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Recent content by RedDragon

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    Emergency shut down in flight

    Down and in on the joysticks for 2-3 seconds is fine if you are catching on solid ground and the drone is not detecting movement, but if you are on a drifting, rocking boat, it doesn't always work because the drone still thinks it is in flight. Down and in on the sticks is also not a great...
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    Emergency shut down in flight

    I can confirm that this works for the EVO II 8k. Haven't tried with other products. We used the method regularly (10+ times per day) during field sampling. And, yes, the motorcycle gloves may seem like overkill, but they do make you look pretty rad. With the safety helmet, it all ends up looking...
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    Emergency shut down in flight

    For future situations like this, your catcher could simply flip the drone past 90 degrees vertical. That is, point the nose of the drone straight toward the ground. It will fight the move, but will immediately shut down the motors once past 90 degrees. The drone doesn't pull too hard even at...
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    Emergency shut down in flight

    A quick option to stop the motors is also useful for landing on moving or unstable platforms (e.g. boat, flatbed truck). My DJI Matrice 600 pro uses left stick down and in and power button to kill the props instead of waiting 3 seconds with left stick down. This was critical in being able to...