DJI Mini 4 Pro RANGE TEST - HOW FAR Will it GO?! - Fly More Combo PLUS Batteries and RC2

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@heresteven 6 месяцев назад

Put reflective tape on it as a minimum. You can return in the early morning or late evening and use a bright flash light to find it. The tape will light up when hit by the light.

@DVSXmedia 6 месяцев назад

dude. Great idea. I love U

@ismaelnaja 6 месяцев назад

I was thinking the same.

@mrstranger5893 5 месяцев назад

They have wraps now for the mini 4 that you can use to change the color of your drone. I would change the color and add reflective tape.

@chublez 5 месяцев назад

3M makes some real great reflective films that would make the job a lot easier even come in colors that would be easier to spot like blue on the ground.

@aMoneyYell 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely a GREAT idea!!! Going to add that tape to my drones this week! I typically add a Tile puck to the top of the drone as well.

@1rcbking 6 месяцев назад

Those little drones are very resilient, my mini was stuck in a tree for 5 days of rain, when I got it down I dried it out for a couple of days, everything still worked fine, even the battery! Hope you find it, keep us posted.

@rlevo 5 месяцев назад

Had the same happen with my mini se. Needed an arborist to recover my drone. Over a year later and just starting to have an issue with one of the motors.

@clemclemson9259 5 месяцев назад

LOL - dude I was flying mine and I hit some tall grass near my buddies waterfall/pond -yep it hit that grass and dove straight into the basin about 3 feet deep. we fished it out and blew the hell out of it with an air compressor then let it sit in a bag of silica Gell and rice for a few days. It didn't hurt it at all not the card slot the cam or anything . If I was able I would post a video of the crash for as much as it sucked it was classic halarious

@theblade66 2 месяца назад

Thats amazing mate

@viktorbihar5384 Месяц назад

Tip, use the coordinates to find your drone. Google Maps supports coordinate inputs. They are a 100% match. If I'm not mistaken, did he ever try looking for the drone in the trees? I swear, I think I saw it, but oh well.

@jeffl1484 5 месяцев назад

One of the most underrated channels here, I've been researching this drone for a little bit and this is very informative. Thank you!

@w.e.s. Месяц назад

Under-rated? Dustin is famouse in the drone world especially range test. Everyone thay flys drones knows him I have no idea what your talking about

@jeffl1484 Месяц назад

@@w.e.s. For some of new to this, his channel would come across as 'new', poor thing, you must've been really upset that someone who is new to this hobby would dare right something positive to OP.

@Greego Месяц назад

@@jeffl1484 Well, to be fair, to say someone is under-rated implies that they are… low rated. I see what you were getting at though but he is in the top 1% of subscribers on this platform so he is doing well.

@jeffl1484 Месяц назад

@@Greego ok I respect that. My comment was actually to say he’s underrated as in for the content he provides he deserves more views. It was a compliment to him.

@morrish044 Месяц назад

I've watched the Mini 3, 4, Air 3, Mavic 3, and a lot more range tests so many times that I've lost count. I cannot express how much I love these videos; they are so extremely entertaining and they just inspire me to go fly my own. Thank you Dustin for this amazing series. Love your work.

@ralphderkapitaen9875 7 месяцев назад

I definitely love watching your range test videos! Good to see how strong that O4 signal still was! I am sure, you will eventually find your little drone. It was probably a few feet away from you, where ever you ever looking there. With persistence, you will eventually spot it. Good luck. Thanks for sharing!

@JeremyBreeden89 7 месяцев назад

I think you do the best range testing for all drones. A lot of videos I see where the tittle says range test, they don’t actually test it’s max range or even close to it but man you go above and beyond. I loved my DJI mini 2 se but unfortunately it had a battery error during flight and I was only 500 meters out but where it fell I was unable to locate it even with the gps coordinates due to the heavily wooded area it landed in. Btw I think the angle you had the camera at for this video is great for us viewers to kinda be able to visually see how far you’ve traveled by seeing the ground and trees out in the distance. Keep up all your awesome work man.

@mdr212roger4 3 месяца назад

I just bought one of these as my first drone. I really appreciate these videos. You explain things well and I found your videos very helpful! Thanks!

@Pirelli. 4 месяца назад

Even if no one will fly that far in real life, it's a great test, very impressive what the little guy (mini 4 pro) can do. Thanks! 👋👋☺

@w.e.s. 3 месяца назад

Everybody that is fun will do this. I do it at lest once a month

@gtiguy1992able 2 месяца назад

Technically not legal to fly this far. Always have to keep visual line of sight

@samholdsworth420 Месяц назад

@@gtiguy1992able wrong

@gtiguy1992able Месяц назад

@@samholdsworth420 well in the USA it’s illegal to fly beyond you visual line of sight

@John_Doe_6996 Месяц назад

@@gtiguy1992able yeah, but our laws are made by criminals, so F them.

@DRTOLLZ 7 месяцев назад

When Dustin does a range test you know it's going to be an entertaining video! Got my popcorn in hand.

@Twobarpsi 7 месяцев назад

Got my beer!

@JustinParksandRides 7 месяцев назад

Hahaha

@RainBitcoins 7 месяцев назад

Oh ya same here dude

@CharlesTLam 6 месяцев назад

I noticed the general area.. when you are flying your Mavic to check the vicinity ,if you haven't done it already ..check that one tree that is brown sticks out from the rest ,follow that line and should have landed just before that brown tree .if you know what I'm talking about ..good angle to explore area

@RandyCAstleMPM 6 месяцев назад

@DrTollz Your avatar looks like @billykyle 😆

@jfunk79 7 месяцев назад

Yo! Sorry you lost ur drone bud and hope you eventually spot it one of these test vids. Honestly, way to push the envelope like always! Thats why we watch you bro, for your insights, knowledge and of course testing. Your not afraid to go to the next level with these wonders of tech for us, so we dont have to. Great vid man, keep them coming!

@Blztrls 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video it really helped reduce the range anxiety for my Mini 4 Pro as I now know that my everyday flying will never tax the range limit.

@shotgun4257 5 месяцев назад

You are my favorite reviewer on here man, I always thought how cool it would be to meet ya. But thought I have never been to Hawaii. But now with you in the southwest, maybe someday! I live in Arizona. Thanks for your work

@RonaldBrown59 7 месяцев назад

Sorry you lost your drone during testing, and I hope you can still recover it someday. Great video, the Mini 4 Pro does have amazing signal and great battery life. Thanks for sharing Dustin.

@DAVEEYEINTHESKY 7 месяцев назад

Always gets your heart going on your flight tests ❤😮

@daviduk2510 4 месяца назад

It's a great idea. I'm looking into this for the local community. Thanks for sharing.

@Graybear78 5 месяцев назад

I have been flying fixed wing for 40 years. I'm debating on a drone. This helps tremendously on making my decision. Thank you for your efforts. Note: I like the ground view with the horizon.

@dmystify1381 3 месяца назад

they are a great tool,but instances like this are nerve wrecking.

@grahammasala998 6 месяцев назад

The only review that's so satisfying to watch for 1 hour. Like who DF watches a review that's more than an hour? Unless it's THIS satisfying and informative.

@moikee1971 7 месяцев назад

I really enjoy watching your videos!! Especially the range tests! Thank you!

@marvfear1385 18 дней назад

That was great to share with us mortals. Brought back memories at the end of my first and only loss years ago with the mini 1. I bought another mini straight away and did the aerial view thing and marvelled at how different areas in high growrh looked just like the shape of the drone and color. Merv Perth Australia

@slrcreative 4 месяца назад

Hope you found it. I loved the video and while, after watching hours of other drone videos this evening and deciding after those, that I really don't think the drone thing is for me, your video has changed my mind completely. I'm really going to look into it now. Thanks for the fun.

@terryneilbooth 7 месяцев назад

As others have said landing earlier could have conserved some power to be able to activate the flashing lights and alert buzzer. Despite the outcome it was brilliant and impressive range test. Hope you find the Mini 4 Pro soon 👍

@The1WhoCanSee-yk2sw 5 месяцев назад

I found it thx

@rangerst_870 5 месяцев назад

how else would he have the footage from the drone?

@DustinDunnill 5 месяцев назад

Riiiigghhhttt...sure you did 😂

@AFKJACKK 5 месяцев назад

did you ever find it?@@DustinDunnill

@ingwarrce9900 5 месяцев назад

@@rangerst_870 you have a "drone" if not I don't know what you are talking about. For me, the recording is saved both on the card and on the phone.

@ericplatt6884 7 месяцев назад

Great test Dustin. Entertaining and informative. Your videos are one of the things that inspired me to get a drone (on number 3 do far...). I learned stuff from you losing them too. So, worth it to me, haha!

@raybr1727 4 месяца назад

If you panned down, perhaps you would have seen those random hikers in the landing zone! Sorry for the loss but wow, what a wealth of info for the rest of us. Your narration and experience provides a ton of data we are not going to get anywhere else. Thanks and good luck with the next one!

@user-od2xl9ys7p 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for taking the time to make and share this video. I found it interesting as I am about to purchase a mini 4 pro. To answer your question about the camera angle during the flyout and return, I suggest that seeing less empty sky and more ground is more visually interesting.

@jogonuk 7 месяцев назад

Great vid as ever, confirming the MP4 has good connection/range and occusync 4 does the job very nicely, footage was excellent and am grateful for you pushing the limits so as to help others. Don’t give up looking, that bird needs to be found. Thanks again Dustin!

@kevinsdroneadventures6242 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for 2 great range tests Dustin. I'm sorry you haven't been able to find the mini 4 pro yet. I agree with you that you should have pointed the camera down and started landing in a clearing.

@mrjaxxon15 Месяц назад

The wireless signal strength is amazing, that distance and good control with no flicker on great video quality

@mirandahotspring4019 5 месяцев назад

I was thinking of getting one of these. That first flight was impressive. Excellent video, good range, I'm sold!

@mirandahotspring4019 5 месяцев назад

@@v1rotation Why not? I live in a place with low population, wide open spaces, and low electronic pollution.

@rolands50 7 месяцев назад

I admire you for remaining so calm after losing the drone - I wouldn't have been able to maintain my composure like you did! Good luck with the search...

@spkendrick 6 месяцев назад

he has DJI care... fly away insurance... i hope

@maluminse6013 6 месяцев назад

@@spkendrickcan't imagine that it would cover this

@leonardwitucke1 3 месяца назад

@@maluminse6013 especially when he did it on purpose on camera.

@rolands50 7 месяцев назад

Great stuff - Just watched the first 5 seconds before commenting. Looking forward to the next 1 hour and 4 minutes!

@joshuaharrell7187 Месяц назад

Love it! I'm sitting here watching at 4:35 am waiting for sunrise so I can get back in the air.

@capt.craiglehrke4395 3 месяца назад

Remember you had a pretty stiff left to right crosswind. So it is likely that the drone would be blown to the right of its return course and its expected final landing position is possibly off to the right of the final line of flight.

@lnrmedia208 7 месяцев назад

On the mavic forums they have a crash and flyaway thread. There are experts there that can fully analyse the final flight data and extrapolate the resting place. Worth doing. 👍

@FoxFaderWorld 7 месяцев назад

That's cool!

@rogerhalt3991 7 месяцев назад

Take into account the wind speed and direction to find out if the wind took it

@dewenne3721 5 месяцев назад

One Year ago i already equipped all my Mini Drones with reflective surfaces as much fields as possible. But i never need it. But in your case it woud help you - i hope you will be sucessful in finding it - dont give up. An Thanks for this great video. I believed while i was watching it that you will bring it back. What i learned from your video .. exact wht you said - look down where your landing point will be. But i think you have been only surprised by the Connection loss.

@BiggerBadderBrian 3 месяца назад

Reminds me of a similar situation I had with my Mini 2 late 2022 while doing a range test. The limp home mode just completely screwed me and then the Mini 2 just became the wind's b11tch. I hate that 6mph limp home bollocks. Sold it a month later and got a bigger drone. Thanks for the video, always fun to watch. Also showed me that the Mini 4 is programmed much like the Mini 2. Will avoid.

@explorewithgeoff 7 месяцев назад

This was so entertaining, thanks for sharing. I have a Mini 3 Pro and the other day was flying at night, and completely misjudged the wind and couldn't believe how fast the battery died. It tried to force land and I haven't had that before, so wasn't sure of the best way to deal with it. It was over a river near the end and I was panicking and moved it AWAY from me instead. No idea why! Holding the left stick up, the highest it went to was 10.3 feet (maybe it's programmed to do that with the Mino 3 Pro?) and luckily that was enough to get it over the river bridge I was standing near. So I ran across and grabbed it! I've never been so freakin' nervous. Teehee.

@mistiquecalem4997 6 месяцев назад

Your range test are truly awesome, so sorry you lost your drone , hope to get an update if you find it

@delta992011 4 месяца назад

Very impressive edge limit testing on your battery. Thanks for sharing. The way you went to try ;locating was informative. I have had my drone stuck high in a tree once and only way to get it down was by throwing a stick at.

@StratnSed 3 месяца назад

Dustin, Really awesome range video. As exciting as the IMAX Theater! One of the things that has saved me several times in finding a downed drone has been that my drones are covered with fluorescent drone skins - fluorescent orange. In one instance I was able to find my drone at the bottom of a river due to its tremendous visibility. Another little trick that has saved me is to fly in the daytime with an attached strobe running. Once the evening sun sets the drone's location your drone's location will become instantly evident. The batteries in a strobe run for m-a-n-y hours. I understand that on a range test one is hoping to carry no payload but the strobes I use are extremely light and yes, once you add the strobe you are over 250 grams so that may be a consideration. Keep up the great work. Your videos are 5-star for sure *****!

@DustinDunnill 3 месяца назад

I recently got a lightweight "pebblebee" tracker with sound and light activation. Planning on trying it on the next range tests to see how it works 🍻

@IDVDalot 2 месяца назад

can you please post the strobes and batteries that you use? I want to do this to. Thanks

@StratnSed 2 месяца назад

Using both Firehouse Arc 5 and Lume Cube strobes with rechargeable internal batteries. Both units run 5-6 hours on a full charge.

@Valhalla764 7 месяцев назад

I feel your pain I've lost a Phantom 4 and a Mavic Mini both over the sea but your videos are the reason I bought the mini 4 pro a couple of days ago it's an amazing drone thanks for your videos . Hopefully you find the drone 👍

@dmystify1381 3 месяца назад

😢omg,i couldnt handle that,but you have to hey.

@lancealbon46 7 месяцев назад

Dustin Dunnill - Drone Range Tests: 1. DJI Mavic 3 - 8.956 miles / 14.413 km 2. DJI Air 3 - 7.753 miles / 12.478 km 3. DJI Mini 3 Pro - 6.676 miles 10.744 km 4. DJI Mini 4 Pro - 6.460 miles 10.396 km (LOST) 5. DJI Mavic 2 Pro - 6.091 miles / 9.803 km 6. Autel EVO 2 - 5.433 miles / 8.744 km 7. FIMI X8SE 2020 Edition - 5.312 miles / 8.549 km 8. DJI Mavic Air 2 - 4.948 miles / 7.964 km 9. DJI FPV Drone - 4.356 miles / 7.010 km 10. V-Copter Falcon - 4.355 miles / 7.009 km 11. DJI Air 2S - 4.199 miles / 6.758 km 12. DJI Mavic 2 Pro (Light Urban) - 3.618 miles / 5.822 km 13. Autel EVO - 3.498 miles / 5.629 km 14. DJI Mini - 3.426 miles / 5.514 km 15. DJI Mavic Pro + Parabolic - 3.173 miles / 5.107 km 16. DJI Mavic Pro - 2.938 miles / 4.729 km 17. DJI Mavic Air - 2.863 miles / 4.608 km 18. DJI Mini 2 - 2.850 miles / 4.587 km 19. Parrot ANAFI - 2.200 miles / 3.541 km 20. DJI Phantom 4 Pro - 2.105 miles / 3.388 km 21. DJI Spark + Parabolic - 2.076 miles / 3.341 km 22. DJI Mavic Air (Urban Range) - 1.944 miles / 3.128 km 23. DJI Spark + OTG Cable - 1.884 miles / 3.031 km 24. Skydio 2 - 1.039 miles / 1.673 km

@Samlol23_drrich 7 месяцев назад

You forgot “line of sight: 500 feet”

@DroneUpp 7 месяцев назад

I thought you flew the Autel Nano Plus as well??

@justaguyfromreddit 7 месяцев назад

My record is 7km with phantom 4

@thomashardy9994 7 месяцев назад

I had no idea the Mavic 3 flew so far.

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

I never did the Autel Nano but maybe I will soon 🍻

@joshuaharrell7187 Месяц назад

Loved the vid! I just got into this and bought the Potensic Atom to learn on, I'll be getting this drone next thanks to that distance and clarity, I'm eventually going to buy a different drone for every day of the month lol. Thank you again for the video.

@enklaste 5 месяцев назад

FIND IT!! 1. attach a chinese UV flashlight on the Mavic and let the flourescent light guide you. 😅 If the dji white body come off as flourescent (most white plastic do) you WILL find it. (You'd probably test the uv trick on a different dji white body first). 2. If you have a dji with the same behavior on low battery/ forced landing mode. Do an exact re-run of the forced landing in a controlled environment. To see if it will avoid obstacles and if the landing zone and gps report do match. Maybe it paused the gps logging way before actually landing. Then you are searching at the wrong spot. Proactive measurements: Like many suggested, reflective tape is a good one, but could easily be spotted by others. For stealth i would suggest painting the body with transparent flourescent color. And/or add an apple iTag. Great video overall. You won a subscriber. ❤

@moretoliving2236 7 месяцев назад

Dustin, I hope this can be of some help. Your video at 1:02:10 where you were landing your mavic 3 IS NOT where your mavic 4 pro was when it went down. If you freeze your frame at that time stamp, you can see that horizontal fallen log. Your mavic 4 pro was in general approach of where dead tree is on this frame (right of frame) and bottom fallen log (there is one north, that one is too far north) due left towards only purple tree in this frozen frame. If you pause video at 51:28 there is a purple tree right next to your telemetry that says 6.8mph. If you were landing mavic 3 where you were looking, you were looking at the wrong place. In fact if you see the dirt road that (I assume is parking area) there is a lone tree that stands in the middle of the road loop. If you draw a straight line from that tree to purple tree, a smidge right... that is where drone is a smidge to right off the purple tree. Edit: I left you a message on facebook with actual frames freezed and marked up.

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

Thanks. The Mavic 3 location was just an example and base launch/land location. We searched in about a 50 or so foot wide column from behind DJI's lost point all the way to parking lot in case it kept moving forward. I appreciate the input and I'll take a look at your markups! 🍻

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

This is exactly at the find my drone gps point next to the dead tree. I think it's got to be around there 🍻

@hopper1629 7 месяцев назад

@@EarthSouthside It may have landed. I had the same thing happen with my mini 2. It was on zero battery, trying to limp it home. It was about 700 feet away from me when the signal cut out. I figured that it shut off and dropped out of the sky. I jogged towards it up a decently steep hill in no big hurry because I thought it had already crashed. It took me a couple minutes but as I got closer, I could hear it. So I sprinted the last bit and as I come around the last tree and there it was, still hovering over some tall grass. 😃

@qiqi2692 4 месяца назад

Attach a gps tracker ?

@leonardwitucke1 3 месяца назад

@@qiqi2692 Airtag would have helped. Also it was a bonehead attempt.

@christopherm8215 Месяц назад

Reflective tape is helpful, I have been taping an airtag to my drones and it has saved me twice now by having the airtag lol. Best of luck.

@meade916 5 дней назад

I just got my mini 4. My first REAL drone. Says 20km on the box. That is like 12 miles. At first I was thinking how a limit of 5 or 6 miles out is kind of a rip off because of the range it claims to have. But I guess you have to factor in the trip back (in this video) too which is getting close to 10-11 miles. So this thing did pretty good actually. I love mine I am not willing to go that far with it. Thanks for doing that for us though!

@donchurchill8177 6 месяцев назад

I did enjoy your range test Dustin. I was a little irritated at the lost of your drone but I had to reevaluate my attitude. Your test was definitely entertaning. I also know that when testing the limits of anything, the outer limits helps you know when it is time to turn back. So your video cemented my decision to purchase the mini 4 pro. It is videos like this that teach us what to do, when to do it and when to call it off. And, I hope you are able to find you drone. Let us know when you do.Thank you again Dustin.

@DustinDunnill 6 месяцев назад

Thanks. Glad you are one the viewers that can appreciate all the info here. Even though the ending was not perfect 🍻. Still looking and I'll make a video of the rescue if found 🍻

@Alex-xu2pd 5 месяцев назад

hope you find it. Great video! @@DustinDunnill

@asc23channel 7 месяцев назад

Two things come to mind: 1.) Painting (or vinyl) the upper body part neon orange might be smart 2.) A buzzer (like LR fpv) could be helpful Best wishes

@Hat_Uncle 7 месяцев назад

for #1, orange plastidip doesn't add too much weight with light spray application. You'd just have to be sure the solvent didn't damage the drone.

@asc23channel 7 месяцев назад

@@Hat_Uncle Agreed! You could for example use waterbased acrylics / airbrush colors. Or, as mentioned, vinyl/decals. They even make sets for specific drones. Best wishes

@djipreview 7 месяцев назад

Orange sharpie boom

@crisnmaryfam7344 7 месяцев назад

could also use a RFID chip. People use them on their pets, why not drones.

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

I should definitely be marking them with orange for range tests. Adding weight won't be ideal for this type of test as it will largely effect the flight time/ distance 🍻

@shopdat 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing man. You handled it well. Emotionally.

@sandiatek7201 3 месяца назад

This video definitely taught me something, have your missing drone finding strategy in place before you fly one of those expensive toys.

@bertf5793 5 месяцев назад

That was an excellent test and thank you for doing so! I just bought a mini pro 4 and it’s good to see the test results of your drone. I’m sorry that you’ve lost the the mini but hopefully you can find it. I myself have thought of the “what if” and reflective tape definitely one way. Another thing I thought of was using an Apple AirTag when flying and losing power. If you’re conducting the test I imagine it’s will have Apple to help find. Unsure if it will affect performance or not. Food for thought.

@N1NJAKIDD 5 месяцев назад

That's a great idea to attach a an airtag to your drone for range tests, he would of found it much easier

@spayrex_ 4 месяца назад

You can definitly do that yourself but if you wanna go to the max a 10 to 20% increase in weight is a lot

@slapdat.byteme 7 месяцев назад

Beside landing earlier to activate the lights & buzzer, capturing the last transmitted GPS coordinates (since the drone was descending straight down to land) and searching to those coordinates would be the best means to locate it.

@CarlosAustin 5 месяцев назад

Interesting video. Guess pointing the camera down and landing it yourself when you knew the drone was in trouble, you might have had a better chance to recover the bird. Thanks for sharing the tips and updates that DJI have done to the software and hardware. Stay safe. Happy Holidays to you and your family.

@eddie1382011 4 месяца назад

Great review, I'm totally sold on the 4. I use them for jeeping videos and all the censors will help with the active track. Thanks a bunch.

@dominofive5075 4 месяца назад

Hey Dustin, your advanced settings will determine the drones behavior after the point of disconnect. You can manually select to have the drone either RTH, immediately decend, or hover. So your drone may have plotted a course back to "home" for the remaining 3-5% battery life. Hope this helps you find the M4P

@theurbanartist775 4 месяца назад

Not true, my mini 3 lost signal and never returned. I waited forever and pushed the control sticks upward. At around 900ft I regained signal, pushed rth several times but the drone just wouldn’t return. It continued to drift away and landed on top of a building according to find my drone. This was in the beginning of November and DJI still haven’t replaced my drone. I missed thanksgiving pictures, my daughter’s birthday and now Christmas 😡 DJI has really upset and mistreated me this time around!

@Repoman46 3 месяца назад

@@theurbanartist775 Right, what he's saying is the drone might have started RTH (after disconnecting) and died somewhere along the way. He would need to check those settings to determine what it was set to do.

@DustinDunnill 3 месяца назад

At critical battery like this was at the end, it will not go into RTH even if it is set to on signal loss 🍻

@DustinDunnill 3 месяца назад

What was your battery level when you tried RTH last?

@dominofive5075 3 месяца назад

@Repoman46 thanks repoman. Could be a cool feature to test. Even if the drone had 3% battery left, it would still have x=seconds left of flight time. The drone can be set to hover in place, descend, or RTH in the event of a signal loss. So for the remaining x=seconds of flight time, it may have changed its trajectory towards home for its last seconds, if the setting was set to rth.

@john-martin 7 месяцев назад

You got a new subscriber!!

@bullDJI 25 дней назад

I started flying drones Phantom 2V+, Phantom 3S, Mavic 1 Pro and from 2018 - 2024 Mavic 2 Zoom. My record is 6km apart. In your video I see 7.1 km far from the HP. That's great. beautiful landscape and a calm flight. Mini 4 is a very powerful drone that I want to buy. And of course a battery plus must be purchased for the drone. This will ensure long flights and endurance in the air. Great video. Greetings from the Czech Republic

@TonyVon Месяц назад

I learn a few great things on your video! Definitely will add to memory- if ever in a panic situation to force land, tilt camera straight down. Retrieving last 10 seconds of video is an important clue for retrieval of a downed/lost drone. Maybe DJI will add that as an emergency option on under ‘Controls or Safety’ to automatically aim camera down for last 10 seconds of a forced landing? Hope you find your Mini 4 Pro!

@michelbeussen3920 7 месяцев назад

I lost my drone in Tenerife 2 weeks ago. Close to a road according to the flightlog. When I got there it turned out to be a ravine. Went down, searched for 2 hours. No luck. Next day I went back, put the last known flightlog coordinates in my phone and found it in 15 minutes. This led me directly to the drone. Might be an idea. Drone was fine.

@Allworldallday 3 месяца назад

How did you access the flightlog coordinates?

@ashimasquare9876 3 месяца назад

Yeah, I will love to know how you access the flight log coordinate too

@stevejakab 6 месяцев назад

Great video. The problem was when you had 10% spare battery, you should have used an extra 5% outwards, and then 5% back, not an extra 10% out. Hope you find it

@generalgrafx 5 месяцев назад

Yep.

@bbrod68216 День назад

Great video as always!! Sad that you weren't able to find the great mini drone!! I'll save my suggestions, I'm sure you've heard it all! Hope it didn't cost you a bunch of money 💰

@dominofive5075 4 месяца назад

This video was nutz! Putting an air tag on it would help. That was awesome!

@jamdungdrones2424 7 месяцев назад

Because of the strong winds during the time of your range test the Drone may have been carried as its Landing by the wind. Extend the perimeter of the search and you will find it because you're very close to the area that it came down. Continue to search more to the east as there was variable winds coming from the south prior to the crash. You're still a legend in my book.

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

Thanks! I will 🍻

@MrDjafal 3 месяца назад

Please find it q.q @@DustinDunnill

@nomars4827 2 месяца назад

Take into account that slopes can also make it slide somewhere further.

@rangerst_870 5 месяцев назад

That 4+ mile range is actually really dang good! I did a test with a Mavic Pro series 1 a few years back and had it at 125 feet and got 2 miles away with 64% battery remaining. I chickened out and brought it back and it landed with 22% thanks to the tailwind. I actually just sold a second Mavic Pro I had a couple weeks ago.

@zapeirsky 3 месяца назад

THANKS......Watching for long time...very good detailed INFORMATION.....

@adamgaulin7821 5 месяцев назад

Balls of Steele man. Had anxiety watching it, but glad somebody’s doing it ! Cheers.

@goover78 7 месяцев назад

Maybe for the next range test it might be a good idea to put a some bright colored sticker on it.

@BataSug_POV 7 месяцев назад

I think controlled landing is the best

@simons.5442 2 месяца назад

homer said fuel and fire good

@dixienormus8097 4 месяца назад

Did you ever find it???

@mikeg8630 5 месяцев назад

I think you needed to broaden your search area. Maybe if you made a larger circle it just be right out in the open. It's obviously not where you thought it would be, you would have spotted it. Thank you I'm always amazed by your videos. I used to fly RC helis maybe 15-20yrs ago, but your flight times are impressive.

@deutschejar 21 день назад

Nice video man! sorry for your mini 4 but I was looking for something like that to know how much further you can push it

@MyChannel-cf6ue 7 месяцев назад

The tilt is due to compensation for the effects of wind vs your commanded flight path. Next time try turning towards the direction of the tilt .. will level out and free up some battery power to applied elsewhere as required. Great video 😊

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

If you notice at the end before it's lost, the compass horizon seems almost like the drone was glitching. Could have been the wind but it looked algorithmic to me hence the call out on screen 🍻

@brianmann01 7 месяцев назад

Hi Dustin, I think I know what may have happened. Your drone was originally flying to its home point. You diverted that path and flew it towards a clearing. When the drone lost connection it still had 3 volts or so remaining. I believe what happened was the drone had no connection back to the controller and thus the location is skewed. That being said it would have begun traveling towards its original home point. If you try to vector it’s last known location with the home point it will be along that line. Shoulda coulda painted it fluorescent orange or put an air tag on it but you will find it if you travel from the last known location and that home point. Good luck.

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

Worth a try. In my experience they won't try to return when in forced landing mode 🍻

@brianmann01 7 месяцев назад

@@DustinDunnill I see what your saying. Hope you find it.

@jasonbronson672 5 месяцев назад

Airtag is a great idea.

@atlesifeyst2185 5 месяцев назад

@@DustinDunnill sad part is you can see a landmark in the video of that loop turn around, drone is likely in a 200m radius of that area. just too damn small to see easily.

@tomasserdmanis5183 4 месяца назад

@@DustinDunnilldid you find your drone in the end ? Apple tag I think I will put on mine ,would do you think about fishing with it ,would that be possible ? I mean to throw the hook far in and just come back

@GroveKitty 6 месяцев назад

Aww I understand your pain :( I was about 3 miles away when a hawk attacked my Mini 3 drone mid flight and it disconnected and got lost! 😞 I hope you find your drone and thank you for the sacrifice to inform us on the Mini 4! ❤

@hawkgodman Месяц назад

wow. I reckon thats a search and rescue. Mine being delivered tomorrow, cant wait.

@haroonvlogs5437 7 месяцев назад

Lesson here is when pushing battery . 1>Find a spot to land 2> point camera down and take a pic or record small video. 3>give it a land command. 4> go to location and find it with help of video and landing location. If you lost connection while flying it’s much much harder if it landed automatically with a mind of its own on low battery .

@walker-snow 7 месяцев назад

You need a landing spot with a landmark to be able to locate it from google earth images. There should be some distinct features of the landing spot. If you'll land the drone at some random location in the forest you are done.

@Staryuuki_Fan 7 месяцев назад

if you’re flying home, flying home with the wind that way you’re facing the wind, so the drone will fly back easier with the wind and if you lose GPS in remote signal, if you’re flying against the wind going home, you will have much more of a risk to lose it as the wind will blow the signal and interfere

@robertlockwood-ts4zz 6 месяцев назад

A suggestion to DJI maybe, what about a high pitched locater beep that can be enabled once you’re in the area?

@Jakecloudsuck 2 месяца назад

They make a small beeper that I attach to all my flyers ! When it goes down, I put on my “hunting earphones” and walk to'it

@leemillington7164 5 месяцев назад

Great video. Our first aid kit is always available and in view for people if needed. It’s surprising how many people have nothing in their vehicle for emergency options.

@winesaiyy9700 22 дня назад

Hi, incredible 115 seconds of zero % flight. We won't see this anywhere else, only you would do such a thing, it's DJ who must not be reassured to see your flights 👍❤❤❤

@djroman75 6 месяцев назад

Great video. I wonder is attaching an apple airtag would be useful to find a lost drone.

@kippur777 7 месяцев назад

Add an air tag to the drone. Then you can track it with your cell phone. Also, you could add high vis reflective tape or paint to help in the recovery.

@garybamsch6352 6 месяцев назад

An airtag only works if an iPhone goes within the nfc range of it. Not likely to work in this type of situation

@pogosenior 6 месяцев назад

I think the airtag could have been a great help. He only needs to bring his Iphone within 100 feet of drone to find it. @@garybamsch6352

@kippur777 6 месяцев назад

If you have an I phone it may work!

@user-mr9rr1gk1v 5 месяцев назад

I put a tile pro (android and iPhone) on my mini3 pro. Could track the location of my drone anywhere it was regardless of range with a small subscription fee ( $120/year) . I would not fly an expensive drone without it! No interference, but it may be over 249g's...idk I never weighed it. 🥂 cheers and happy hovering 🍻

@waynetozer3881 4 месяца назад

Two suggestions for the future: 1. Red reflective tape to help find your drone if something goes wrong and a bonus is that it also stops most birds attacking your drone. 2. Use an Apple Air Tag attached to your drone if your going to take risks like you do. A seperate tracking system not reliant on the drone having some power remaining would be a better solution. Flying is not inherently dangerous. It is very unforgiving for errors in judgement though.

@user-nf2vp2ug2j Месяц назад

Great info & video 👍👍 If possible tell us what area you’re flying in. As a climber I always like to know what mountains 🏔️ are in the picture. I’m new to drones and recently purchased this Mini 4 pro so I’m really enjoying your videos.

@pksteffen 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for pushing the limits and doing a real world test. FPV drones can be set up with a beeper on the motors when lost that lasts until the battery goes or you can add an external beeper with its own battery. We may need to invest in one of those for you. 😅 I know you’ll find it. It’s a pain, but it’s there. Great stuff as always.

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

I'd just be worried about the added weight for these range tests. It will drastically affect a drone of this weight. I'm long overdue for marking them orange for range tests which I'll start doing 🍻

@pksteffen 7 месяцев назад

@@DustinDunnill it would add 5g if you used something like the Vifly beeper but that would definitely go against what you’re doing which is all stock. I just feel your pain. I’ve had to search for quads in some gnarly desert situations. Looking forward to the video where you locate it though. Cheers!

@thriftysurvivor6117 7 месяцев назад

There's a difference between flight time and flight distance. I figured the low speed wouldn't yield nearly as much distance. If you're flying at twice the speed but have 30% less flight time you'll still go further than at the lower speed with 30% more flight time.

@cliftonepps451 9 дней назад

Yessiree i have learned quite a bit from you for sure, this is the 3rd video i have watched as i have been studying drones and looking for a way to keep an eye on our property. Poachers, tresspassers and detelicts do come on this property and it is hard to monitor it or just inconveinient to ride around it all. It is over 200 acres of mostly farmland. I almost think i should get the 2SE DRONE to get the knack of it first even though it has no obstacle avoidance. You asked at 38% battery if we thought you would make it and how much battery would be left i think . I believe with your tailwind from the left rear it will have from 5 to 1l% battery left when it gets home to you. Possibly 12%. Starting video back now to find out.

@georgegibson4111 28 дней назад

You're going to do just fine getting the drone back home. And I Love your video's as well.

@DustinDunnill 28 дней назад

I wish it turned out that way. Thanks for the good vibes! 🙂

@boony213 6 месяцев назад

What affect would putting a airtag have affect on battery life? Extra weight on the drone etc. I wonder if it's better in these scenarios is when the drone is down to 5% battery left, is to look for a safe clearing area to land

@DirtyBird 5 месяцев назад

Very little as it only weighs a few grams. Problem is the range of an AirTag is very short. In this case we know the general vicinity where the drone went down so it could prove helpful.

@flyNfrank 7 месяцев назад

I use to find my dji drones by the flight log file located in the device I used with the controller. In your case that file should be in your controller. You should be able to at least locate the file based on the date. Respond if you need additional help. My guess is the drone did not make as far as you visually saw it fly based on the camera angle.

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

The find my drone feature uses the flight log and last known coordinates to help locate it does it not? Although I can see it being useful if it was still allowing input from sticks and traveling beyond it's logged and transmitted GPS point 🍻

@HULKDJBELL 13 дней назад

This is a dope video i just purchased this drone today my first drone..it would be cool when the drone returns home it calculates and tells you the arrival time to the distance home in advance.

@iabsoriw433 3 месяца назад

Awesome! Mine comes tomorrow. I'm psyched

@Samlol23_drrich 7 месяцев назад

Starting a fund for a new one.

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

Thanks Sam! 🙂🍻

@AramBasmadjian-wz1wj 7 месяцев назад

I swear I saw 2-3 mini 4 pro range test video recommendations but I didn't click on ANY of them. You just do it better and differently dustin. Much love❤ cheers 🍻 Edit: you gotta tell us when you find it man. I hope you really do.

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

Still Looking 🙂🍻

@FoxFaderWorld 7 месяцев назад

@DustinDunnill OH goodness! I like that one guys thought that it may have lost transmission to the rc, then turned towards home, then flew till it couldn't anymore.

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

In my experiences they don't do that in critical low battery unless there was some glitch it just lands where it is 🍻

@Edgy01 3 месяца назад

The first time I ‘lost’ my Mavic 2 Pro I knew it wound up in a tree because I got over to where the system suggested that it was, but the elevation kept suggesting that it was AGL-above ground level. With the aid of binoculars, I finally was able to spot it! Inverted, and in an odd attitude, I still had some residual power so that I could skew the camera gimbal a little bit-hoping it could loosen up its grip on a branch! No go. Ultimately, I paid one of my gardeners (who has the gear and the guts) to go after it. The suggestions about reflective tape or paint is highly sound. But, better, there are devises that can pinpoint it precisely. When I used to want to monitor the range of my cat, I placed a device sold as a ‘Whistle’ on a harness for him. It exploits cellular systems. The precision is remarkable. It even lets your know the 3rd dimension, (so being lost in a tree would be findable). Clearly, this sounds like what we in the AIR FORCE would designate as a Minimum Essential Subsystem List (MESL) item when doing such purposeful range testing-like when you’re overriding all of the inherent safeties. To continue with this sort of testing is highly appreciated by us drone pilots but a wee bit expensive for you, over time! Good luck in recovery. I have wondered why DJI has painted them the colors they have! They certainly could not have camouflaged them any better!!

@WFOFW1 Месяц назад

The biggest test for my mini 3 pro was in yosemite. I flew over 6 kilometer with it. When i was returning to home it started landing. I found the road that i was on and rushed with my car to get it. Lost signal several times. When i got to the point, I saw it hovering in the air, and used the last few minutes of batery to land in the corect place. I dont recoment it to anyone because it looks like your heart will stop. Great video.

@doblebo 7 месяцев назад

Don't beat yourself up over this. Seems like a bug as the sudden power cutoff is not consistent with how DJI wants their drones to behave when in that low battery mode. Probably had something to do with the negative altitude. This video is saving hundreds of us from doing the same with our drones. Thank you

@Lil-JensStudio 6 месяцев назад

Once the battery drops to the lowest possible point, DJI drone will land on their own no matter what input they receive from the controller. This is to keep them from crashing although, it is not 100 % foolproof. I forced my Air 3 to stay aloft (in my back yard at 2 feet from the ground) just to see what would happen. Eventually, the battery became so week that the drone hit the ground even with the propellers still rotating for a few more seconds. It is likely that his drone attempted to land and crashed before it reached the ground. It may have also drifted off from the last GPS location if caught by the wind.

@cyan4455 5 месяцев назад

@@Lil-JensStudiowhat voltage did the drone drop from?

@Runningmanuk420 7 месяцев назад

battery seem to drain alot faster on the 4 compared to the 3 nice video as always dustin peace out

@crisnmaryfam7344 7 месяцев назад

battery drain is going to depend on how hard you push the sticks and how hard the wind is blowing at the time of flight... the direction you are flying.. ect ect..

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

I really think the cycled battery would have performed better in the second flight 🍻

@nardesh127 Месяц назад

Great flight, Enjoyed

@frankflstf 5 месяцев назад

DUSTIN when you say range test you mean range test you really push it to the maximum

@damianobanderivets4587 7 месяцев назад

It's a matter of time and speed: the first time you turned back at 48% and came back at 11%. You went back faster, so you spent less time in the air while going back. That accounts for the 11% remaining. The second time you turned back at 40% and came back at the same speed. No way you could have made it unless there was tailwind AND going faster also. The drone can fly only half time going out and half time going back. Roughly speaking, give or take 1 or 2% maximum. Anyway I was waiting for this video for a long time 😊

@DustinDunnill 7 месяцев назад

Your right. I should have turned around at 45% I think 🍻

@SpreadingKnowledgeVlogs 5 месяцев назад

When doing these tests you should always employ a cellular connected GPS finder. I have one I use from Verizon wireless that cost me literally $2 a year I believe. Works great for this sort of stuff