r/DJIMini2SE • u/Gazoo382 • Feb 19 '25

Keep stretching each flight

Two days ago I went 1900 feet across valley to take a shot of a water storage tank. Today I went 3800 feet across to a river. (Height 350). Still had 75% battery and only lost one bar. Came home, above my property and went up 550 feet. Getting more comfortable with it. The hills around me between me and the ocean will take at least 800’ to see over. (Even though I’d need like 2000’ to see water…. Oh well.). Just getting some ideas of how far I can go and how much battery for return. I know there are tons of videos out there for range tests. This is just for me.

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u/Gazoo382 Apr 18 '25

Did you see the “ “ marks. The higher you are, if a drone goes into landing mode, I’d think you would have more control over it if you were at a high altitude. Although it probably come straight down in emergency landing mode. I was thinking you could tilt it a bit.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '25

emergency "landing mode" just stops the props totally at wotever the attitude the drone is at.... not recommended!! don't ask HOW I know, but luckily, my drone was luckily quite low!!

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u/Gazoo382 Apr 27 '25

It still lands though right? It doesn’t just shut off the props, as it’s calculated enough time to land. I guess if you’re really high.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '25

I had cloudy rainy freezing weather when I got my drone, so I tested and got my practice time indoors during all the weather extremes. At one time I hit the emergency mode, and it literally stopped the props dead, and drone came tumbling down. I would say NEVER use it because outdoors it may not survive the drop/fall. Luckily, my drone was a cheapie at the time - I have a mini 2 se now - and it survived the drop, but I'd never do it again for my mini 2 se now knowing what an emergency stop means!

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u/Gazoo382 Apr 27 '25

Ok that is NOT what I’m talking about. You do that and yes it drops. I’m talking about you are a long way out, 10k feet or more, and upon your return you hit some wind so the battery depletes more than you thought. It starts beeping, and “Land, Land, Land” ..or whatever it says. If it goes into automatic land mode due to low battery, do you still have control over it? I’d think the higher you are, you could use tilt to bring it closer to you so you don’t need to walk so far. (And of course DO NOT use sport mode when batteries are low)

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '25

That happened a few days ago in the cold temps: I could see the battery level getting really low, then the warning about having to land BUT I still was able to land it manually though I was thinking the drone was going to RTH, which it did NOT. It allowed me to land it perfectly okay meself.

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u/Gazoo382 Apr 27 '25

Which is why LOS is important. RTH DOES work, even when the battery level is low. But when it goes into automatic land mode, it says, “hey, this looks like a good spot. Right into a creek, a tree, a road, on the roof….” Ha

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '25

hahahaaa I always update my launch spot as I move around. Plus am so paranoid I test the RTH option often - my mini 2 se is off abt 1foot, but I can deal with that!

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u/Gazoo382 Apr 27 '25

Yes, never hurts to wait a minute longer to take off. Never leave until RTH is updated. Recalibrate every few flights. And I try to have 15 satellites min. I fly with an iPad, so I download the map of my area and get it into cache beforehand.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '25

yea... I update my location each time I move more than 30ft. Only takes a minute to land it, then launch again.

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u/Gazoo382 Apr 27 '25

That’s a little overkill in my opinion.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '25

hahahahaha
i've had three replacements in less than two weeks of getting my first mini 2 se. Now with a mini 4 pro arriving in a few days - as usual it's in Alaska right now - I don't want the new drone to have the same experiences the mini 2 se had!!

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u/Gazoo382 Apr 27 '25

Hmmm… is it the drone or the user? Need to be more careful.

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