveat to this, is if using same drone. A sub 250 used for a pt107 flight requires registration. Remote ID is tied to whether a drone is registered or not. If Kevin had a separate, sub250 drone, used solely for recreational flights...no RID would be required. Using a registered sub250 drone, even for a recreational flight would then require RID. This is my understanding.
Awesome question, Thomas, and great reply, Steve. Yea that pesky RID requirement is in full effect now so I did get a couple modules for the Mini 2 drones. I have the plus batteries on the mini 4 as you mentioned so it’s already emitting the signal and we’re covered there. Steve is right about the RID being applicable to whether the drone is registered or not. All of our drones are now registered so they all require the RID regardless of weight. Funny thing is with the RID on the Mini 2, the drone is now above the 250 gram. Lol. Kristi said they had this all planned from the beginning. Oh I’m sure they did. We got the least expensive modules we could find on Amazon by Holy Stone. They’re $89.99 right now which is a lot less then most others. Still expensive if you ask me though.
i have a DJI MIni 4 Pro I live in the Texas Hill Country. I do get some nice videos and photos. I have not tried it yet. Flying around BullHead Mountain. If I get on the other side of the mountain and lose signal will it fly around or over the mountain or into the mountain?
Dang I bet you get some awesome shots over that way. I’ve flown some in WV when visiting my parents and in Iowa visiting Kristi’s family and the hills always make me nervous. Lol. My guess would be your mini 4 pro wouldn’t have any problems navigating its way over the trees and finding it’s home point. BUT I claim no responsibility here. Hahahaha. Keep me in the loop if it happens, man. Id be interested to hear about that. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. God bless!!! Kevin
That’s an awesome point, man. My understanding on the Mini 2 is that it retraces its steps initially backtracking trying to regain its signal. Once it realizes the signal isn’t gonna be reconnected, it raises up to the RTH height and flies home. It’s pretty ingenious really. I flew over at a low altitude on that flight and when it’s signal was lost, it stayed low and flew backwards at first. I guess if I had flown in at a high altitude and lowered down by the camera, it would’ve raided up first, eh? Either way, the Mini 4 didn’t seem to care. It just went up both times. Lol. Dwight the rebel.
My drones are named Hank, Hans, and Bruce... I featured Bruce in the latest video on my channel. I remember a couple years ago, I read somewhere that the drone backtracks a few meters in order to try to regain signal before starting the actual RTH procedure. This is the first video I've found that supported what I believe I read.
Lol. All awesome and fitting names. I’ve heard the same thing about it backtracking at first but I was surprised the mini 4 immediately went up. I figured it would follow suit with the mini 2, eh?
Congratulations on getting your 107! Now I expect to see more videos from you. Waypoints, hyper lapse, drone on drone filming, flying two drones at once etc. I got my 107 4 months after I started the hobby so I could start my TH-cam channel. (March 2023 is when I started flying). I name my drones as well. My air 3 is Bel Air, my mini 3 pro is Mini. I haven't named my mini 4 pro yet because I bought it during the winter and have only flown it 4 times. I'm thinkin' ... Dart, maybe.
Very cool, brother. Thanks so much for watching and for the congrats. It took a while but we got it done finally. Lol. Dart would be awesome by the way. I think the air 3 would be pretty cool to have for a business, eh? Talk Kristi into it for me please. Haha
Congrats Kevin on your part 107 great job bud👍🏻
Thanks, Peter! The test wasn’t as bad as I expected but I’m glad I studied lol. Really appreciate your support. Kristi said, “It’s about time,” hahaha
@@WeretheRoberts I agree with kristi 😜
Hahaha. I’m sure. Thanks a lot.
Hey buddy that was fun. Congratulations on the 107 license. You rock, pal.
Thanks, Ron!!! The test wasn’t as bad as I was anticipating but if I hadn’t studied I would’ve been screwed. Lol. We really appreciate your constant support, brother. I think you’ve been around since the start of our channel!!! :)
NICE BROTHER DJI NO.1
Lol. Heck yea! Mini 2 for life!!!!
Great video m8. Much respect for what you do. I have a DJI Mini 4 pro and I love it to bits but I hardly get to fly it. But you know what they say "absence makes the heart grow fonder" so I love it more when I do🏴☠️🚁
Lol I know exactly what you mean. I don’t get to fly near as much as I’d like either so when I do it’s always a lot of fun. Whether it’s for a video or just for the fun of it. Haha. Thanks so much for watching and for the awesome comment.
Love the personality 😂 subscribed 👍🏽
Awesome!!!! Thank you so much for watching and subscribing, brother. A lot of people don’t subscribe because of the personality. Hahaha. It’s always cool to hear when someone enjoys our videos. What drones do you use? We started out with a Mini 2 and liked it so much we got a 2nd one as a back up. Then last September we got a Mini 4 pro. All 3 have proven themselves to be amazing little drones.
Thank you Kevin. Therefore is clear, wherever you select the RTH location, drone will go there. if the controller is disconnected/tihout battery, it will also go to the RTH selected location. Good job, as always, very useful ones. PS, be careful with Jack, he will be disappointed if you confuse again his name.
Lol yea, Jack would definitely begin to get a complex if I keep messing up his name. He may not RTH when I ask him if I’m not careful. Hahaha. Honestly I’m always impressed when I hit RTH and these drones do what they do. I really didn’t expect to see Jack backtrack like he did though. That was neat!
Congrats on passing The Big Test! Now if you can just keep all your drones straight! Seems like Dwight should be Diane, so you can have Jack & Diane!
Hahaha. Thanks, brother. That big test wasn’t so bad but it wasn’t cheap! We have another mini 2 named rose so it’s jack and rose. They were our first 2 drones and wife named them after titanic. Lol. If we get another drone in the future Diane could be a good possibility though. Hahaha
Reference to the Jack & Rose in the Titanic movie works, too. I didn't think of that. But they might not be good for over-water flights!😄My first camera drone was a Yuneec Typhoon H hexacopter with 6 rotors that could still fly with only 5 working. I'm down in Louisiana (but more than a mile from Texarkana), so my drones fly over water quite a bit. Rotors #5 and #6 are somehow comforting.
Hahaha. We fly jack and rose over water a lot but now that you say that, I may have to think twice. Lol. Oh, and 6 sounds way better than 4 to me.
Don't think; just do! Advice from ., since we're talking movies. BTW, to correct the record, my first camera drone was a Yuneec Q500 4K Typhoon Quadcopter, not the Typhoon H hexacopter. It was #2.
Excellent test video, excellent flying, and excellent verse. Have a blessed week Kevin and Kristi.
Thanks, Doug! Hope you have a great week also. God bless and thanks for watching, brother
Nice test as aways 😀and congrats on passing your Part 107👍. Take care and God bless.
Lol thanks, Dave! I was telling Jason from JJ drones that now I’m one of you guys! Haha I really do wish I’d gotten this done a lot sooner but I must’ve been rebelling. Lol
Up to this point, I haven't been inspired to name my drones. But, I'm one to cause the lib's to melt down. So hence forward my Mini 4 pro's name will be Rosco. My Mini SE will be known as Cletus! That guy that wrote in complaining about the fact that you named your drones, really needs to get a life. Good job Captain Kevin! Keep doing what you're doing. Still one of the best channels out there.
Hahahaha. Go for it, Randy! I love Rosco! Maybe I should rename our drones to Uncle Jesse, Bo and Luke… and the hover-air could be Daisy. Lol. Those may be some future drone names, eh? I think that guy had a bad day or something and took it out on us. It’s happened before. Hahaha.
I rarely do an auto RTH I like to manually fly it back myself but it's a good practice to do just to make sure that it is working correctly. Also make sure to set RTH height higher than any obstacles in its path on drones without obstacle avoidance sensors. Congratulations again on your part 107. Keep those great videos coming. You've been doing an amazing job since the start.
Now that you are a certified part 107 pilot and the remote id is in full effect since 03/16/2024 Rose and Jack need to be fitted with a remote id module.
You’re not alone on the manual RTH, brother. There’s a bunch of people who say the same thing and I normally do the same when I’m just out flying around for fun. I do seem to do slot of RTH videos lately though, eh? Haha. We really love your constant support, man. We have a lot of fun making these videos and the 107 I guess is just another step to the process. Lol Oh, and I already got those RID modules for Rose and Jack. They don’t like them. Makes them feel fat.
Super test 👌👌😎😎👍👍Greetings from Poland. God bless
Awesome! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. It’s always cool to have people from other countries check us out. Welcome from Poland! :)
Hey Kev , fantastic tests again brother! Enjoyed it! I was nervous with you when you switched off Dwight’s controller!see Jack was being a naughty kid again flying sideways haha! Take no notice about naming your drones mate, 100% wouldn’t be the same without them! Great job buddy! 👌
Hahaha. Thanks for the support on naming drones, brother. What a weird thing to get all amped up about, eh? I guess we’ve become used to jack and rose flying home sideways. Dwight has never done that so there must’ve been something they’ve tweaked in the settings or something. Either way, it makes them special. Hahaha. I’m just glad Dwight’s sd card kept recording. How boring would it have been to see a black screen with me talking? Maybe that’s what Kristi experiences most. She always seems to close her eyes and shake her head when I talk. Hahahaha
You’re welcome mate, they have to have their names! Haha yea they like flying sideways, think you might be right with something they have tweaked!? Haha that’s hilarious, she closes her eyes and shakes her head, at least Dwight didn’t do that he stuck by you haha 😂, keep them coming mate, fantastic as always ! 👍
Usually she closes her eyes and falls asleep when I’m talking. Hahahaha
Hahaha 😂😂😂
Well, I don't think it's juvenile! I liked the idea so named my drones. My 2 Mini 2s were Fred & Ethel. But Fred drowned, so he was replaced by Grace. Then I sold Ethel to a friend so I could use the money to get my Part 107. Then I adopted Faith, my Mini 4 Pro. And I'm having a ball making those RTH tests, including a few crashes, but just hitting those small branches low to the ground, so no harm done, other than a few small nicks in the prop blades.
Then Find My Drone has been a real lifesaver, or I'd never find Faith out in the woods.
But that was some good tests that you did, Kev. But I forgot how to find "Update RTH", so thanks for letting me know it's under the safety tab. I was looking for it on the flight screen. I should try that and see how Faith will fly back to the new RTH in the woods. 😊
Hahaha. I remember you telling me about Fred drowning but I don’t think you ever told me his name. That’s hilarious. I’m thinking a dukes of hazard theme for our next group of drones. Kristi may agree but she may say no!!! We’ve been having a lot of fun watching your RTH videos brother and that landing in the woods idea is brilliant. Lol. That’ll be fun to watch.
I am old and a little confused!! Is it you, or is it me? LOL!!!
Hahahaha. Oh it’s me. Wait. Would someone answer that phone???!
Good test Kevin. The problem with the mini 4 pro is it has so many deciding factors with it having advanced return to home, not like the mini 2. In some cases, the Mini 4 pro will default to the preset over the optimal. Would take forever to try and explain on here, even when trying to decipher the manual haha... 😃 Keep safe brother 👍
Yea I get that. But wait. There’s a manual??? When did they add that? Haha.
@@WeretheRoberts 😜
Congratulations!
Thanks, Cheri! We really love your constant support.
First, well done on the 107 Kev, another good test and a wild idea yet again from you Many thanks for comparing the 2
Lol thanks, brother. You’ve been coming up with some good ones lately, too by the way. Love it!
Kevin, you rock man. Congratulations.
Haha. Thanks, Fred! You’re not too bad yourself, brother. I may see how many videos in a row I can mention the 107 thing. Hahaha
Nice test. Kind of scary that the Mini 2 starts moving back before rising up when you lose connection. Good thing there wasn't anything there to run into. Good thinking with the home point updatefor testing. You are professional now that you got the part 107. Haha.
You wrote just what I was about to write 🙂 As a Mini 2 owner, I didn't like that part 😬
I'm wondering if something has been changed in the latest update, cause that's not the way, mine use to act. Yesterday, I was out flying my Mini 2, and as I was flying a waypoint mission, it didn't stop, when I pressed the emergency brake aka the pause button, which it normally does. I could only stop it when pressing stop mission. Had that been in follow mode, when riding my motorcycle, and I didn't know that, I could have clipped a tree or another obstacle 😰
It works as designed. In case of signal loss, it backtracks a bit in the hope that signal can be regained (say if you happened to fly behind a big structure and lost signal, or if you lost signal under a bridge, where just going up would be disastrous).
My concern would be that I lost signal because I flew behind something. Then if the drone flies back toward you before rising, it could run into the very thing that you flew behind. I would think that scenario would be far more likely than flying under something. But if they designed it with that in mind, it makes sense why the mini 4 wouldn't do that since it can detect obstacles above.
@@PickleFaceProduction no, it literally retraces its steps backwards. That's the beauty of it. If it could find a clear path going there, it can find the same on the way back.
@@olabergvall3154 oh!!! That's completely different. Guess I wasn't paying close enough attention. Haha. Thanks for the clarification. Makes sense now.
But what if you are a nomad? Maybe you can try that out?
The update-homepoint should have a large button on the main screen. So important for hiker/bikers.
Lol we used to be nomads. We lived in our camper for about 6 years and it was the best life ever! Kristi changed our mind though so we moved back into a house last year. Lol. Boo I say! Sometimes I wish DJI would implement the option to auto update the homepoint like the Maven app does for the Mini 2 but I’d like to have the option to choose. Maven does it automatically when it’s in follow mode I believe. Maybe I need to confirm that before I say it. Lol.
@@WeretheRoberts It makes sense to dynamically auto-update homepoint in follow mode. You're no longer where it took off. If you can choose in the settings then even better. Although too many settings isn't good either. That's when you start making mistakes.
Now I'm not a big fan of the obstacle avoidance. People crash it even more. But it is great of course if you have the drone land on it's own before you are there! You point at a spot on the map, and there it is waiting for you. That is the future. Maybe it even ordered lunch to save time?
@@driewielgreat. Now I’m hungry…
Nice sharing 😎
Thanks, Jesus! We always love hearing from you, brother. Is it drone time up there yet? Lol
Hey, congratulation Kevin's.
Happy Flying!
Awesome! Thanks for watching and for the congrats, Paul! Cool stuff. God bless!
Interesting tests Kevin. I haven't had Aeris out in a long while! Thanks to cold weather! I'm so ready for spring and warm weather to get here and stay! I have a test suggerstion: take Jack, Rose, and Dwight out to your favorite spot, divide the daylight hours for that day by 3, and fly each drone for that amount of time, JUST FOR FUN! (I might take the Pt 107 when/if I hit 1000 subs, we'll see.) 💜😎💜
Oh heck yea, man. I understand about the weather. We’ve been really fortunate this winter with the temps but the rain has been pretty consistent. Boooo i say! Lol. I like your test suggestion but now we have around 13 hours of daylight so id probably either run out of battery life or real life before that was over. Hahaha. Regarding the 107, take it when you feel it’s time man. If you’d rather fly for fun and recreation, continue that for sure. Just keep flying though cause you got an awesome drone.
Love the verse in God I trust as you do the scary test, good tie in
Lol thanks, brother. It’s cool when I read comments like this. Someone actually watched the end!!! Haha. But yea that verse fit pretty sell. Lol
Congrats on taking and passing the test. I shall now call you Captain Kevin. Hey I got a question for. I only seem to get a precision landing with my mp4 pro when I do auto takeoff. When I takeoff using the sticks method I missed the landing by 2 ft. Maybe check this out.
Oh cool man! Thanks so much for the congrats. It wasn’t as tough as I thought it was gonna be but I’m definitely glad I studied. Lol. I’d failed for sure. Regarding the auto take off, I’ve never really noticed any difference in precision landing but it definitely sounds like a great test. I’m not saying it won’t be different but I’ve not noticed why. You know though I’m easily distracted and usually wrong. Hahaha. I’m gonna add this to the list, brother. Thanks!!!!
Congrats on passing the part 107 test. Got a question, first flight as a licensed pilot, flying the mini 2, do you have a RID module on it or is it broadcasting RID? I know the mini 4 will broadcast it with the intelligent plus battery but if you use the non- plus battery don't you have to have a RID module with the smaller battery?
Getting that license is great and comes with some benefits but now that you have it even flying recreationally don't you have to broadcast a RID at all times regardless of aircraft weight?
PT 107 drone operators can fly under recreational rules, and as such, would not require RID. The caveat to this, is if using same drone. A sub 250 used for a pt107 flight requires registration. Remote ID is tied to whether a drone is registered or not. If Kevin had a separate, sub250 drone, used solely for recreational flights...no RID would be required. Using a registered sub250 drone, even for a recreational flight would then require RID. This is my understanding.
Awesome question, Thomas, and great reply, Steve. Yea that pesky RID requirement is in full effect now so I did get a couple modules for the Mini 2 drones. I have the plus batteries on the mini 4 as you mentioned so it’s already emitting the signal and we’re covered there. Steve is right about the RID being applicable to whether the drone is registered or not. All of our drones are now registered so they all require the RID regardless of weight. Funny thing is with the RID on the Mini 2, the drone is now above the 250 gram. Lol. Kristi said they had this all planned from the beginning. Oh I’m sure they did. We got the least expensive modules we could find on Amazon by Holy Stone. They’re $89.99 right now which is a lot less then most others. Still expensive if you ask me though.
i have a DJI MIni 4 Pro I live in the Texas Hill Country. I do get some nice videos and photos. I have not tried it yet. Flying around BullHead Mountain. If I get on the other side of the mountain and lose signal will it fly around or over the mountain or into the mountain?
Dang I bet you get some awesome shots over that way. I’ve flown some in WV when visiting my parents and in Iowa visiting Kristi’s family and the hills always make me nervous. Lol. My guess would be your mini 4 pro wouldn’t have any problems navigating its way over the trees and finding it’s home point. BUT I claim no responsibility here. Hahahaha. Keep me in the loop if it happens, man. Id be interested to hear about that. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. God bless!!! Kevin
@@WeretheRobertsI will keep you in the loop.
But shouldn't it go up to the return to home altitude before it goes
That’s an awesome point, man. My understanding on the Mini 2 is that it retraces its steps initially backtracking trying to regain its signal. Once it realizes the signal isn’t gonna be reconnected, it raises up to the RTH height and flies home. It’s pretty ingenious really. I flew over at a low altitude on that flight and when it’s signal was lost, it stayed low and flew backwards at first. I guess if I had flown in at a high altitude and lowered down by the camera, it would’ve raided up first, eh? Either way, the Mini 4 didn’t seem to care. It just went up both times. Lol. Dwight the rebel.
I have tried this twice on the air 3 switch the controller off about 2km from home and she comes home every time
Lol that’s awesome, man. Isn’t it crazy what these things can do?