Guys took me mavrik Pro Platinum our today for her first test run, holy cow was I impressed.
Couple of questions.
The camera ball thingy, in flight I was controlling it with me right thumb on that stick but could only get it either facing forward or straight down (no in between) ??? What am I doing wrong
using a iPhone with version 4 of the app (latest) - the video was recording for 9 mins but when I went into the app to view it had auto edited down to 30 secs. How car I get al the original on me phone ( Iāve got 512 gb iPhone XS)
I was petrified when flying inside I press return to home, thinking it might return to my house as last night when I done firmware update in living room it said something about this location will now be return home location, how do I set a new location if Iām out
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The camera tilt is controlled by the small wheel on the top left hand side slightly at the rear of the controller (turning it slowly will slow down itās speed)
Also the buttons on the back can be configured (from the controller options) to tilt the camera from forward to downward (quickly)
The 30 sec edited film is part of the Go4 App, you have to transfer the Video from the Media Card in the Drone to your phone via a Mac/PC or with a Lightning Media Card Reader.
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I strongly suggest that unless you are a competent flyer that you do not fly your drone indoors, as it more often than not does not get a GPS Lock.
The drone will automatically select Home at whatever location you are at.
it will announce from the Go4 App āThe Home Point Has been Updatedā
DO NOT FLY until you hear this !
I strongly recommend that you download the User Manual, and study it completely, several times, so that you are conversant with all itās features, itās one mean bird !.
When you say ācamera ball thingyā youāre not referring to the plastic cover over the camera are you? That is just a protective cover for storage which you should clip off before you fly.
Jeepers you were so luckyā¦ Never ever ever fly indoors.
I Suspect you have the camera control set to point down or back up at the click of a button. This needs configuring on the controller.
Wherever you take off from that will be the home point and the aircraft will set it as that, NOT your house, unless you happen to be taking off from your house of course.
I strongly advise you read the manual and watch lots of you tube before you have a disaster or flyaway and wonder what went wrong.
Thereās a fair bit going on the moment your Mavic takes off that its well worth getting your nose into the manual. YouTube is a fantastic resource too.
Donāt fly indoors.
Read the manual.
Then read it again.
Watch the YouTube videos that tell you what to do.
Learn from other peopleās mistakes - watch the YouTube videos and read the posts about how and why other people crashed / had near misses / lost their drone. See if you can work out what they did wrong before they tell you, or the subsequent posts from other pilots explain it. If youāve read the manual and understand how the MP behaves, you should be able to work out what they did wrong.
I learned a lot that way. Things like ādonāt fly through the arch of a bridge made of reinforced concrete over a riverā. Yes it might look nice, but itās risky. I saw one post from a new pilot that tried this. The rebar interfered with the signal, drone tried to ascent to RTH height, hit the underside of the bridge and crashed into the river.
