Boat Mode EVO 2

Billybadass0215 · May 3, 2020

What is the proper to launch and retrieve the drone in Boat Mode

Ansia · May 3, 2020

Jagerbomb52 · May 3, 2020

Billybadass0215 · May 4, 2020

Ok guys thanks guys .The first video is an Evo 1 and the other was used on land. The best one is when he took off from the deck of a boat. Then he took it out of boat mode .Got it. But , Is he manually flying or using dynamic tracking ?. And does he put the Evo 2 back into boat mode to land. Will the Evo 2 takeoff from your hand or land without being in boat mode . If you have to take off the boat mode after taking off especially from the deck why use it ? Please help guys I’m new to drones of this caliber and has anyone made Autel aware of this problem? May be in need of another firmware update.....

Ansia · May 4, 2020

I cannot say if he used Dynamic Track on his video, but even if he didn't, it should still work fine. As for landing, you do NOT need boat mode. Just get the drone close to you and grab it underneath. Be careful of not putting your hand under the sensors.

As for disabling boat mode in the Evo II, I believe it's a model specific problem. The Evo 1 does not do the bowl effect mentioned in the video. It should be fixed in later firmwares.

Jagerbomb52 · May 4, 2020

Ansia said:
I cannot say if he used Dynamic Track on his video, but even if he didn't, it should still work fine. As for landing, you do NOT need boat mode. Just get the drone close to you and grab it underneath. Be careful of not putting your hand under the sensors.

As for disabling boat mode in the Evo II, I believe it's a model specific problem. The Evo 1 does not do the bowl effect mentioned in the video. It should be fixed in later firmwares.

From videos I have seen do not people turn off those sensors? Not sure if that is even possible as I do not own the EVO series.

Billybadass0215 · May 5, 2020

Ok I got it . But if I lose connection how do I make sure that it doesn’t go back to take off position and land in the water.

Billybadass0215 · May 5, 2020

Sorry just cautious I saved over year for this drone and so far it has been awesome and absolutely the bomb

Ansia · May 6, 2020

Agustine said:
From videos I have seen do not people turn off those sensors? Not sure if that is even possible as I do not own the EVO series.

You can turn both OA and VPS sensors in the settings, but the bowl effect people complain about comes from the boat mode feature, whixh reduces the camera sensitivity. How or why that causes the bowl effect, it's anyone's guess.

Billybadass0215 said:
Ok I got it . But if I lose connection how do I make sure that it doesn’t go back to take off position and land in the water.

If you lose signal with your drone, it will return to the location it took off. It does not have a dynamic Home Point. In other words, if you take off at the marina and travel 6 miles while the Evo is following you, it will return and land at the marina. Keep this in mind when flying over water.

Nightbat2 · May 9, 2020

Ansia said:
You can turn both OA and VPS sensors in the settings, but the bowl effect people complain about comes from the boat mode feature, whixh reduces the camera sensitivity. How or why that causes the bowl effect, it's anyone's guess.

If you lose signal with your drone, it will return to the location it took off. It does not have a dynamic Home Point. In other words, if you take off at the marina and travel 6 miles while the Evo is following you, it will return and land at the marina. Keep this in mind when flying over water.

What if you set home point to ‘me’?

Ansia · May 9, 2020

Nightbat2 said:
What if you set home point to ‘me’?

It will set the Home Point on the coordinates you are located at the time you set this feature. Once you move away, that location will remain as it's home point.

Tufargon · May 9, 2020

Ansia said:
It will set the Home Point on the coordinates you are located at the time you set this feature. Once you move away, that location will remain as it's home point.

Just need to keep changing it as you go I guess? That's how I understood it to work.

Tufargon · May 9, 2020

Guess you can only do it once and set it to me when you are done flight.

Ansia · May 9, 2020

Tufargon said:
Just need to keep changing it as you go I guess? That's how I understood it to work.

Yes, but here is the problem. When you change the home point, the app relies on the phone's GPS, which isn't a true GPS and it has a big error margin. You can try it, but I've heard stories of the phone giving the wrong coordinates and the drone going elsewhere.

The pilot will automatically blame the drone manufacturer, when in fact the phone is to blame. I wouldn't trust it.

Tufargon · May 9, 2020

Ansia said:
Yes, but here is the problem. When you change the home point, the app relies on the phone's GPS, which isn't a true GPS and it has a big error margin. You can try it, but I've heard stories of the phone giving the wrong coordinates and the drone going elsewhere.

The pilot will automatically blame the drone manufacturer, when in fact the phone is to blame. I wouldn't trust it.

Very good point.

Azamat2020 · Jul 20, 2020

Hi, just bought evo2. I can't find boat mode in settings under flight control.

Ansia · Jul 20, 2020

Azamat2020 said:
Hi, just bought evo2. I can't find boat mode in settings under flight control.

You need to have your controller, drone and phone connected and on in order for Boat Mode to show up.

Jelloguard · Jul 21, 2020

This has been big issue for me. I purchased this drone to be able to do dynamic tracking over water while my kids ski. The first time I took it out to the lake and had it take off in boat mode it went haywire, wouldn't respond to controls and dove in to the water. Thankfully I was able to retrieve it after 15 minutes of swimming/diving and Autel has it now. I will try it again when I get it back but will make sure to be filming the entire time...didn't activate the video before it crashed unfortunately.

parkgt · Jul 21, 2020

Ansia said:
Yes, but here is the problem. When you change the home point, the app relies on the phone's GPS, which isn't a true GPS and it has a big error margin. You can try it, but I've heard stories of the phone giving the wrong coordinates and the drone going elsewhere.

The pilot will automatically blame the drone manufacturer, when in fact the phone is to blame. I wouldn't trust it.

Strange my iPad and i phone always place me within about 20 feet of my actual location.

Flip · Jul 22, 2020

I don't ever plan on having mine on the water (in / on a boat). They don't always return to home in the exact take off spot and boats in general aren't all that large unless it's an offshore boat. Even a 5 foot discrepancy can put it in the water... Not for me.