I've got the Mavic Mini. I had the same experience. Panic sets in. The feeling of absolute helplessness trying to regain control, then relief when you hear and see your drone coming back. It's quite exhilarating. LOL!
You can shut your controller off pull your unplug your phone from your controller it will automatically return to home. So important to set up your RTH before flying off. DJI Mini 2 is a BEAST!
Had this happen to me last week on my 4th day of owning the Mini 2. I hadn't done much research into the RTH feature. I was out a little less than 10,000 feet from my home point and lost signal. I left my controller on the porch and started to get my boots on to go for a hike to find my drone. As I got in the truck, I saw little Hank (yes, it's name is Hank) setting down only about 18 inches from where he took off. ...And my heartrate returned to normal.
I can relate to you mate, I’m new to the drone world and have the original MJV Mini and love it but on occasions when it go’s out of sight and I get the various messages like it’s too windy or signal lost etc I go into a panic 😩. Subbed you so keep the drone vids coming
Same thing happened to me a while back and I also panic. But that Return to Home bottom works great and also the fact that the drone will take course back home if it loses the signal on your controller is a great feature of the DJI Drones. I am a big fan of DJI Products from this point on.
You summed up the panic felt by all when the drone loses signal, especially the first time it happens. You do start to trust the little fellas the more it happens. Good video.
I just did this on my mini 2 yesterday for the first time. I just wanted to fly it to it´s limits one time in an area where I thought I had a good chance to find it if things didn´t work out. I kept looking at my screen and just when my hope was lost... it came back. There is nothing like that sound of a pack of bees over your head.
I always check those advanced safety settings in the first tab in settings menu, you can select either auto RTH, hover or land on signal loss. Always check it is selected on the right choice for your situation, mostly you want RTH but sometimes there might be a situation where you want it to hover! I've noticed when the app or drone firmware updates, the settings you alter can change?
I have had a similar scare with my mini 2. I have flown a good 2 miles without issue but the last time I went up I was in a congested urban area and had only gone about 1500 feet when I lost signal. Very scary! But, just as mentioned in other posts, setup to RTH before flying and she comes home. Got to love that!
I used to loose signal with my Mini 1 all the time, my area iss terrible for gps signals. It always came back home but oh man, it's always so stressful until you see the signal back again 😬😅
Instant subscribe for that intro alone I’m a tea man myself haha! Mate your voice over had me creased 😂 the loss of signal fear is real isn’t it, glad it worked out okay in the end!👌
If the signal is lost the drone automatically goes into RTH mode after about 10 seconds. The signal should re-establish once it has come back into range. Time to panic is when it doesn't after a couple of minutes. (Always set default RTH height to at least 80m).
All drones in this country have to be flown "in line of sight"! Rules from the CAA of which you should know if you are registered, you should be to fly that drone. The CAA are now giving out fines/ prosecuting people for flying there drones irresponsibly/ illegally. So if I was you, I wouldn't be sticking videos/ evidence of you doing it on here. Be safe bud xx
Don't worry buddy, the quad got full of safety features regarding loss connection etc. Most important is to always check our RTH settings before every flights. Auto RTH on this quad is very reliable. Thanks for sharing and cheers from Malaysia. 🙂👍
So what about when it just drops connection and you never see it again? I was heading back home, about 2/3 of the way back from the farthest point that flight and it disconnected. The main screen said FlySafe requires update. It’s gone
@@mikeryan2388 Hello, Mike. Sorry to hear about that. It's really unfortunate. Is it possible that the FlySafe is not being updated and was causing this?
@@mikeryan2388 RTH isn't always a good solution because you must be careful with wind. If the wind is too strong then is the DECREASE option the best because in RTH mode the drone is set to go up to the max limited height and then to return. Problem is that the more you go up, the wind is stronger and often resulting with losing the drone.
it happened to me too. I had it on set up to come home. When I lost the signal I had a bit of chill too when I got that black screen. thank for sharing the video
Same happened to me with my mini 2 , appears on my cellphone screen says not connected and then connected it’s on an off several times, I was calm on that time… My friend with me was the one who’s panicking, telling me you lost it then suddenly again have connected, luckily RTH works , don’t ignore strong winds and low battery power when notified. Thanks !
Love your story. I lost contact twice today…..live in the sub tropics where the trees go up for ever, plus a few hills……shock ! …black screen, no data, heart attack and then I hit RTH …..what a relief to hear the buzz over my head….but I’d forgotten to turn the camera on….duh ! So I repeated the trip…..lost signal again…RTH. Ended up with good footage……no mistakes in life, just lessons, and I get plenty. 🤪🤣
As others are started it is very important to set your RTH mode before take-off or during as needed... If nothing else just enable on Signal loss RTH. A low battery will always RTH regardless there are two settings on most of the drones RTH on low battery this Is automatic and can be overridden with the RC but not turned off. RTH on signal loss this one you can enable or disable. Now for more advanced longer flights you wish to use the following instead (but these both carry more risk) Dynamic Home Point = Drone will RTH at the point your controller is or was last, so say you driving around with some buddies the drone will attempt to come to your RC signal and not where it took off from. Manual Home Set: self-explained you can tap somewhere on the map and set the HOME location there instead this is useful when you are doing a long flight and need to set it down somewhere closer as the battery might be an issue due to range, you can do this if for example when you are happy to drive to a different location while it travels out to that location and u just want to meet up with it midway and need a fail-safe location closer along the route. For really advanced flights you would actually send it pretty high and just disable RTH on signal loss, again this will not circumvent the battery-low warning RTH but this will allow the drone to keep going on the mission and you can just drive closer to regain signal, some of the DJI drones actually offer multi-device support like the Mavic 2 Pro you can connect two RC to that and then you can have someone closer to take over if needed, alternatively you can get different apps some of which offer more advanced flight. Some more pro drones like the Inspirev2 and Matrice line up those actually can have multiple stations to set up to monitor them and act as fail overs when the signal is lost.
My Phantom IV Pro did similar near Kingsdown and the White Cliffs of Dover a couple of years ago. I had kittens as the controller said it was installing an update whilst it it carried on out to sea on its own but luckily I then gained control two minutes later. My mate who was with me said the look on my face when I lost control was priceless!
I’m pretty sure we all have experienced this at one time flying I know that panic feeling and the first time I caused a crash breaking my GPS module witch fortunately I was able to repair myself now when I loose contact I stay calm and rely on RTH settings, fun video!
How do you fix the lost signal issue? I flew mine a little over half mile with a full signal and satellite at 21. After 1/2 mile, signal lost and got the message about drone RTH and the control beep until it landed. Not sure if this is going to be a normal 1/2 mile radius thing or is it just the suburban area i am in. i try to point signal toward the drone but no luck. I will try again on a clear sky day to see if this is a weather thing or not. Hope its more than 1/2 miles next time.
Just make sure your settings are correct . Suitable return to home height and make sure you have it set to return to home if signal is lost rather than hover. . I flew my drone out about a mile then turned off the phone and the remote and it just flew back to me . Very impressive. Don't panic.
I had this happen while the drone was almost 3km away. My phone crashed mid-flight, and I could not reconnect to the drone at all. I thought it was gone for good as it was over a hard to access forest and battery time was ticking. I was very sad and stressed. 10 minutes later, it lands itself back in the yard. The little bugger flew itself all of the way back home with 4% battery to spare.
A wee tip, unless youve figured it out by now, change to the Attitude indicator in the bottom left in place of the map, that way you can see your orientation to the drone, line them up and you have line of sight horizontally, then slowly raise and lower the controller's antenna on a vertical sweep till you get the strongest connection, over fields in CE mode it should easily do 3.5km, I am sure you would have reached your destination at least even with interference...
DJI is well aware of this issue for over a year but doesn’t appear to care to fix it. Mine went from 17 satellites to zero and lost radio at same time like yours. Signal loss for mine started about 700-1000’ out reliably. Ended up returning my unit due to issue replicating itself every time I flew. There are tons of us experiencing this same issue. DJI customer support said to make sure everything is up to date on board aircraft and remote and should fix problems,but it doesn’t. Hopefully you have more patience than me in waiting on fix.
I’ve lost signal a few times but so thankful for RTH! LOL Glad you got yours back safely. What phone are you using? Found out that my Galaxy S21 Ultra is not yet compatible with the Fly app!
I flew my Mini 2 to just over 500 metres today, then lost the signal and the screen went black. I panicked, then the screen came back on and moments later, the drone was heading back. I'm sure glad I set the RTH if the signal goes off, but it scared the hell out of me!
Hi, have you checked the Geomagnetic storm index (Kp) before flying? i usually don't fly if it was above 5, as i might lose connection entirely, or the drone might become completely irresponsive in midair.
It's no big Deal. DONT PANIC DJI drones, even the cheap ones just fly a straight path home given you have adequate battery charge left. I have a P3 and a Mavic Pro Platinum and both just return home when signal is lost. I've tested this quite a few times as a confidence builder The Platinum usually gets to within an inch or so of the take-off point while the P3 is sloppy.... within a couple of feet.. The No1 rule is to make certain the drone has GPS lock before you fly. You may also want to set the 'fly home' height to 300-400 feet, for tree and building avoidance. Make a pre-flight checklist, and *use* it, every time. Fly safe!
It happens but as long as its set to RTH there is no problem. I can only get about 1000ft with my mini 1 and lose signal. There is a good little app called drone assist and it shows you all the hazards. Where I live there are lots of solar panels everywhere so I get lots of interference from them.
I just purchased the mini 2 and that’s my first drone. I’m already on the scared side so any tips will be a great help guys. My question is , if you do loss signal will the RTH button still work? In the comments I seen someone said setup RTH when you loss signal so it doesn’t just hover in mid air.
Thanks for your comment my friend .. yeah you set your RTH as come back home , hover , or land .. but to be honest don’t worry too much mate been flying mine for a while now , and she just comes straight home safe and sound .. good luck 🤞
Happened to me this weekend over a huge lake. I had a litter of 12 kittens and a big dog. Not to worry it returned safe and sound. I just have to figure out what I’m going to do with these kittens. I think I will keep the dog.😂
My SE was losing connection out about 600 feet. I immediately started back. It disappeared & lost all connection about 170 feet from home point. Even though RTH was enabled, it never kicked in. It’s lost.
@@themadmechanic1964 there's a guy drives around the viaduct takes a tenner from you to fly your drone to be fair its a great view also steall falls at fort william I have a not so great video on here but well worth a visit.
How well does return to home work in these instances? Is it possible for the drone to collide with a tree upon its return? I'm glad to hear you got it back in the end.
If the drone loses connection with the controller, it will automatically return to the starting point or do you have to press rth? and does it always come back regardless of the distance? In general, in my lightly built-up area, I did not fly far about 800 meters. And it was entering the red field, but without signal loss.
I made a mistake didn’t check the RTH and when it lost signal it hovered lol so pushing the button for all it was worth and she came back .. thanks so much for your comment my friend
What range have you managed to achieve as of yet? Full grown adult sobbing!! Tis a lot of £££'s though.. Narration was great though.. Have the mavic mini myself, do I go for the 2??
Once I was flying and suddenly my phone got frozen screen. It was impossible to restart it (you know. Iphone does this sometimes).. my drone was 1,5 km away and I got real panic! after some attempts I managed to restart my iphone and re launch DJI app just to realize that my dear Mini 2 was hovering above me at 100m as set prior to take off. So cool :)
dude, your rendition of events is hilarious... Very well done video... lol So happy it came home for you... Have you tried another range test since yet? This should give you a lot of confidence in this little guy, eh? I have the same drone and Kristi named him Jack... lol New sub here, brother.. Again, well done! God bless... Kevin (and Kristi)
What happened to that lost spark? How did u loose it? I have both of these drones and they always come back. I used a little hack to make spark think that it is in US ( Im in europe- latvia) and I used parabolic antenna mirrors, and managet to push that little spark 4km away, and then it lost signal. It was over sea, and I thought "bye bye spark" but no, it came back :) so how did U loose your spark again? :)
God knows it had a breakdown was using follow me then it was gone ... I thought it had gone to home from losing signal but it had flown over my head and landed in a field took me a week to find it ... but it works well and will be using it in Scotland
I have lost signal a few times but yesterday was a bit scary. I flew from a park in London Class D airspace, keeping under 60 metre height due to location restrictions and got the signal loss at 430 metres. It went to RTH after a few seconds and tried rise to height I had set which was higher than 60 metres but wouldn't go higher than 60. All sorts of messages were popping up, one saying it will force land at 20% battery then it just hovered! I had over 80% battery so this is where a bit of panic kicked in. It basically just hovered for what seemed like ages, probably was only 10-15 seconds, I think I may have hit RTH on controller not sure but I went into settings lowered RTH height to 60 metres and eventually got it returning back. At 370 metres I cancelled RTH and took control from there. The hovering part may have been due to hitting the pause button on controller which doubles as the RTH button, not sure though. Anyway I think for safety and less confusion they should sperate this function on the controller. Don't Panic! 😅. Enjoy your trip 👍. Edited: You can also add a strobe drone light and still keep Mini 2 under 250grams. The Ulanzi DR-02 works well in low light and It will help you spot it better at greater distances while up in Scotland...
Here is a good video from Crooked Imaging's TH-cam channel where he shows the strobe set up, weight, plus a custom mount and effective distance that you can still keep drone in line of sight. Worth a watch... th-cam.com/video/jD8ysvs72BY/w-d-xo.html
If you fly legally (VLOS) you never get issues like this. There's a reason BVLOS is prohibited with current consumer drones. Someday soon we'll have legal BVLOS but not yet. Have patience.
OMG! this just happened to me today and I thought I actually lost my mini 2 lol. I panicked and kept pressing the return to home then felt so relieved when I saw it come back on my phone and gain signal again.
This JUST happened to me now. Ive never felt so helpless and then i got the strong wind warning fly manually and im like HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT WITH NO RC SIGNAL??? By the grace of god it came back close enough in range to fly again.
It's normal for me to lose connection. I have the Mavic Mini....I'm waiting for the new Mavic Mini 2s/3 or what DJI call it. I've only panicked once....I'd sent it out about just under a 1 mile away from a hill I was standing on when I lost contact with my drone, it said RTH.....then it said on the screen " Signed Out" or something. My screen was black, I was panicking...it came back eventually...there was no live RTH footage....the only reason I knew it was near was I could hear it. It actually went out the way to RTH and when I did spot it it was coming in from the north east when I'd sent it southwards....wind wise...there was next to no wind nor gusts. Now I never panic.
Hello my friend thanks for the comment .. in simple terms yes just remember to set the home point before you fly etc .. and the little darling will head back to you with open arms
If you fly higher the reception should be better, but I have seen that in the UK the distance is not the same as other county varients. Probably best flying over an area you know you can get to and land it and use drone finder to collect it. but be careful as flying a drone out of sight can land you in deep shit in the UK. Also fly backwards dont turn around this is why you lost it a second time.Edit
Always check your rth altitude and as previously stated that you choose rth and not hover and not land as it will land in its current location rather than return to you. Bear in mind you can change rth location in flight if you wish.
@@themadmechanic1964 but could you still see it at 3700 feet away ? You need to maintain visual contact I don’t think I could see a mavic mini at that distance
That is very scary. I fly my Mini in a large urban area (Toronto) Canada. It happens to me all the time. I didn't think it happened to the Mini 2. Like # 33!!!!!
If you are flying in a large interference area, try manually putting the drone in 5.8 gigahertz instead of 2.4. The 5.8 is better for high interference areas, 2.4 works best in low interference areas.
I’ve also lost signal twice, flying my drone in remote areas of the Mojave Desert here in California. It returned both times. I think if it loses signal from the controller for more than three seconds it activates RTH
I concur with the sentiments expressed here. I got totally disconnected from my Mini2 and freaked out. Thankfully I had it set to RTH and was able to re-acquire signal. But yeah, it's a bit traumatic. Heheh. Great vid!
Make sure its set to return to take off point and not controller if you doing range, if the signal goes and its set to return to controller, it does not know where controller is once signal is lost and just hovers where it is.
I did that to in my first week of having the drone, i was like 1km distance then i decided to take a closer look at a sheppard and some sheeps, when i descended the drone basicly was on the othe side of the hill so it lost connection instantly, i wasnt affraid to lose it as it was in an open field , but that sheppard saw the drone hovering and had a stick in his hand. i was like this guy gonna beat the sht out of my drone. luckly i had RTH and the drone went up and reconnected
hello mate .. it was and editing tool record the phone screen and run it over the final video .. hope that helps a bit .. thanks again for your comment
The antennas on your Controller are directional...This means you need to keep them pointed at the Drone at all times. This is what the Compass is for (which evidently you failed to use)...There is also a RTH button on your Controller so you don't need to rely on Auto RTH settings...🤔🤔😳🇬🇧
Change the setting so that on signal loss, it will auto return to home instead of just hovering. Life saver at these distances
Great advice
It dosent work what do
@@zinmayzumbaandaerobic6405 if you set, it will work.
@@zinmayzumbaandaerobic6405 BETTER IT WORK!
Thanks my friend
Only guys who have gone through this know how you felt, I have felt the same way, keep up the channel
Thanks mate
100% agree
Nope! I dont own one and know the feeling 😂 i lost my $500 phone and i think its very similar feeling loll
I've got the Mavic Mini. I had the same experience. Panic sets in. The feeling of absolute helplessness trying to regain control, then relief when you hear and see your drone coming back. It's quite exhilarating. LOL!
I feel your pain my friend lol
You can shut your controller off pull your unplug your phone from your controller it will automatically return to home. So important to set up your RTH before flying off. DJI Mini 2 is a BEAST!
Even the cheapest DJI Phantom3 does that.
Mini 2 hard
Had this happen to me last week on my 4th day of owning the Mini 2. I hadn't done much research into the RTH feature. I was out a little less than 10,000 feet from my home point and lost signal. I left my controller on the porch and started to get my boots on to go for a hike to find my drone. As I got in the truck, I saw little Hank (yes, it's name is Hank) setting down only about 18 inches from where he took off.
...And my heartrate returned to normal.
Glad hank came back to you
After 10000 ft away Hank had enough juice in battery to RTH? Wow....U lucky bastard 😁
I can relate to you mate, I’m new to the drone world and have the original MJV Mini and love it but on occasions when it go’s out of sight and I get the various messages like it’s too windy or signal lost etc I go into a panic 😩. Subbed you so keep the drone vids coming
i feel your pain my friend :-)
Same thing happened to me a while back and I also panic. But that Return to Home bottom works great and also the fact that the drone will take course back home if it loses the signal on your controller is a great feature of the DJI Drones. I am a big fan of DJI Products from this point on.
Did you give mini a big hug😅🤣? So happy-go-lucky 🤸♂️
You summed up the panic felt by all when the drone loses signal, especially the first time it happens. You do start to trust the little fellas the more it happens. Good video.
Thanks mate
I just did this on my mini 2 yesterday for the first time. I just wanted to fly it to it´s limits one time in an area where I thought I had a good chance to find it if things didn´t work out. I kept looking at my screen and just when my hope was lost... it came back. There is nothing like that sound of a pack of bees over your head.
@@XJohnny It is great to see that screen juttering back to life and changing back to colour when it regains signal on the way back .... Phew !
It happens to me all the time, I just light one up and wait for her come home, after a while you will too mate🍀💚
thanks for uploading! major panic mode when my drone loses signal but the RTH feature is the saviour.
Thank you so much for the comment my friend
I always check those advanced safety settings in the first tab in settings menu, you can select either auto RTH, hover or land on signal loss.
Always check it is selected on the right choice for your situation, mostly you want RTH but sometimes there might be a situation where you want it to hover!
I've noticed when the app or drone firmware updates, the settings you alter can change?
I have had a similar scare with my mini 2. I have flown a good 2 miles without issue but the last time I went up I was in a congested urban area and had only gone about 1500 feet when I lost signal. Very scary! But, just as mentioned in other posts, setup to RTH before flying and she comes home. Got to love that!
I used to loose signal with my Mini 1 all the time, my area iss terrible for gps signals. It always came back home but oh man, it's always so stressful until you see the signal back again 😬😅
Instant subscribe for that intro alone I’m a tea man myself haha! Mate your voice over had me creased 😂 the loss of signal fear is real isn’t it, glad it worked out okay in the end!👌
Thanks mate ... I’m off to Scotland next month and doing a travel log ...
Hahaha i loved how you discribed your experience. Love the video. Thanks for sharing this, i am planning on buying the DJI MINI 2 SE :)
Thanks for the comment my friend .. go get one and enjoy .. 😀😀
If the signal is lost the drone automatically goes into RTH mode after about 10 seconds. The signal should re-establish once it has come back into range. Time to panic is when it doesn't after a couple of minutes. (Always set default RTH height to at least 80m).
thanks mate ... and many thanks for your comment
All drones in this country have to be flown "in line of sight"! Rules from the CAA of which you should know if you are registered, you should be to fly that drone. The CAA are now giving out fines/ prosecuting people for flying there drones irresponsibly/ illegally. So if I was you, I wouldn't be sticking videos/ evidence of you doing it on here. Be safe bud xx
Thanks mate ...
They’ll come for you and it’ll be more expensive than loosing your drone. Sorry bud, but ignorance is no excuse!!!
@@davidgibson9330 I know bud .. this was a first and only time I’m flying out of line of sight ...
Thanks mom
@@izimedia its tits like you, doing shit like this, that give them a bad name and make it harder for everyone!!
That was nerve wracking. I’m happy yo got it back! Subbed!
Thanks mate
I used to panic when I lost the signal, now I have a cup of tea and patiently wait.
I feel your pain my friend lol
Don't worry buddy, the quad got full of safety features regarding loss connection etc. Most important is to always check our RTH settings before every flights. Auto RTH on this quad is very reliable. Thanks for sharing and cheers from Malaysia. 🙂👍
thanks my friend
Agreed to Nazz
So what about when it just drops connection and you never see it again? I was heading back home, about 2/3 of the way back from the farthest point that flight and it disconnected. The main screen said FlySafe requires update. It’s gone
@@mikeryan2388 Hello, Mike. Sorry to hear about that. It's really unfortunate. Is it possible that the FlySafe is not being updated and was causing this?
@@mikeryan2388 RTH isn't always a good solution because you must be careful with wind. If the wind is too strong then is the DECREASE option the best because in RTH mode the drone is set to go up to the max limited height and then to return. Problem is that the more you go up, the wind is stronger and often resulting with losing the drone.
it happened to me too. I had it on set up to come home. When I lost the signal I had a bit of chill too when I got that black screen. thank for sharing the video
Nice one mate glad you got it back 😃great video really cool flying for the drone I have subscribed. Don 🤠🇬🇧👍👍👍👍👍😄😄
Same happened to me with my mini 2 , appears on my cellphone screen says not connected and then connected it’s on an off several times, I was calm on that time… My friend with me was the one who’s panicking, telling me you lost it then suddenly again have connected, luckily RTH works , don’t ignore strong winds and low battery power when notified. Thanks !
Thanks for your comment … second time out with it … drama over 😀😀😀
Love your story. I lost contact twice today…..live in the sub tropics where the trees go up for ever, plus a few hills……shock ! …black screen, no data, heart attack and then I hit RTH …..what a relief to hear the buzz over my head….but I’d forgotten to turn the camera on….duh !
So I repeated the trip…..lost signal again…RTH. Ended up with good footage……no mistakes in life, just lessons, and I get plenty. 🤪🤣
Thanks my friend .. I feel your pain lol thanks for the comment
As others are started it is very important to set your RTH mode before take-off or during as needed...
If nothing else just enable on Signal loss RTH.
A low battery will always RTH regardless there are two settings on most of the drones RTH on low battery this Is automatic and can be overridden with the RC but not turned off. RTH on signal loss this one you can enable or disable.
Now for more advanced longer flights you wish to use the following instead (but these both carry more risk)
Dynamic Home Point = Drone will RTH at the point your controller is or was last, so say you driving around with some buddies the drone will attempt to come to your RC signal and not where it took off from.
Manual Home Set: self-explained you can tap somewhere on the map and set the HOME location there instead this is useful when you are doing a long flight and need to set it down somewhere closer as the battery might be an issue due to range, you can do this if for example when you are happy to drive to a different location while it travels out to that location and u just want to meet up with it midway and need a fail-safe location closer along the route.
For really advanced flights you would actually send it pretty high and just disable RTH on signal loss, again this will not circumvent the battery-low warning RTH
but this will allow the drone to keep going on the mission and you can just drive closer to regain signal, some of the DJI drones actually offer multi-device support like the Mavic 2 Pro you can connect two RC to that and then you can have someone closer to take over if needed, alternatively you can get different apps some of which offer more advanced flight.
Some more pro drones like the Inspirev2 and Matrice line up those actually can have multiple stations to set up to monitor them and act as fail overs when the signal is lost.
lol, when you said a 600lb drone I had to think about that for a second. I was like, damn, that's a huge drone :|
bit translation problem lol lol ..
I thought the same thing lol
My Phantom IV Pro did similar near Kingsdown and the White Cliffs of Dover a couple of years ago. I had kittens as the controller said it was installing an update whilst it it carried on out to sea on its own but luckily I then gained control two minutes later. My mate who was with me said the look on my face when I lost control was priceless!
Thank you for your frankness, that was quite illuminating!
Glad you enjoyed and many thanks for your comment
I’m pretty sure we all have experienced this at one time flying I know that panic feeling and the first time I caused a crash breaking my GPS module witch fortunately I was able to repair myself now when I loose contact I stay calm and rely on RTH settings, fun video!
I feel your pain my friend and thanks for the comment
Love a cuppa, my drone won't go anywhere near that far. Liked and followed 👍
How do you fix the lost signal issue? I flew mine a little over half mile with a full signal and satellite at 21. After 1/2 mile, signal lost and got the message about drone RTH and the control beep until it landed. Not sure if this is going to be a normal 1/2 mile radius thing or is it just the suburban area i am in. i try to point signal toward the drone but no luck. I will try again on a clear sky day to see if this is a weather thing or not. Hope its more than 1/2 miles next time.
Just make sure your settings are correct . Suitable return to home height and make sure you have it set to return to home if signal is lost rather than hover. .
I flew my drone out about a mile then turned off the phone and the remote and it just flew back to me . Very impressive. Don't panic.
Thanks mate
I had this happen while the drone was almost 3km away. My phone crashed mid-flight, and I could not reconnect to the drone at all. I thought it was gone for good as it was over a hard to access forest and battery time was ticking. I was very sad and stressed. 10 minutes later, it lands itself back in the yard. The little bugger flew itself all of the way back home with 4% battery to spare.
I feel your pain my friend … 🥲
Haha thanks for sharing. It's good therapy to have a bit of a laugh at yourself every now and then.
Thank you my friend … or madness sets in lol ..
This just happened to me without realizing the drone comes back by itself 🤣 My heart was racing and getting ready to start the car 🤣
I feel your pain my friend and thanks for comment 😀😀
Don't panic my friend.
Only if there is an obstacle more higher than the height of RTH settings...
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Thank you sir ... loads more to come off to Scotland in May on a old 4Os motorcycle
A wee tip, unless youve figured it out by now, change to the Attitude indicator in the bottom left in place of the map, that way you can see your orientation to the drone, line them up and you have line of sight horizontally, then slowly raise and lower the controller's antenna on a vertical sweep till you get the strongest connection, over fields in CE mode it should easily do 3.5km, I am sure you would have reached your destination at least even with interference...
Yeah my friend .. found it out in the end .. thanks for your comment 😀😀😀
DJI is well aware of this issue for over a year but doesn’t appear to care to fix it. Mine went from 17 satellites to zero and lost radio at same time like yours. Signal loss for mine started about 700-1000’ out reliably. Ended up returning my unit due to issue replicating itself every time I flew. There are tons of us experiencing this same issue. DJI customer support said to make sure everything is up to date on board aircraft and remote and should fix problems,but it doesn’t. Hopefully you have more patience than me in waiting on fix.
sats do not exists its a scam...GPS means ground position system...radio masts are used
I’ve lost signal a few times but so thankful for RTH! LOL Glad you got yours back safely. What phone are you using? Found out that my Galaxy S21 Ultra is not yet compatible with the Fly app!
Yeah I’m using a iPhone 8 but not using a iPad mini
I flew my Mini 2 to just over 500 metres today, then lost the signal and the screen went black. I panicked, then the screen came back on and moments later, the drone was heading back. I'm sure glad I set the RTH if the signal goes off, but it scared the hell out of me!
I know how you feel .. change of underwear lol
Hi, have you checked the Geomagnetic storm index (Kp) before flying?
i usually don't fly if it was above 5, as i might lose connection entirely, or the drone might become completely irresponsive in midair.
What I'd that and where do you check it?
Homeless Tony taught me to go high or go home. Never panic!
It's no big Deal. DONT PANIC DJI drones, even the cheap ones just fly a straight path home given you have adequate battery charge left. I have a P3 and a Mavic Pro Platinum and both just return home when signal is lost. I've tested this quite a few times as a confidence builder The Platinum usually gets to within an inch or so of the take-off point while the P3 is sloppy.... within a couple of feet.. The No1 rule is to make certain the drone has GPS lock before you fly. You may also want to set the 'fly home' height to 300-400 feet, for tree and building avoidance. Make a pre-flight checklist, and *use* it, every time. Fly safe!
1min18 bottom right looks like a radio tower that was probably the problem and also change the settings so it returns home when you loose signal
Hi from Canada, i feel your pain, happen to me last week 😪
It happens but as long as its set to RTH there is no problem. I can only get about 1000ft with my mini 1 and lose signal. There is a good little app called drone assist and it shows you all the hazards. Where I live there are lots of solar panels everywhere so I get lots of interference from them.
I just purchased the mini 2 and that’s my first drone. I’m already on the scared side so any tips will be a great help guys. My question is , if you do loss signal will the RTH button still work? In the comments I seen someone said setup RTH when you loss signal so it doesn’t just hover in mid air.
Thanks for your comment my friend .. yeah you set your RTH as come back home , hover , or land .. but to be honest don’t worry too much mate been flying mine for a while now , and she just comes straight home safe and sound .. good luck 🤞
Happened to me this weekend over a huge lake. I had a litter of 12 kittens and a big dog. Not to worry it returned safe and sound. I just have to figure out what I’m going to do with these kittens. I think I will keep the dog.😂
Fantastic mate I felt your pain lol
Hi glad you got it back you will love flying it up here in Scotland especially glencoe
Cheers mate so looking forward to it
Thankfully, everything turned out fine!
My SE was losing connection out about 600 feet. I immediately started back. It disappeared & lost all connection about 170 feet from home point. Even though RTH was enabled, it never kicked in. It’s lost.
Mate I’m sorry to hear that .. I feel you pain my friend 😢
Good video mate hope you enjoy it up here in sunny "sometimes" Scotland are you gonna do the Glenfinnan viaduct? keep a tenner in your pocket lol
oh yes my friend .. sooo looking forward to it
@@themadmechanic1964 there's a guy drives around the viaduct takes a tenner from you to fly your drone to be fair its a great view also steall falls at fort william I have a not so great video on here but well worth a visit.
How well does return to home work in these instances?
Is it possible for the drone to collide with a tree upon its return? I'm glad to hear you got it back in the end.
Set RTH to height taller than the highest structure around you.
If the drone loses connection with the controller, it will automatically return to the starting point or do you have to press rth? and does it always come back regardless of the distance? In general, in my lightly built-up area, I did not fly far about 800 meters. And it was entering the red field, but without signal loss.
I made a mistake didn’t check the RTH and when it lost signal it hovered lol so pushing the button for all it was worth and she came back .. thanks so much for your comment my friend
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Ok but I wanted to ask if your drone comes back straight after pressing rth or on sideways? have you dealt with this problem?
@@daniell7226 sorry yeah comes straight back but you can move the drone from side to side for a good bit of camera work …
What range have you managed to achieve as of yet? Full grown adult sobbing!! Tis a lot of £££'s though..
Narration was great though..
Have the mavic mini myself, do I go for the 2??
Once I was flying and suddenly my phone got frozen screen. It was impossible to restart it (you know. Iphone does this sometimes).. my drone was 1,5 km away and I got real panic! after some attempts I managed to restart my iphone and re launch DJI app just to realize that my dear Mini 2 was hovering above me at 100m as set prior to take off. So cool :)
Tea and a chat, means turn off!
Oh man I so know how you feel I've been in the same situation.
Thanks great video.
Thanks mate
dude, your rendition of events is hilarious... Very well done video... lol So happy it came home for you... Have you tried another range test since yet? This should give you a lot of confidence in this little guy, eh? I have the same drone and Kristi named him Jack... lol New sub here, brother.. Again, well done! God bless... Kevin (and Kristi)
Thanks mate you wait until I’m up Scotland next month going to do a daily giggle blog .. thanks again
What happened to that lost spark? How did u loose it? I have both of these drones and they always come back. I used a little hack to make spark think that it is in US ( Im in europe- latvia) and I used parabolic antenna mirrors, and managet to push that little spark 4km away, and then it lost signal. It was over sea, and I thought "bye bye spark" but no, it came back :) so how did U loose your spark again? :)
God knows it had a breakdown was using follow me then it was gone ... I thought it had gone to home from losing signal but it had flown over my head and landed in a field took me a week to find it ... but it works well and will be using it in Scotland
I have lost signal a few times but yesterday was a bit scary. I flew from a park in London Class D airspace, keeping under 60 metre height due to location restrictions and got the signal loss at 430 metres. It went to RTH after a few seconds and tried rise to height I had set which was higher than 60 metres but wouldn't go higher than 60. All sorts of messages were popping up, one saying it will force land at 20% battery then it just hovered! I had over 80% battery so this is where a bit of panic kicked in. It basically just hovered for what seemed like ages, probably was only 10-15 seconds, I think I may have hit RTH on controller not sure but I went into settings lowered RTH height to 60 metres and eventually got it returning back. At 370 metres I cancelled RTH and took control from there. The hovering part may have been due to hitting the pause button on controller which doubles as the RTH button, not sure though. Anyway I think for safety and less confusion they should sperate this function on the controller. Don't Panic! 😅. Enjoy your trip 👍.
Edited: You can also add a strobe drone light and still keep Mini 2 under 250grams. The Ulanzi DR-02 works well in low light and It will help you spot it better at greater distances while up in Scotland...
Here is a good video from Crooked Imaging's TH-cam channel where he shows the strobe set up, weight, plus a custom mount and effective distance that you can still keep drone in line of sight. Worth a watch... th-cam.com/video/jD8ysvs72BY/w-d-xo.html
I stay with mavic mini first gen. Because the battery is 18650. it got longer lifetime than the mini 2 lipo battery.
If you fly legally (VLOS) you never get issues like this. There's a reason BVLOS is prohibited with current consumer drones. Someday soon we'll have legal BVLOS but not yet. Have patience.
Thanks again my friend 😀😀
I got same problems the other day at Ladybower Dam Bamford!
Why that is happening? Is it possible that is not enough space for CASH memory ??
I found out mine was a load of phone masts blocking my signal .. thanks for your comments mate enjoy
OMG! this just happened to me today and I thought I actually lost my mini 2 lol. I panicked and kept pressing the return to home then felt so relieved when I saw it come back on my phone and gain signal again.
I feel your pain my friend glad you got it back
This JUST happened to me now. Ive never felt so helpless and then i got the strong wind warning fly manually and im like HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT WITH NO RC SIGNAL??? By the grace of god it came back close enough in range to fly again.
On one of my first flights my phone died! I had no idea what to do and luckily once I calmed down I remembered RTH
I feel your pain my friend
I have that problem. The thing is I wasn’t far. Is it’s becuse when new drones come out. The old model tends to fail.?
Thanks for you comment my friend .. I feel that’s so true
It's normal for me to lose connection. I have the Mavic Mini....I'm waiting for the new Mavic Mini 2s/3 or what DJI call it. I've only panicked once....I'd sent it out about just under a 1 mile away from a hill I was standing on when I lost contact with my drone, it said RTH.....then it said on the screen " Signed Out" or something. My screen was black, I was panicking...it came back eventually...there was no live RTH footage....the only reason I knew it was near was I could hear it. It actually went out the way to RTH and when I did spot it it was coming in from the north east when I'd sent it southwards....wind wise...there was next to no wind nor gusts. Now I never panic.
So my question is ,if I lose signal with the drone and remote will the return to home feature work. Thank you
Hello my friend thanks for the comment .. in simple terms yes just remember to set the home point before you fly etc .. and the little darling will head back to you with open arms
Blimey that was a shakey flight was panicking for u there myself 😂😂
Thanks mate
If you fly higher the reception should be better, but I have seen that in the UK the distance is not the same as other county varients. Probably best flying over an area you know you can get to and land it and use drone finder to collect it. but be careful as flying a drone out of sight can land you in deep shit in the UK. Also fly backwards dont turn around this is why you lost it a second time.Edit
ahh loved it, i just ordered mine! so basically it will come back to same direction if it goes out of range right..
as long as its not to windy
As long as you haven't changed the defaults.
Always check your rth altitude and as previously stated that you choose rth and not hover and not land as it will land in its current location rather than return to you. Bear in mind you can change rth location in flight if you wish.
That was a scary ass movie
😂🍵👍
I thought you need to maintain visual sight of your drone at all times when in the UK ?
Yeah your right but what is direct line of sight ...
@@themadmechanic1964 up to 500m according to the guidance.
@@themadmechanic1964 but could you still see it at 3700 feet away ? You need to maintain visual contact I don’t think I could see a mavic mini at that distance
I remember when my phone died (cold weather) when out flying and I also got panic.
Good DJI have RTH function that will save us 😊
I feel your pain my friend 😊
That is very scary. I fly my Mini in a large urban area (Toronto) Canada. It happens to me all the time. I didn't think it happened to the Mini 2. Like # 33!!!!!
If you are flying in a large interference area, try manually putting the drone in 5.8 gigahertz instead of 2.4. The 5.8 is better for high interference areas, 2.4 works best in low interference areas.
@@clmfilms8103 Thank you for that tip, I will give it a try.
Can of...cup of tea :) Nice save, in both respects !
Thank you my friend .. glad you enjoyed
The big power lines are the problem they kill your signal, i tried the same
Great video 😊👍 I know this feeling 👏🏁
Thank you
I lost signal twice on my night time flying video about 500M away it comes back both times to me.
I’ve also lost signal twice, flying my drone in remote areas of the Mojave Desert here in California. It returned both times. I think if it loses signal from the controller for more than three seconds it activates RTH
I can relate to this video. Even on my 5th time of this situation I still get panic a bit.
I feel your pain my friend .. and thanks for the comment
I concur with the sentiments expressed here. I got totally disconnected from my Mini2 and freaked out. Thankfully I had it set to RTH and was able to re-acquire signal. But yeah, it's a bit traumatic. Heheh. Great vid!
Thanks for the kind comments .. glad you enjoyed
Make sure its set to return to take off point and not controller if you doing range, if the signal goes and its set to return to controller, it does not know where controller is once signal is lost and just hovers where it is.
I did that to in my first week of having the drone, i was like 1km distance then i decided to take a closer look at a sheppard and some sheeps, when i descended the drone basicly was on the othe side of the hill so it lost connection instantly, i wasnt affraid to lose it as it was in an open field , but that sheppard saw the drone hovering and had a stick in his hand. i was like this guy gonna beat the sht out of my drone. luckly i had RTH and the drone went up and reconnected
I feel your pain my friend and thanks for the comment ...
Oh how did you get the little navigator bottom left??
hello mate .. it was and editing tool record the phone screen and run it over the final video .. hope that helps a bit .. thanks again for your comment
Did u get that deep feeling of dread and shortess of breath with the lump in the throat lol👀👀👀👀
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I thought oh god here we go again lol after the Spark drama lol
Happens to me alot but I know I can rely on RTH.
Great and honest video!👻
Dang it I wanted to see how close the landing would be the the little White board (can not find that btw). You cut us off too early.
So sorry my friend … had a drama with the edit … will have to do a follow up .. but glad you enjoyed until then 😀
The antennas on your Controller are directional...This means you need to keep them pointed at the Drone at all times. This is what the Compass is for (which evidently you failed to use)...There is also a RTH button on your Controller so you don't need to rely on Auto RTH settings...🤔🤔😳🇬🇧
Maybe the magnetic interference in the area try it again but a different time of the day
I thought the range on a DJI mini 2 is 10k
in FCC mode yes, here in the UK its CE mode, lower power, gives about 6km one way.
Happened to me yesterday. First time in a year. Weak signal then all signal lost. Came back online seconds later but total panic!
I feel your pain my friend … thanks for the comment 😀
Nice to see someone near me iv flown near the chillenden windmill and live nearby
So, how close did it get to the landing pad??
I know the video shut off… it was about spot on about 6in off thanks for your comment
Possible jamming or interference from a transmitter on the ground ??
That’s what I thought it was didn’t see the mast until later … oh the joys .. thanks for the comment
The doctor oz
The drone should be going alot further than that before signal.drop out something defently was strong interference there
Why are you flying out of Vlos ?
i know mate .. was a test not doing that again lol ..
2:20 Power lines at 10 o'clock. Power lines can interfere with the rc signal and when you were just flying a little closer to them.