Does not initiate flight

I have a Mavic Pro 2. I downloaded the "Map Pilot" app for iOS. It successfully located my position and connected to my drone. I defined an area and tweaked the overlap settings. Uploaded the flight path successfully and declined the insurance option. Then selected "Start". Nothing. What am I missing? How do I initiate flight?

Timothy Cooney February 19, 2019 20:59

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Make sure you have at least 10 satellites showing. Does the remote say anything?

Please post a screenshot of the state of the app before you hit start.

Zane February 19, 2019 21:17

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Thanks, Zane. I'll look at that next time; not sure what the satellite count was on the Map Pilot app. The drone controller showed "GPS connected". Following the failure to launch I flew the drone using the DJI follow-me/profile function. Everything went well and it returned 'home' on its own from about 1/2-mile out, landing withing 6" of the takeoff point, so satellites must have been ok. Reading a few of the other posts I note that maybe I should have closed the DJI app, rather than leaving it up and running in the background? It was 20F degrees with a wind speed of 10-12mph when I tried this flight, and I did not run with Terrain Awareness (and I am on top of a rocky knob). I'm going to watch a few more videos on the app and see if I was missing a step or two.

Timothy Cooney February 19, 2019 21:37 0 votes

Yeah... Having other apps open can do all sorts of stuff. Really try to stay on top of that.

We have done a lot of testing with the Mavic 2 Pro and it is our new go-to aircraft. Everything is working well with it.

If there is an issue or case we need to cover we would love to find out what it is so we don't have buttons resulting in no-action. 20F is pretty cold...

Zane February 19, 2019 21:43 0 votes

"We have done a lot of testing with the Mavic 2 Pro and it is our new go-to aircraft. Everything is working well with it. "

Really? I thought the mechanical shutter alone made the p4p (or the x4s) the best capture tool?

I have both but didn't consider that the M2P would be preferable to the p4p for this purpose.

Dave Pitman February 20, 2019 04:16 0 votes

This is a whole different topic but the mechanical shutter doesn't actually do much for the parts of the image quality that we care about. It is not being used to gate the light into the sensor. It is basically there to keep the light off the sensor in the period before the exposure to increase contrast. There may be a slight increase in contrast because of this but since you shouldn't be including images of the horizon or directly at the sun it isn't likely going to make a difference.

Also, YOU CAN'T GET THE P4P ANYMORE!

Zane February 21, 2019 00:34 0 votes

Well, there ya go. I didn't realize that the P4P had been discontinued.

I thought the mechanical shutter helped in preventing blurring caused by capturing images at speed leading to smearing as the sensor reads sequentially with the electronic shutter. Not an advantage after all?

Dave Pitman February 21, 2019 00:45 0 votes