You would have easily made it back with 20% from that point. But better to be safe than sorry

LOL , not you r not an idiot ,this is part of the hobbie we choose ,is funny my heart was pumping also ,glad your Mavic is safe ,good luck in the future !!

Man, you totally had that bagged ;) Would have made it ;)

LOL! "Weird I found it from the sky I can't remember how to get there...... from the ground." Hilarious!

Hey what app were you using? Does the regular DJI GS load the journey onto the magic?

I’ve had distance tremble before when my first drone went rouge on me then came back on its own it’s a funny old game. Great that you show your true self so we can all relate. Good on u brother. 👍👍

Dude, you handled that like real Pilot! Great job.... ! You flew it..to a safe place... glad you got her back!

WoW! I am glad you were able to keep connection and you landed safely. That shows the resilience of the Mavic Pro.

Dude, great vlog. Funny, informative, & suspenseful - a great mix. Loved the emergency landing then having trouble actually finding their house. :)

I felt that moment of relief when you manage to land the drone safely at your friends backyard. It's a thrilling misadventure that is not life threatening but I felt the agonizing moment when you were finding a safe and recognisable spot to save your drone. I felt like I'm invoved as well in this video clip. Good one. Cheers

Excellent video!! Thanks for the range test you've done for all of us Mavic Pro owners, so we have an idea of how far it can go!!👍🏻👏

Great video and great save! I was as nervous as you were just watching it. Good thing you found your friends' house. I still can't wait to do a range test on mine. 👍🏼for you.

Great video Chris! One thing I've learnt with my P4 is that sport mode is really inefficient, it's better to come back slower or in automatic return to home mode. It's cool you captured the whole emotional journey!!!

That had to be nerve racking, lucky you had a friend out there. Hell of a flight, good video.

Great video lol I wonder what will happen to my 3DR Solo if I do that, if I reach max range, will it just keep flying or its smart enough to fly back home, btw what is max Altitude of a Magic Pro and I Subscribed

Brilliant video! Had me laughing! I got a MP and can just imagine how you felt!

Since you did the update that took ages have you noticed any issues, when I did mine I got real bad video lagging on live feed and recording I had to re install the old firmware

I feel your nervous pain. I've only had mine about a week and each day I'm willing myself to fly a little farther with it and get more comfortable with it. But it's stressful and you have to really trust that it's going to perform as expected. But that pit in my stomach when it's a mile away tells me I'm not really trusting it just yet.

2nd time I watched this and it's still funny seeing how nervous you got 🤪

I love how he jumped the fence instead of just flying the drone back to the car, there was 12 pct left on that battery.

this was awesome! loved your genuine admission to being nervous.... !!!!

Whew, close one! I won't be testing my drone like that haha! Thanks for the video.

also was if hot when you picked it up? I have not flown mine yet

LOL You went bright pink hahaha - I will be a carbon copy of this when I get mine next week LOL

I've been in that panic mode before... the adrenaline!!! lol! Good to see you landed the Mavic in one piece! Fun vid to watch!

I thought you were given a warning at the battery halfway mark, so it either returns to home, or you just know when to come back?

What an awesome video. Chris would you say a high altitude above trees and homes could attain the same distance?

Great video!!! I will be getting my mavic soon and will use this video as an example.

The adrenal dump of drone flying ! We get that down under too 😂😂🚁🎥

That panic face every single time you took an experiments with your drone. LOL 😂

Man I was nervous watching this. I just got my mavic I have been nervous every flight. Thanks for sharing. New subscriber too :)

tried the same thing over water. from the flight logs my battery was having an issue cause it dropped 5v in10 sec. I lost mine over water 300 feet away from me. it autolanded and i could not get it out of that mode.

Dude. Nice save. Haha. That battery panic is real!

Hi Chris, Enjoyed your video and was in panic mode with you. I subbed and liked 👍🏼

Chris delivery drones what do you recommend

That was funny! Glad you were able to land somewhere easy to retrieve and with no damage!

Lol! I'm glad someone had the balls to do that! I've gotten pretty far out but always RTH due to my hands start shaking. Great video. Hand me dying laughing!!!

Which had your more nervous, this flight or when you did the manual prop shutdown mid flight?

Love it Bro, Fun video

This would have been a whole different video if you had slipped on thise railings. Yowzer!

The Mavic gets that hot just sitting there? How long does it take to cool down enough to put it in the pack?

Dude, I watched your video without sound because I am at work but......I have tears down my eyes from laughing at your video. I lost signal of my mavic in a park before and I thought I would lose it in the trees on a bad landing. The other time, I made it back home on 2% battery. I was laughing at this video because it actually happened to me! lesson learned. lol

16000+ ft range at 400 ft height- pretty good! Nice save on the emergency landing....I just got the p4 pro+ , haven't had the nerve to fly it far out- yet...nice to see others do the experimenting for me, haha. Gonna be using mine to do security sweeps of my farm, I'll be happy if I get a couple miles in each direction! cheers!

Great video Chris! I'm going to have to go buy me a drone now. lol

Good you had a friend there eh. That was better then the videos when they crash, more intense lol happy flying

So it knows when it looses connection, and if it flys to far to make it back with battery, it just turns around and goes home?

GREAT Save man!!! you are not an idiot! You just learned a few things... Looks like going out you might have had a tail wind and coming home you had a headwind. On range flights always and try outbound with a head wind and then keep the tail wind as your secret weapon on the way back. I also noticed you did not fly straight out but sure did fly straight back! Good job again!

Congrats on a happy ending, man. I would have been shaking too!

Great video, good info to know before doing a range test.. especially over water!!

Wow, I can see how fast your heart was pumping when the battery getting critical and you had to find a spot to land. 😊

Good fast thinking. I have wanted to do a range test to but I also get nervous when my phantom goes out of sight. I also start shaking haha.

Nice.. glad you were able to retrieve it :) buying one this week. good idea? or would recommend another?

That was a crazy video! Awesome car!

On edge when I saw your gps log! Glad you landed safely.

So glad to know I'm not the only person who's had to sit there waiting 39 minutes for a firmware update! (in my case, in a park surrounded by people and children coming up to me asking when I was going to start flying and leaving after 2 or 3 minutes of conversation after they got bored waiting). But I've learned my lesson the hard way: ALWAYS check for firmware updates before leaving home!

Will it make a difference if u put the mode to sport mode to go faster??

Do you have to wait for the software updates every time or can you skip it??

So will the maverick just drop out of the sky if battery gets to low or does it self land ? what happens to it also if you lose connection to fly it ?

Thanks for doing this test for me, now I know...I will keep mine close. Lol. Enjoyed your video

do you guys know where is this place ?

You found out how far you could fly it. You recovered it intact.SUCCESS!!

What really made this spectacular was you landing it at a friends house. I have no idea how you located his house from the air while under such intense pressure. Well done!

Did you have to play with your controller settings in order to send it that far ? If so where actually?

Dude !!! So Glad you got it back

at like 7000 ft or 5000 ft could you have taken control and put it in sport mode and flew it back manually to your point ? I think if you would have done that you would of had heaps of battery left just saying as I've done this similar thing with my phantom 4

i like how you made sure to catch your bicep in the shot... nice lol

I am glad you got it back. I am buying a Mavic Pro soon and I personally won't try that because just my luck I won't get it back and I sure won't be able to afford another one. I enjoyed your video.

The part that gets me most is people flying them beyond LOS and expecting nothing but rainbows and unicorns in the end. But you nearly always hear the panic in their voice towards the end.

Was expecting a Rottweiler come snarling out at ya for 'breaking and entering' lol

haha great video. im glad the drone is safe and sound!

I think you would have made it back but either way that was hilarious! Thanks for posting. I feel like every new Mavic Pro owner with some balls has probably tried this already. LOL.

Very funny video. I had my first flight yesterday. Watching £1000 fly away is very nerve wracking. I'm curious I check before going out for updates, but if the firmware needs updating in the field, are you forced to do it?

Well done edit. Good story. :) Nice work.

Ha! Classic, great clip bro!

Very lucky Chris...Nice Flying Dude!

That was hilarious, Chris. Respect to you for a) attempting this and b) posting it on YT. Thank god you had a mate close by. Cheers.

That was intense. Thanks for sharing. Glad it worked out.

What’s that song your playing in the background

Accidents happen ! It was a great flight Man !! Try to take-off into the headwind next time and have the wind at your back when RTH .... I know this optimal condition (flying into the headwind) is not always possible BUT it is the prefered method for distance flying with a drone ! Congrats on the recovery Chris & Thanx for the video !!

Just want to say again Excellent Job saving your drone!! Reminds me of a pilot with an engine failure. Picking out a good stop to land.

What do you edit with

Thanks for doing the video. I have a Mavic Pro and you made me nervous just watching your video. Glad it all worked out.

Lol. This was awesome! I was nervous for you.

Holy crap mate! Glad you made it!

man.. i enjoyed watching you panic.. it was hilarious. yes, never repeat what you did. hahahhaa

Love this video! Should do this again but more in Range!

Smart thinking on the friends house landing. I've done that before with my Inspire one, in the Bronx, on top of buildings.. lol

Glad you got it back!

Chris, you're NOT an idiot and thanks for letting us into that test flight!

I think you did the right thing there my friend . I’ve seen many batteries die when taking them right down to 4% or lower . Loved the drama though 😮

I felt your urgency! Glad you it back....

Great video! Nice job and a bit of luck too!

Cool video, at least you found your friends house from the air!

Awesome video dude!!

I'm new with my mavic Pro, so I appreciate your video it's given me confidence to fly a little further away maybe not 4 miles but definitely 2 or 3. take care!

Congrats on getting back safely! I did something similar, but panicked. My mavic ended up falling 300 feet. Amazingly, two arms were broken, but everything was otherwise functional. But I had to send it in for repairs. I'm the bigger idiot, for not landing when and where it wanted. Better to LAND in someone's yard than crash and have to ask them to search.

It will not let you fly over 400 feet?

congrats on 200 subs

HAHA! You earned my subscription. Watching this made me nervous for you man. Almost bought this last night on amazon but had it in my cart too long. Was ready for 2 day shipping and someone snatched it. Do you recommend it?

Can't get these in the UK yet but need to get my hands on one.