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Thank you very much!

Hahaha, thanks, didn't mean to scare you. To get the crosshairs on the screen, in the drone camera view mode, tap the 3 dots at the upper right, then tap on the camera tab, then go down to "Gridlines", and the far right, with the rectangle with the dot in the center, is the crosshairs. That way, you know exactly where the drone is headed. Works well for aiming between 2 objects to fly between. It also works great for finding the exact height of objects, like a tree, building, tower, etc, but only if you have the gimbal centered on 0°.

@@gama45 Many thanks!

@@leedonehower3112 You're welcome!

Yes

Yes, beautiful around here, but yes, I need to be more careful!. I have a 2-year plan with 4 replacements, but I still don't want to use them up. I still have my Mini 2, but no OA on that one. I've only used one replacement on that one too.

Thanks John, yes, it is a great drone! Glad you are enjoying my videos. I'm having fun making them too, but kinda scary at times! 😱😅

Thanks for your comment, Ken. Good question about if you can do a waypoint mission with OA turned off, but I wouldn't want to try it either, especially in the mountains! That OA saved my drone! I checked the elevation of those water tanks on Google Earth, and they are about 200 feet higher than my deck. But I forgot to allow for the trees which are about 200 feet taller! 😬

Thanks Chris 😱😅

Yeah, I nearly had to change my britches! 😱 I guess the mountains aren't a good place to try your first waypoint mission. I checked the elevation of those tanks on Google Earth, but I neglected to allow for the 200 foot tall trees behind them! Fortunately, the OA kicked in and save hope.

@@gama45lol. Did you make that mission up on the controller before launching Hope?

@@WeretheRoberts Yes, sitting in my recliner. lol

@@gama45 smart man. Hahaha

Yes, it certainly is. Thank you for commenting 😊

Hahaha, that's what you think, Randy! That scared the crap outa me! I tried to go higher, but the elevation was locked in on a Waypoint mission. Fortunately, the obstacle avoidance kicked in and halted the mission before it hit any trees! Gulp! 😱 I guess the mountains ain't a good place to try your first waypoint mission. 😅

Thanks Jamie, but I don't think it's planes I need to worry about, Some of these trees are around 200 feet tall, and we can legally fly up to 400 feet above them, and the trees next to the water tanks are more than 400 feet higher than me! 😅

Hahaha, sure you can. Just have faith in that 360° obstacle avoidance. 😊

Yes, P mode is misspelled Normal mode. Hopefully, they will fix that soon.

@@gama45 huh, I own and fly this drone and I have not noticed that, is it very recent, as I’ve been flying fpv and not the mini

@@engineer1178 Yes, this changed in the latest RC2 Controller firmware and upgrade to DJI Fly 1.13.0. The N was changed to P by mistake. The next update should fix that.

Yeah, it works best if you have a lot of tree cover so it can't see the sky, and it stays down low. I noticed it tries to follow the same route back home, so the more zigzagged, the better. Good luck!

Thanks, glad you liked it.

Yes, it sure has. We've been here since 1972. Such a shame to see it deteriorate like that. 😢

Yes, she did. Thanks for the comment, Shaun.

Thanks Fery. Yes, she did a nice long low path that time.

Hahaha, yeah, I had to nudge her a little. She did much better at the Bear River. ruclips.net/video/1XD8agAB4m8/видео.html

Hahaha, I don't know why they are so attracted to my new roof! I guess the roof has a magnetic personality. 😂 But did you notice she tries to follow the same route back, until she gets sidetracked by our beautiful new roof? 🤣

Thanks Chris! Yeah, first time with my new M4P. I tried to find a spot with lots of overhead trees so she would stay low.

Great test!!!!! 👏👏👏👏

@@chriscapune7873 Thanks!

Thanks Sergio! Yes, the drone has a little trouble detecting those tiny branches and wires, but it does great at avoiding them when on RTH. It has amazed me how it has managed to maneuver to get out of some of those situations.

Bypass. That's why she kept going around those trees. But she was way off on the precision landing. The landing pad was probably too close to the roof.

Bypass😊

Yeah, that was a close one at 0:23! Those darned little branches! Bypass mode. That's why she was going around those trees.

Thanks Rick!

Thanks Ken! Not just the trees, but I was also about 100' below the dam. I made it out to 3973' before I lost the first bar, 4405' before losing the second, and 6887' before reaching signal loss and going into auto RTH. I should have gone up another 100', but I forgot to raise the max altitude, and it was locked at 393'. BTW, I don't like it when the altitude turns red when reaching max altitude because it's very hard to read, not enough contrast.

Thank you, I’m glad you like it!

Thanks Chris! Yes, there are fish in there. 😊

Thanks John! Yes, I'm very impressed with it too. It's so much better than my Mini 2.

Thank you very much, Paulo! 😊

Hahaha, oh, is that why they hunch their back when they get scared, to look bigger? I never thought of that.

Thank you very much!

Thanks Mike! Max distance was 6113 ft when I lost video just as I reached the peninsula, then it did an RTH. I was going to do a little color correction, but I forgot to do that before saving and uploading to RUclips. I also forgot to set the white balance on manual, as the color of the sky kept changing, and I forgot to change the resolution to 4K. I also forgot to set the max altitude higher than 393 ft, as the dam was almost 200 ft higher than the bridge. I don't like the way the altitude turns red, as I can't read it on the screen in the bright sunlight. Not enough contrast. So many things to remember, and I was tired. But I do love that cruise control.

@@gama45 Gary, thanks for your detailed response. It sounds like you experience many of the same issues I have on my flights where I attempt to capture "cinematic" footage. I agree, "so many things to remember." I have mixed feelings about using manual on the white balance for the same reasons you do; it may be better to keep it on auto when the sky is changing. I use an inexpensive screen cover from Amz that helps with the sulight/screen issue, but makes it more difficult to manipulate the gimbals. I also upload videos to RUclips too rapidly instead of giving myself more time to think about the necessary edits. I have to remind myself that the deadlines are imaginary. I will have to try to cruise control, but I worry that it is one more thing that may get me in trouble when there are so many other things to attend to. Sorry for long my long reply; nice to exchange ideas with fellow drone flyer.

Thanks!

I thought about it, but John @123liftoff asked me to show more of the old & new bridge, so I turned around and went back over the bridge. 😅

Thanks Jamie! I was on cruise control going across the lake. Could you tell? That's right, the Mini 4 Pro has cruise control. You move the sticks where you want them and hit a button on the bottom of the controller and let go of the sticks. It will keep flying in that direction until you hit the button again, or move the right stick to turn off cruise control. You can still control the gimbal and yaw, but it will keep flying straight as an arrow at the constant speed. I have trouble keeping the right stick centered, and it drifts to the side, as it did on the bridge, so that cruise control helps a bunch.

Well, come on up to Nevada City and you can fly over our beautiful scenery. My wife & I grew up in southern California, and we came up here to see her dad & step-mom on our first Christmas in 1966. We fell in love with the area, and I was fortunate enough to get a transfer with the phone company to Yuba City in 1972, then to Auburn, and finally to Grass Valley. I retired here in 2006 and enjoying my retirement years here in God's country.

Thanks, I'll check out your channel. Glad you are enjoying my videos. I'm having lots of fun making them. But gotta love that DJI Care Refresh! Haha

You're very welcome, John! I am located in the Sierra Foothills of northern California. Where are you located? Happy flying!

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

Very nice tour of your apartment, Mike!

@@gama45 Thanks, Gana45. I did like you with my Mini Pro 4 and was tempted as heck to try and fly a run though here, but didn't have the nerve till I got the Avata 2. Lol. Have a good one and happy flying!

I would love to have an Avata 2, but retired and living on a small retirement. Maybe for next Christmas. Ya separate the men from the boys by the price of their toys. Haha 😉😄

@@gama45 Getting close to retiring over here as well , and looking forward to it. And I hear you. These things aren't cheap. Only dropped the money on this one because in an Uber an Amazon truck almost crushed us. Not hurt at all, and an easy 2500 I talked the insurance adjuster out of to keep me from getting an attorney. Bought it soon after. Great little drone.

@@jwd70 Yeah, I got my first drone, a DJI Mavic Mini with my Stimulus check from President Trump in May 2020. Then, in December 2020, after crashing it too many times, I sent it back to DJI and upgraded to a Mini 2. Then my wife got me this Mini 4 Pro for my birthday last December.

Thanks Jimbo! No, it just hasn't opened for the season yet. Probably around Memorial Day. I don't know what happened to that one boat dock though. Maybe tidal wave? 🤣 Oh, I guess it's built that way, maybe to access both sides of the boat?

Thanks Rick!

Thanks David. Yes, I do see them across the top of the dam.

That's cool, enjoy your hike!

Thank you

Thanks Jamie!