10 CAUSES OF DRONE CRASHES AND FLYAWAYS - DJI Mini 2

[@Ivorengland]

Number 11. I use a lanyard so I won’t drop my RC and phone. Checking my mates roof. He wanted to see the screen. Turned it towards him, lanyard touched the control stick, drone flew into a wall. Freaky accident but one to be aware of if you use a lanyard for ‘safety’. Great video by the way. Thanks.

[@DMProductions]

Good idea thanks for watching

[@noreflexshot]

Thank you Sir.....I'm a new pilot flying a Mini 2 and I've learned so much from you in a short time. I appreciate the straightforward approach you take. You are very knowledgeable yet humble and those two characteristics make your videos very appealing. Thank you again and God Bless!

[@DMProductions]

Ah nice one I’m glad it’s good! I appreciate that feedback :-)

[@carlbuehler3037]

Thank You Darren for your continued education of all of the DJI Mini 2 pilots out there! I for one really appreciate your efforts and hard work that goes into your videos and you cannot help but learn from them. Thanks Again! I have followed DJI products for many years, and in my opinion I still believe the Mini 2 is the best drone they have ever produced…

[@DMProductions]

That is very nice of you to say , thank you I appreciate it

[@carlbuehler3037]

@@DMProductions Hi Darren, I did have one other thing to say I am not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but in version 1.4.3 I cannot get the exposure lock to work anymore by pressing and holding on the screen and getting the lock symbol and auto it does not seem to be working anymore on my end here anyway just thought I’d mention this. I’ve tried locking the exposure last night flying in tonight and I’m having no luck so could this be something in version 1.4.3?

[@DMProductions]

I’ll check it out thanks Carl

[@ivotouart]

Another drone channel mentioned a good tip for approaching the landing zone: do it so the butt end is facing you, then you don't have to mirror the controls in your head

[@jhalvico]

Well, it depends. After few months flying I feel more comfortable landing the drone facing the front towards me. Of course, first you need to trainee yourself controlling in mirroring mode, but at the end you will have more skills to fly in both ways.

[@robertsalyers1351]

Great advice I'm looking at purchasing my first drone so I've been checking out videos to learn about them 😀 I'm considering the DJI mini 2 for my first

[@GyrotexGaming]

Thank you Darren, can I ask you a rather simple and silly question on the same safety topic: in your experience (or to your knowledge of watching other videos and talking to people perhaps) - how likely is something like DJI Mini 2 to just fail in flight? I.e. something going wrong with the engine or propellers etc, and that being the reason for a crash/fall? Because it seems to me like 99% of every other scenarios are due to operator error - am I getting the right message here mate?

[@explorewithdrew]

Excellent tip... can never get enough reminders!!!!

[@DMProductions]

Haha thank you

[@orvilledev]

Very straightforward. Thank you so much for this. I am confident now buying my first drone.

[@Nathansmithphotography]

Thanks for this. I am a very new pilot, but one thing that I do to avoid crashes flying in reverse is to mostly fly in reverse a path that I have just flown forward if that makes sense. For example I did some footage flying quite close to an aqueduct here in Italy but after flying forward which “set the path“, I figured I could fly in reverse and it should return on the same path that it came forward with. So far so good. And thanks so much for all your videos. They are extremely helpful!

[@DMProductions]

Good points and thank you Nathan 😊

[@frederickgordon6703]

Thanks for the update. I have learned a lot from other people's experiences and I am always conscious of where and how I am flying. Where I am, a replacement will take some time. Great video.

[@DMProductions]

Thanks so much Frederick

[@lunarmagiclegend]

Yes! I always do my own pre-flight checklists before a flight with the Mini 2! If it doesn't pass I don't fly 😊 I will fly indoors only if the props are new after practicing outside with no gps connected to make sure it doesn't drift at all... Great video!

[@DMProductions]

You got it !! Thanks 😊

[@jonmurph589]

Hello mate, I was interested in buying a drone and after watching a few of your vids bought the mini 2. Just had first flight about 10mins ago. Wow it's so good, even better than I expected. So, thanks for all the helpful content - it made my first flight less scary 😂👍

[@personaldronerepair6141]

Stop It ! :) Another hit Darren! Great Video! Love the pro intro!

[@DMProductions]

Haha thank you ! 🙏🙏

[@lingonvaxi1973]

Thank you, I recently crashed my dji mini 2 and got a replacement, this definitely helped a lot, will be a a lot more careful from now on, thank you man!

[@DMProductions]

Glad it helped! safe flying dude

[@lingonvaxi1973]

@@DMProductions will do!

[@riekonura8554]

how to secure warranty?

[@dougcooper4917]

Great Video Darren, and Excellent Information!!

[@WayneM1961]

According to Holy Stone (I have the HS175D model) if the battery runs dangerously low the drone will automatically return to its last recorded take off position. If the drone loses transmitter signal for more than 6 seconds, it will go into "failsafe" mode and again return. The pilot cannot exit return home by long pressing the return home button in both circumstances, but it does stress two things, 1 in all cases the GPS signal has to be strong. 2, the drone will fly into any object in its path. I DO NOT INTEND to put any of this to the test! I am a very new operator I got my done as a Christmas present (2022) so all the info you give in this video is extremely helpful to me. Thanks for posting.

[@DuarteMacedo]

As always very useful tips and explained clearly.Thanks Darren

[@DMProductions]

Thank you 😊

[@Northstar-Media]

Doing square & figure eight circuits helped my direction control, it is easy to get your left right controls mixed up.

[@Jonathantuba]

Some valid points! For flying backwards I either only do with direct line of sight, or at least turn drone 180 degrees first and check no trees, etc before I carry out that backward move

[@DMProductions]

Yes , good tip I do that too, test the flight out first before doing it :-)

[@PilotMcbride]

When landing manually I always turn my mini 2 around and reverse park, 😂😂. And yes, I’m a new pilot at this time. As a light aircraft pilot I flew mainly joystick controlled aircraft. The habit of pulling the stick back to raise the nose of the aircraft was the reason for my first drone crash (on first flight),😂😂. It was at point I started to think of that stick as a throttle and start watching some vids made by experienced operators, 😂😂. Watched a few of your vids and enjoy them. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. Cheers from downunder. 👋👋👋 🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@andyboyce5900]

You hit the nail on the head. “It’s all about planning”. Before any of my flights I probably spent 3x more time planning than I do actually flying! 🙈

[@DMProductions]

Haha 😆 a fews days after filming this I was inches away from crashing into a bridge , need to watch my own video !

[@andyboyce5900]

@@DMProductions I hear they are great videos and full of useful information! 🤣

[@Matanumi]

You can actually save battery and operating time that way

[@elineblind348]

O M G. I've only been flying a few months. I sent up my mini 2 to about 190ft yesterday the wind on the ground wasn't that bad but the image on my screen started suddenly moving very fast too the left and moving the stick did nothing to change it. so i look up and sure enough the drone is being carried away at a fast rate. I try lowering my altitude at same time as trying to move towards my direction to no avail. I'm starting to panic a bit but then realize I'm still in "c"mode so I switch to sport and am able to over come the wind and return to my location. All this occurred in under a min but it seemed like it lasted a lifetime watching that drone move opposite of the direction I was intending.. if it had been one of my first flights I'm sure I would have lost it, never to have been found. Just wanted to share my lesson that the wind on the ground does not always match the wind higher up.

[@DMProductions]

Yes very true often on the screen it doesn’t look bad or moving but in high wind always keep eye on the drone

[@ov1lord]

Use the app 'UAV Forecast' to check the gusts of wind at high altitudes

[@reggiereg92]

When I've been flying I Don really use "c" mode. I stay in normal mode and just go nice and easy on the sticks.

[@RandoTark]

something that can give you good indication of wind wherever the drone is at ... is using the drone attitude graph in DJI fly. I had no idea what that handy lil graph was showing me till I watched a vid on it ... now I have it set showing that instead of the map thats usually there. Granted, I realize it wont help w/ countering sudden wind gusts but... still I think its pretty cool knowing how hard drone is working at countering any wind when just trying to hover in place.

[@jakecoady6940]

Define “the wind wasn’t too bad” 😂 it has to be awfully windy to suddenly spin your mini 2 like that.

[@drakejdf]

I love your channel it’s great it’s giving me all the confidence I’ve needed to plan ahead and take time to learn how to fly as well as learn all the functions of the app whether it be calibration or RTH settings/camera settings etc. etc. I’ve only been flying drones for two months although I’m experienced in the RC cars so I’m familiar with going away from yourself as the coming towards yourself trying to decipher left and right right to left depending on whether you’re coming or going but with the drone it sure is tricky. I’m really loving this new hobby I actually went out to Long Beach I live in CaliforniaAnd took some video and use the app for the first time to edit and add music and it came out pretty darn cool a lot of my motions were choppy so I just trimmed and clipped and used the best content.I’m trying to get used to flying straight without making too many jerky left or right movements and I’m still nervous to fly too far away from my self but I will get there. Again thank you so much you’re very informative and your channel is one of the best on KZbin.

[@DMProductions]

That’s awesome thank you for watching , can’t wait to get to cali and get some nice shots too!

[@stemfourvisual]

Your vids are a godsend mate, cheers for your hard work.

[@DMProductions]

Thank you so much that’s fab

[@SamuelSotiega]

Very good and informative

[@DMProductions]

Thank you 🙏

[@4khongkong58]

Great tip for the reverse function in post, just not as professionally looks if people and cars in the shot. I shoot in Hong Kong and mainly with over water shots and there are many boats. I made the mistake of reversing the shot in post and it just looked plain silly! My bad!

[@DMProductions]

You could do a selective reverse keyframe . It’s harder to edit but then the drone is in only reversing and everything else is normal , thanks buddy would love to visit Hong Kong one day

[@thekiteflyer1]

Some great tips there Darren, cheers

[@DMProductions]

Thanks Martin 😊

[@crabshackstudio1002]

Thanks Darren for this. I was more specifically interested with the ''flyaway'' angle in your title but you have not covered this (rather than crashes and even though flyaway is a reality that will also lead to a crash). After my 5th or 6th flight with my first drone - the mini 3 pro - I just made an auto take off and without doing anything more, the drone just flew forward and fast. A nightmare as I was... on 21st floor of a building!.... I could see it going far above the streets, no way to control it for about a minute or more (you're loosing time notion in such situations...) When I finally took back control, it came back close to the balcony, I was about to land it and... it banged into the wall of the building (loosing control again) and that was, as you say, ''game over'': it felt the 21 floors and ended on its back, half of the wings broken and no way to make it fly again. I think this topic is unknown to most new pilots like myself, it was a big (bad) nightmare, I scrapped a $1000 drone. Fortunately this happened while Amazon Prime could still allow me for a return, so I now have a new one, but I'm kind of very nervous about it. I'm learned about not only relying on the ''safe fly note'' the screen tell me, but to really ensure you get at least 10 satellites locked or more. This reality does not seem to be even touched by DJI and where I am, unfortunately dji care is not available.

[@TheTandeddu]

Took Monday afternoon with my new Mini 2 and went to a big field and felt a nice heavy cross wind..... decided to hold off on my first flight. Now thanks to your video I have a new tool to make the assessment on more than just gut feel. Thank you! Please consider putting in the link for the UAV Flight App..... took me a while to figure out the app name.

[@DMProductions]

Awesome thank you yes it’s a great app

[@peterbrown7631]

Have you ever used dji care refresh and can you make a video about it?

[@Na_Poludnie]

Thanks for video. Just got my mini 2 yesterday. It was already flying over Dingle in Ireland today 🍀👍

[@DMProductions]

Haha nice one !

[@nickmershev6967]

Great tips. Thankfully I already follow them

[@mikaeljansson1515]

Hi Darren, have you find any issues regarding strong wind warnings from the latest update?? I just flown the other day in quite strong winds without any warnings. I would say it has been much more sensitive before. Thank you for all good videos!! /Michael

[@DMProductions]

interesting I'll check that out

[@onerun7783]

Sorry I am late, but Iam really happy to see you daily uploading.

[@DMProductions]

hey thank you for watching

[@CaptainFalcon07]

Honestly learning more about battery care I’ve been pretty good about bringing mine back home when the battery gets to about 45%, I guess running the battery down to near critical is not good for them

[@DMProductions]

No not really at all and avoids some crash landings !

[@TykeBiker]

Thanks for another instructive vid, just some really helpful tips for all us learners, s'pose a lot of common sense BUT common sense go out the window when you panic. What seems to strike home in your vid is, do all the planning and take all precautions on the ground before hand, bit like family planning ;-) Thanks again Darren.

[@DMProductions]

Haha spot on Tyke. Mistakes happens for sure but I hope some of these will help or will be refreshers

[@4677ady]

Thanks again for publishing these video, they're a great help especially for beginners as it brings much awareness to various unforseen scenarios pilots can encounter. Since my Mini 2 got blown into a nearby hedge after my first couple of test flights I've been really apprehensive in taking it out again (current UK weather's not helped mind although this weekend's been awesome so far hasn't it?). Have you ever experienced any issues yourself with your Mini 2 being side swiped when fully holding down to land from around 4-5 feet high? Must admit I was lingering a bit longer than usual (around 10 seconds) as trying to find a suitable patch of grass but just as soon as I found one it was too late and off on its own.

[@DMProductions]

I find it’s pretty strong in the wind but yes can drift at low altitude, sometimes you learn from these and makes you better

[@4677ady]

@@DMProductions Since the incident I've replayed it quite a few times in my head and initially thought I must've just got confused and held down the wrong stick but am mostly certain I hadn't. Pretty sure that prior I was under the impression that although the Mini 2 is insanely light I'd read that it only seems to be badly wind affected when quite high up in the air but yeah, definitely the more flight experience the better. Won't even consider flying now without checking the UAV Forecast app (very handy advice taken from another of your helpful vids).

[@MarkJacksonGaming]

-- The rain thing gave me an idea. Not so much for rain, but is electric motor cleaner, say from CRC safe to use on drone motors (in this case a Mini 2)? Any tips on maintaining/servicing the motors, or, where to buy new motors? Sorry, one last question: Even if your props appear to be fine, how often should you change them? Thanks for the tips, big help, new flyer here. Thumbs up.

[@brokensword2621]

Great tips man keep up the good work 😃

[@DMProductions]

Thank you

[@curlymaplebandit1363]

Lots O stick time. Get a cheap tiny whoop and practice indoors. Other than the throttle, angle mode feels pretty similar. Spring and fall here are an wind tunnel. A few battery packs a day roaming around the house keeps the addiction at bay.

[@DMProductions]

Haha yes fpv or small drone with props and you can have some fun

[@northmonk03]

Hey Darren can you recommend a free app for my MacBook to tweak photos from the drone. I'm using Da Vinci resolve for the video which is awesome, I love it but need a program to lighten/darken up photos in post when I misjudge the exposure on Pro using ND filters. It's not always easy to judge on a small phone screen with the sun pounding down on the screen the correct exp values etc. Thanks buddy

[@DMProductions]

I use Lightroom on the Mac, for simple exposure edits the Mac photos editor is decent now

[@northmonk03]

@@DMProductions ok thanks, is lightroom a free program

[@klassicman1324]

Hi, i enjoy your videos and the way you speak clearly and slowly. Easy to learn from you. I recently bought a drone and want to post videos of what i have captured. Which editor programme can i use to help me with this? Please suggest. Thank you

[@DMProductions]

iPad or Mac iMovie is free and can be done :-)

[@eddieb.drones4866]

Another great video .common sense learn to walk before you can run.seems about right. Thank you.

[@DMProductions]

Haha thanks Eddie yes! So many people wrote to me saying they have crashed drones within the first few months , trying to save you guys some 💵

[@omarhalabi3171]

All great tips! Great video m8

[@DMProductions]

Thank you 🙏

[@mavicairflyeruk]

Good video Darren very informative 👍

[@DMProductions]

Thank you buddy 😊😊

[@djiminitraveller]

Another great video.....I like watching your content, as your clear and well spoken, not to mention providing create information. Doc

[@DMProductions]

Awesome Dr thank you 😊

[@stevew179]

I crashed my drone when the prop came off, the screw had completely undone, vibration I guess. Poor maintenance on my part. Now I check everything pre flight, also add a touch of nutlock to the screws..

[@DMProductions]

Nice one we learn from experience

[@enegronii]

Great information! Thank you for putting it together and sharing.....

[@DMProductions]

Thank you buddy

[@daniellavigueur8333]

Thank you for the information. Very useful.

[@xavierx93]

thanks for such an informative video.

[@DMProductions]

Thank you

[@lexfdz.1076]

HELP#. Hi Drone Masters!. Can I effectively use the "RTH" on a Mavic Mini-2 using a (WI-FI ONLY) iPad; or I need to buy the (WI-FI + CELLULAR iPad)?

[@thedroningoflife]

Great video as always 👍👌

[@DMProductions]

Thank you buddy

[@PetersReviews]

Bloody twigs on the way back got me! Reverse production in editing is the way forward for me 😆

[@DMProductions]

hahah yes twigs are the mini’s worst enemy and so easy to miss and end up hitting, better luck next time buddy !

[@marcdelaunay1]

Nice one Darren. I always go through a full pilot procedure, follow the drone and dummy code in equal measure, always have checks and am disciplined like using UAV Forecast among others....never without exception. Can’t always predict it all though like seagulls hahahahaha. Great vid as ever man. Fly well!👍✌️oh and Phil Skraba great channel and sent him the Ian of London stuff he eventually found how that drone went down...Ooft!

[@DMProductions]

Haha he’s a good man . Sometimes mistakes happen but I hope this helps some people

[@josephkool8411]

I live in near the Detroit river and the wind always calms down in the late afternoon early evening and it's a really good time to fly small drones. Is it like that everywhere or just here? During October the birds of prey migrate through here and the sky is full of giant raptors. It's a really bad time to fly a drone. Big scary birds everywhere. They try to eat my chuahua so I don't let her out until they leave

[@xhulioselenica3840]

Thanks Men! Really good video!

[@DMProductions]

Thank you

[@ov1lord]

One of the best things I've learned recently is to use that map on the bottom left. If you fly the drone far away and you can't remember how to return it home use the map and it will draw a straight line to your location and you can fly it back really fast (faster than rth)

[@DMProductions]

Yeah that’s good , if you lose connection tho it’s slow at updating the map icon

[@virtious8]

Do these tips apply to all drones or just to the DJI Mini 2

[@DMProductions]

All but especially the mini and the wind issues

[@UKBUBBLERS]

Very good advice because sometimes we think we know it all after watching tutorials lol still I got my.first Time at the seaside today went to Littlehampton and used my nd filters that you recommended my god after coming back and putting it on the TV what a total difference looked amazing even got.to.use my air to.with active track and that was brilliant because it was so open well done Darren 👏😁

[@DMProductions]

Awesome !! That’s fab to hear ! They make a great difference! What did you use ?nd32?

[@UKBUBBLERS]

@@DMProductions yeah and looked great watching back on the big tv can't wait to get it up again hope the weather continues 😁

[@UKBUBBLERS]

What micro sd card would you recommend for these drones 😁

[@DMProductions]

I use this one geni.us/SNiXgK

[@UKBUBBLERS]

@@DMProductions nice one Darren ill get one from amazon cheers pal 😁

[@MrRaymond1021]

I think that's exactly what happened to me yesterday. I ignored the RTH and it literally started to fly away instead of home. I panicked and held the RTH button until it landed at home. It was a scary feeling, and I will not be ignoring it again. Thanks for the video mate.

[@DMProductions]

Thank you , yes lucky escape! Thanks for watching

[@ianmacphoto]

Which uva fly / weather app do you use please?🙄

[@DMProductions]

Uav forecast

[@LandmarkAerialDronePhotography]

Great video Darren. I've had one crash since I bought my drone. Almost lost it, but thankfully with alot of hard work managed to recover it. It was my own silly fault, valuable lessons learned. Keep up the great content. Del 👍

[@DMProductions]

Come on Del what happened …. 😆

[@LandmarkAerialDronePhotography]

@@DMProductions I was at an old ruin, but there was a building which was still complete. It had an ancient well inside. The door was locked but there were windows with iron bars on them. I placed my drone inside and took off. I panicked and thought it was going to hit the top of the roof. I tapped the stick, but knocked it back. It hit the bars ricocheted off the bars, flipped upside down and fell in mud and water. Luckily I had my work gear with me and devised a system to retrieve it. I was so lucky, after some very intense cleaning it was good to go. Never again, lesson well and truly learned. 😂 🤣 😅

[@DMProductions]

Oh dear lol. Flying indoors or anything where you got limited options is soo easy to crazy ! Flying fpv it’s different you got big rubber surroundings around the props, Mini 2 it’s just game over !

[@LandmarkAerialDronePhotography]

@@DMProductions True, but never trying it again. I was lucky it landed on its back, as the water and mud never penetrated the card slot or inner workings. The props where caked in mud, I did a pretty good job cleaning, and getting it back up and running. 😂 🤣

[@Navajo_Steve]

Thank you. Great advice.

[@DMProductions]

Awesome Steve thanks for watching

[@TT-hi1qv]

Nice informative video…

[@PP-rl5sn]

Could another option be, when doing shots under bridges, to change it from instead of return to home, to hover if the connection is lost. That was it won't rise and you could go closer to get a connection again

[@DMProductions]

Yes I do that if it’s a challenging bridge

[@coralsofhouston]

Hey do you do any prop changes/upgrades on your mini 2?

[@DMProductions]

I keep it pretty standard tbf

[@coralsofhouston]

Much appreciated, thanks for reply Darren.

[@ferdronemedia]

I never Fly Indoors! Great tips for New pilots. ✌️👍🏾 Nice shirt mate! Do you sell it....?

[@DMProductions]

thank you buddy for watching , pretty sweet isn’t it :-)

[@petersinclair2723]

Fire isn’t it !

[@petersinclair2723]

Fire isn’t it !

[@ferdronemedia]

@@petersinclair2723 4Sure!

[@ferdronemedia]

@@DMProductions 4Sure!

[@CaminoAir]

I'm naturally cautious, but thank you for pointing out all these pitfalls.

[@DMProductions]

Thanks for watching

[@CaminoAir]

@@DMProductions My pleasure. I've subscribed. Your advice and opinions are extremely helpful.

[@arnoldestrada8583]

Just crashed this Monday. My advice would be if you have a DJI Mini 2 to be careful with the Quickshot Circle lol sand rocks got into one of the motors and gimbal had some issues. Cleaned it up and so far it's working okay again.

[@DMProductions]

Yes sand in the Motors is really bad

[@pauls4742]

A couple of more comments about flying under bridges. Be careful that there is nothing hanging from the bridge. Often there are wires, ropes or monofilament fishing line hanging from the bridge. Also tricky to make sure that you have the camera adjusted properly so that you are actually at the right level if you are out of visual range. Regarding landing... I always have the drone facing away from me and in Cine mode so that I don't make a mistake on the controls and crash it when I'm trying to land. Just land it slowly and carefully like a pilot does with his aircraft.

[@jelias999]

If i come into land (usually on my hand) I always turn around and fly backwards into my hand simply because of it being opposite if it's facing towards me lol. I'm fine looking at it on the camera but if I'm looking directly at it I forget almost every time.

[@DMProductions]

yes exactly ! haha can easily be forgotten! thanks for watching

[@fpvlife3688]

That intro 😂

[@petersinclair2723]

You and the Phil banta is so funny lol 😂

[@azdean6897]

Great tips!

[@DMProductions]

Thank you dean

[@petersinclair2723]

Oooooooo that T-shirt tho! Anyway good video that’s gonna be really helpful to a lot of people

[@DMProductions]

thanks peter buddy !

[@MorningCoffeeDaily]

Ive been flying in sport mode and it takes a lot of space to stop indeed!!

[@DMProductions]

oh yes people def forget the breaking distance

[@darryljorden9177]

Closest I came to a crash happened when I was flying near a facility and a couple of security guards asked me not to fly in the vicinity. I was a bit shaken and after hitting the Home button selected "Land" by mistake instead of "Return to Home". Fortunately, I saw on the screen that it was descending into some trees and hit the up stick to avoid getting it caught in branches.

[@DMProductions]

Wow lucky, but a great example of how distractions can throw you off.

[@dronermx4317]

Great tips, tks!!!

[@DMProductions]

Cheers buddy

[@elineblind348]

10:39 is that an actual product?

[@DMProductions]

They make random stuff !

[@fpvlife3688]

You got your own t-shirt bro ? 🔥

[@DMProductions]

You like ?

[@rickracine9758]

Ya good tips pretty much them already but its always good for refreshers , made me laugh when Phillip pic pop up , i was thinking on your next reaction vid you did ,it be cool if he summited a vid to you

[@DMProductions]

He won’t dare 😂 challenge accepted Phil ?😂

[@rickracine9758]

@@DMProductions LOL thats so funny you made me laugh on that one have a great day and PS if your watching Phillip you heard him challenge accepted let the battle begin

[@seekerami]

FYI - the Pause/RTH button is a HARD brake, faster than reverse stick.

[@dennysmith2291]

I crashed my drone on Friday. I'm a hard landscaper and was taking some videos a pic of patio we just finished . and I was tired and yep crashed into the top of the house. came down hard on new patio. but thank God it was fine 🙂....it was my fault because I was to tired tbh ....so don't fly tired 😴....thank you for the video 📹.

[@DMProductions]

Exactly mistakes and distractions happen , flying the mini is tough it’s on you . You have no position sensors to help you

[@ianlivermore2981]

I was recently flying my mini 2 near Canary Wharf over the river Thames about 8.30 pm, altitude was only allowed 60 meters which was high enough as it was about 3mile from city airport. I had about 10 minutes flight time left so I pushed the return to home, nothing it got further away and and getting warning notifications of over the allowed height. As you can imagine I was shitting bricks only had 2 minutes left on the battery and still wouldn’t return to home. It eventually landed in Surrey docks garden centre right next to the river with critical battery. Had to go back next day and collect it. It lives another day

[@DMProductions]

Wow that’s scary, would rth on the controller not work either ? That’s bad you should email DJI as that’s a safety issue. But before delete the app reinstall and do a test rth not far away

[@ianlivermore2981]

@@DMProductions I pushed the return to home on controller and phone, nothing happened. When it landed I was about 800 meters away from the home point thank god for find my drone

[@explorethewonder]

very informative! thanks for sharing!

[@DMProductions]

Glad it was helpful! thank you for watching :-)

[@explorethewonder]

@@DMProductions You are very welcome, Sir!

[@Auhana50]

Great safety tips appreciate your work. Aloha JC

[@DMProductions]

Thanks JC 🇺🇸

[@4toes1nose]

Thank you

[@DMProductions]

Thanks for watching Kevin

[@raymondwymore7550]

I bet there are more crashes with the FPV Drone because of how tempting it is to fly off the cuff.

[@DMProductions]

Yes and harder to fly

[@lutero2000]

Thanks! 🤠👍

[@DMProductions]

Thank you

[@pierresakr1811]

Great Ideas , Thank You

[@richiestack2857]

Can you fly the mini 2 with the gimbal guard on?

[@mikepi660]

Love your videos,, THANKS

[@DMProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@switch231]

If I ever crash my mini 2, I will spring for the mini 3 pro. That one has everything I want to include obstacle avoidance.

[@drdebrun1172]

Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@DMProductions]

Thanks 😊

[@Xbot4Life]

flying forwards and reversing the footage doesnt work when people and cars are also moving backwards :p

[@droningwesternaustralia]

It's a pity that dji doesn't offer a headless mode option in the app. That could help the left-right problem when the drone is flying towards the operator

[@Matanumi]

Operators should know better

[@cibilliyetsiz]

Beneficial video thank you

[@DMProductions]

Thanks buddy

[@mikehrenak1390]

Great tips air2 s army out

[@bearois1]

Tried flying my mini 2 indoor and it hovered for a bit and then it went out of control and crashed even though I wasn’t touching anything. I though they were supposed to just hover when not bothering the controls

[@amatmulisha2978]

Need help guys. Just bought new mini 2. So far im having 4 short flight. Did anyone noticed the battery is drop a bit fast. Dji claim 31 minutes but my mini is far away from max 25 minutes. Im noticed my battery drop a bit fast even just hovering. Glad im bought fly more combo so can swap with the other battery.

[@hisyamharon7747]

Really help for like me new pilot of dji