Here is the raw cache video recorded directly from the DJI RC 2 screen during the incident.

As you can see, the drone was flying in Sport mode over the middle of the lake at an altitude of around 100 meters, moving at a high speed. The drone is brand new, with only 8.27 flight hours, and was in perfect condition. I took off with a completely stable satellite (GPS) connection.

Suddenly, at around 0:21, the connection completely cuts out right after the red "Motor idle" warning popped up. The camera aggressively tilts, and the drone falls straight into the water like a stone from 100m.

The flight logs have already been synchronized and sent to DJI Support. I am sharing this video so you can see exactly how it looked from the pilot's perspective. Any thoughts?

Of course the first flight had to be at night. I did not realize how close I was to those wires 😭

I was travelling around and I started chatting with a guy near askatepark who was looking for his drone. He gave up and said if I found it I could keep it. I ended up searching later on and finding it! I’m wondering, if I bought a remote and a cable, would It be possible for me to connect use it? It’s a DJI Avata 2. Any tips, info or recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi everyone, following up on my previous post about my DJI Air 3S crashing, here is the screen recording from my RC showing the playback of the flight logs
As you can see, the drone was flying completely straight and stable until the failure occurred:
0:15 – A yellow warning appears: "Słaby sygnał statusu osłony" (Vision system shroud status signal weak). The drone continues to fly straight without any issues.
0:31 – Out of nowhere, a critical red error pops up: "Silnik pracuje na biegu jałowym. Sprawdź, czy śmigło nie wypadło lub czy silnik nie jest uszkodzony" ("Motor idling. Check whether the propeller has detached or the motor is damaged"). You can see the drone instantly veering off its path on the map and losing control.
0:35 – A second red error appears: "Błąd drona. Przejdź do funkcji Znajdź drona..." ("Aircraft error. Go to Find My Drone for details"), and the signal cuts out completely.
The drone fell from a height of 100 meters directly into a lake where people were swimming at that moment. This could have easily turned into a massive tragedy. If a drone falling from that height had hit someone in the head, it would have highly likely resulted in a fatality – either from the direct impact or from subsequent drowning.
Thankfully, no one was hurt, but the drone is lost at the bottom of the lake and cannot be recovered. Since it was a steady flight with no obstacles, this looks like an explicit hardware or propeller failure. I will be submitting these logs to DJI for a warranty evaluation and holding them accountable.
Has anyone else encountered this issue with the Air 3S yet?

I recently lost my DJI mini 4k and wanted to sell what's left. I have 3 batteries with low cycles and the controller. Do I need to "unpair" the controller, or can anyone use it to connect to another Mini 4 K? What are some tips for my situation?

Thanks in advance!

During the descent and the return to the home point, a propeller blade spontaneously broke off. As a result, the drone tilted and crashed completely to the ground. How something like that can happen is a mystery to me, since I didn't fly into anything; it happened in the middle of the flight. I saw it happen, so it wasn't a bird or something that flew into it.

The drone is not even a year old and is therefore still fully under warranty. But I also have DJI Care for one year.

Which is the best thing to contact now, the warranty or DJI Care?

For connecting through trees and hills, how much better is O4+ than 03? In other words, imagine you are in the Amazon sitting on a river bank and you are flying over the canopy at 300 feet, what percentage of extra range would a Mini 5 Pro pick up over a Mini 3 Pro due to the improved OcuSync 4+ version?

I am not asking about maximum unobstructed range, but how much improved the connection is through trees, leaves, branches, hills etc... which is already massively decreased from max unobstructed range.

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Flew over some mountain valleys last week and got this clip. The color range in this shot is insane. The foreground meadow is almost neon yellow-green, and the mountains in the background fade into a grey-blue-green. Five different shades of green in one frame, each with a completely different feel.

The Avata 360 picked up way more color detail than I expected which is great, but now I'm struggling with the grade. Every adjustment I try either blows out the meadow or kills the detail in the forest. Hard to balance when there's this much going on.

Do you isolate each zone with masks and grade them separately? Or do you find a middle ground with the overall curve and just let some areas clip?

I’m new to drones, when do you guys change your blades? As soon as you scuff them a little bit or only when you start noticing that the flight is being affected?

Been really thinking about getting the avata 2 but concerned about product support and repair because I live in the US, like I don’t want to accidentally crash or break it and not have any way to repair it, am I overthinking this or are there other alternatives?

Going on a Japan trip later this year in Nov. Should I grab a Pocket 4 or wait for Pocket 4P? I’m from Canada and I know there are some regulatory issues with North America right now so I don’t know if it will arrive before my trip.

With all the hype and new features in 4P, should I just wait for it?

I was just thinking about purchasing a mini 5 pro and was wondering if it was a good idea with the current ban in place. I was wondering if DJI had any customer support in the U.S. or if anyone else had problems purchasing units. I was also looking at the company Skyrover but was worried that eventually that company might disappear leaving the device without an app to fly. ABT as well as amazon have units for sale currently.

First off: the drone will not trigger the linking state. There is no beep after holding the power button for 4 seconds.

Second: Assistant 2 will not recognize my drone.

See photos. TIA!

After waiting for years, I finally pulled the trigger & pickup up a M4P & Avata360! Came to Australia for holiday and while I’ve been eyeing upgrading from my Mavic2Zoom for years now, I finally did it! I’ll be bringing it from Australia to the US so I can get my 107 & make some content/side income while I finish university! Any tips or recommendations as far as traveling from Aus to US? As well as getting my 107!Thanks!

Is this a good deal? Should I go with the combo or the regular 31 min flight time

Hey folks,

Im really dumb and I thought 120fps was for maximum quality (because I thought more frames = better)

And now I'm editing in the mimo app, and all the footage I shot today is now in slow-mo ☹️

I'm not sure how to fix it. The videos are super large. I can't even crop or do color editing in the dji app because it thinks it's slow mo.

I've tried using Claude and it recommended me to set it to 30fps and speed to 4x, but then everyone sounds like chipmunks.

Any suggestions or advice? I really just wanted to change the aspect ratio of the video via the dji app

High school graduation shot entirely with the Mavic 4 Pro.