Michael Kincaid good job! Make us an update video on it's condition!

Good to hear!!

Looking forward to the search and rescue video!

Glad yoy found it my is still on his boxed travel from China.

Glückwunsch!!

SkySpirit No doubt!

Yes they are that was very stupid of him to do a range test over water🤔

Oh, snap!

@@a-1430 And with the wind going away! DUH!

Most of the times

This was great! Haha!

I am TOO much of a nerd, I'm laughing WAYY too hard at this lmaooo

LOL!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

😂😂😂

Lol 😂😂😂👌

how to identify wind direction. like my location you cannot identify wind direction. sometimes came from north west, then sometime from south to north.

DAILY SCHEDULE just test max speed in 4 directions.

@@dailyschedule_4077 ur stupid

Wind direction, u lick your finger and put in air. U will feel which way the wind is coming from.

Same rule goes when your flying with the gliders and I don`t mean RC ones, and the way we check at the airfield the wind direction is...grab a bit of grass throw it up in the air and you will see where the wind is coming from.

The hills and mountains of Tennessee and I would rather not fly over residential areas.

Drones and Electric Unicycles C'mon, write descent, instead decent, is more decent and have the right sense!

Descend actually...just saying.

Barry Smith UCBC Right

Drones and Electric Unicycles because when doing a range test video you fly in ideal conditions ie minimal objects or interference in the flight path

Montana Mic Great recovery!

Glad the info helped!

lesson here is not to range test your mavic air. just fly it.

Ozzy Safa he was going at 42 mph with the wind on his back and coming back the wind was coming head on and that's why that happen

jose scroggins I know

Wrong

If he would not use sport mode he would not be able to fly back at all. The mistake was that he flew so far away with strong wind making the drone faster and then on the way back the wind made the drone very slowly.

Could’ve not could of.

Droning on again it's one of those things you just kind of in a panic and now looking at the video footage I see so many things I should have done differently! Thanks for watching

Droning on again yeah, the wind was taking my Mavic Pro once, I reduced altitude & thankfully remembered sport mode

Everyone can do something different and better afterward. Don t beat urself over it. In emergency hardly anything goes ideally - that's why emergency and even military practice a lot in mocked situation to get better in real situation. In this case it actually went well most people would have lowered and ended up in water. Try to head for land a probably stuck in a tree. It still crazy how fast that battery started drain at 30%.

All depends on the air currents, sometimes ascending can get you more favorable wind than descending

Simtube S we have all been there something goes wrong and out brain turns to mush.

Haha!

Johnny Austin All good advice, I got way to comfortable with it and caught up in the moment! No wind at time of takeoff as it was running right at advertised speed, about 1 mile into it I did notice it hitting 4 or 5 miles faster but didn't think anything about it and wasn't to concerned with over 60% battery..... once I made that turn and noticed it wouldn't hit 30mph I knew I messed up! Hiked out this morning at with GPS was able to find it right away! She lives on to fly again!

Michael Kincaid that's awesome you got it back. when you made your RTH turn and set your heading, I watched your air speed and was truly bummed as I knew you were in trouble and you did too. I heard your voice change and it was a matter of time on you solving your issue. glad you downed your craft on safe ground and were able to recover same. as a safe guard, my friend placed a small gps tracking unit on the port side of his craft. reason he used port side was he took his apart and apparently DJI placed their GPS equipment on the starboard aft and this is the longest distance from affecting their unit. He lives life on the edge and likes to go the distance and not worry about RTH. he likes to fetch I guess. planning a redundant unit on the craft is always good back up. just fyi for ya. I'm over here in Coeur d Alene, Idaho and love my area on its versatility and how many different environments we do have that are close by 4 flight use. Just out of curiosity what state are you in? Well again I'm glad that you got your crap back and you are probably now polishing up your skills for your next flight. if I were you I would seriously look into getting your commercial license and it always helps because sooner or later they're going to make all of us do it. If you go onto KZfaq and look up the information on the test you will find Tony Northrup who is actually excellent on his narrative skills and will walk you through from opening your instruction book until you pass your test. he's a good guy. have safe flight time out there and take it easy. I bet there was no more relief in your whole self then when you put your hands on that craft again. that was all evident just when you hear your tone in your video as you were setting that craft down. talk to you later.

Lol, wrong

I love when idiots jump in the chat just give their expert opinion. "WRONG"!!! Idiot...

Johnny Austin But I am right.

Justin The Creator I heard you!

Michael Kincaid lol. This was a great vid. Can’t wait to see the rescue. Sub from me!

Same here. Yelling at the screen. What a cliff hanger! Should’ve saved the outcome for follow up video to keep the suspense. But glad you found it. Subbed.

Thank you!

Ha! Thanks! Going out tomorrow morning to look for it! I feel optimistic, we shall see!

Nick N I pressed return home on 79% battery and had to land it 600m away from me with critically low battery. (4% left). Return home flys at its own set speed and if it’s windy it’s gonna be like peeing in the wind and your gonna pee your battery away and not make any progress on actually getting anywhere

Yep, not to be so cocky! Haha

I know, I know..... I have see a hundred videos about that! It slipped my mind and at time of take off there was no wind and she was running 41 to 42 mph..... closer to a mile into it she picked up 2 or 3 mph in speed which at the time I didn't think anything about it but that was my downfall! Just got back after a quick 15 minute hike and I found it!

Steve P That's exactly what I did! 60+ % and I turned her around.

Sorry, but you were at 54% when you turned her around. Not sure if 60% would have done the trick with that wind.

The trick is to know the wind speed and direction. If the wind is giving your quad an additional 10mph, you can know that it will go that much slower and take more power on the return trip

Drone flyers have to realise how wind works .. If you watch a video on hot air balloons, wind travels one way and depending on how high you are the wind travels the opposite way, that's how they move around in the air just buy going up and down .. Possibly, of course testing would have be done for this but if you had changed your altitude returning back home, you might have had a better chance. Definitely something to test out so this can help from happening again. :)

Michael Kincaid the battery reading was 87% or so, at start of flight. Do range test when the battery is at full capacity.

Helderhugo Much safer, I'd rather lose my drone as opposed to risking injury or damage to ones property.

Because flying out of VLOS is in violation if FAA rules. Can't get more away from people and property than out over an empty lake. My complaint would be as someone that is a FAA Certified UAS pilot, why didn't you plan your flight. 1. Weather conditions. 2. Alt landing site... emergency procedures.

the air uses enhanced wifi not radio which is another reason for a location like this. No WiFi interference, which will basically cut you down to less than a km in a suburban area.

I think i'm done with distant range flights! Thanks for the info!

Much appreciated!

Here's my thing with the water.... I have been flying DJI products from the beginning and they have honestly never let me down so I have that much confidence in them.... outside of that I live here in Tennessee with a shitload of hills, mountains and trees all looking to lay claim to taking down a drone..... on top of that the lake provides a 58 sq miles of playground that provides a safe place to fly with almost zero interference without having to worry about injuring someone or damaging personal property, I'd much rather lose my drone out in the water and take my loss as opposed to the alternative!

do the drones float? or would they sink?

Michael they’d sink like a rock

No doubt! Haha! Thanks!

Much appreciated! Thanks for stopping by and checking out my channel, I appreciate your viewership!

I know, I know.... That is one thing I should have mentioned in the video is there was zero wind at launch site, not even the slightest of breezes! Live and learn, thankfully she lives to fly another day!

because your not a drone pilot, your a photographer, that's why........

So what makes a drone pilot is testing range and possibly damaging or losing the drone? OK

correct, for long range guys like me, THAT'S THE HIGH, the hobby is flying long and possibly losing the drone every time. Could care less about the $1000 camera and edit software. It's hard to explain.....

don't buy dji. you can build a drone that can fly over 60km. check the vid here on youtube.

Burt Bigelow the CIA have ones that fly much further than that LMAO

Thanks for stopping by and checking out the channel!

Arden Bonto Thanks for stopping by!😎

Robert Taylor He needs more experience before doing things like this unless he gets the drones for free or has an endless budget and doesn't care.

Robert Taylor Thanks for stopping by Robert!

Sid Bitters Hundreds of problematic free flights with P3, Mavic Pro and Spark, check my channel.... I don't care how experienced one is you're going to have one of these days (didn't expect it to be my 2nd flight with the Air) 💩 happens. No wind at takeoff over 60% battery at turnaround.... I should have picked up on that after the mile range the wind picked up as it was flying 2 or 3 mph faster. I got what I deserved being way to aggressive not having a good feel for what the Air can do...oh well live and learn, hopefully someone can learn from my mistakes! I appreciate your input and stopping by my channel!👍

It does just that.

15 minute hike and she's back safe and sound!

Michael Kincaid nice! Quite a story you got there Mike!

the saying goes case and* point

Check out World Wide Words: "It’s usually case in point" and other URLs.

Jeff A Rollercoaster of emotion!

silverbullet836 Thanks.. I think! 🤣🤣

I have

I about pulled the trigger on the Evo...and if I had the money I would pick one up as well!

2nd that comment :D

Please please please review one mate !

nev Tk 1100 2 months in and the evo is still in pre order. Lol.

bushgreen I agree!

Michael Kincaid when are you going to retrieve it?are you waiting for daylight? Do you think the rising tide of night has taken the drone?

Not necessarily, small gusts of wind with that pitch and low battery could push the quad down into the water.

Should’ve not should of

No it couldn't.

Why risk it, I landed it on dry ground and hiked the next day to recover it... maybe but if it didn't make it, you're 100% out a Mavic Air!

6. Against the law and risking public safety. 7. Setting a bad example for other drone pilots.

Xavier Noted

@@PeltierPhoto 8. Name a person thats ever been perfect and never has made a mistake. 9. Are you that perfect person ? 10. Hell no you arent 11. Quit judging him because he isnt

Love it, you have no idea how what or why but your ready to YELL LIKE HE IS A LITTLE BOY, but thank you for your wit and wisdom

B Cole I was shocked as well! Impressive little bird, I know I was wide open in Sport mode but shocked it only got just over 10 minutes flight time.

Gene Argues Will do, search and rescue here in a few hours.

Jay Robert Sager You learn from the errors in your case your mistake was not to see that your drone was going at a speed in some moments 44.1mph is indicative that the wind is in favor in the direction that flies because its maximum speed according to dji is 42.mph more 200 feet to return for such a small drone to fight in the wind you had to go down to get back in Sport mode was going to half your speed. I congratulate you for knowing the decision to land it in a safe place of not doing so you were going to lose a like that and I subscribe to your channel.👍

Thanks Shaun! Will do!

Daniel Rogalski I know, I know..... zero wind at takeoff.

Thank you!

Thank you for the kind words. Hope you are doing well and staying safe.

20 year pilot....and bold lol....good call. You don't always see what your aircraft is doing(speed sry). Good call, save your aircraft and fly another day. Could have been worse!

Tandem Adventurers you are correct it does run off WiFi DJI claims of a 2-mile range are correct! Just found her heading home now to charge the battery to make sure everything is okay

Enhanced Wifi is just marketing blabla. It's Wifi.

his wifi was ok its the battery he just went too far on the way home the wind might have cause this issue...

Michael Kincaid Glad you were able to recover the drone easily without fanfare!!!!

tstrrtstrr Lol.... yes true...

AA Photo Thanks! Brayden will be thrilled to hear this, I will let him know.... he did a great job! He was bummed last night looking through the hundreds of comments and not seeing any mention!