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Greeting from South Africa.
just got the tello recently and had my first outdoor test flight yesterday, it didn't go the best as I ignored the conditions cause I wanted to fly so badly, the conditions where not great kinda grey vibes and wind was building, And as a avid kitesurfer and instructor I know the wind, and how it works and like the wind gradient which I totally ignored and well here is the story.. also I was monitoring my home anemometer and it was avg 15kmh and gusts 32kmh. But this was only at like 4m height.
Wind was building towards mid day and on our small holding the wind is super gusty with really long lulls. So I took off and pretty much went to 10m. Then it was flying perfectly and cool. So I unlocked 15 and it just hovered while Im in telloFpv settings..
All good so I go to 20. A gust hit it and it just flew off. Return to home I tried and I actually think it did get the command because it was 20m high and where it crashed onto a roof its like 6m or so. And it was set return to home at 5m. Or other possibility is it coulda tried to land itself? Anyways it ended up flying into the complex next door, and somehow the video kept recording till like maybe 5m from where it crashed. So I had a screenshot also of the last frame that the app saw.. I can't remember if I screenshot it or maybe the app somehow does. It was also in the last video frame. But I used this and kinda figured the path etc. And knocked on doors and went in peoples yards and on walls and found the exact location as per pic. Searched and searched and couldn't find it.. so wanted to send a message on my phone and realized wait im connected.. couldn't see exactly where it is but figured eventually its a roof. And then I got on a wall and saw it. Here I wish there was a emergency override to start the motors at the lower percentages or at tilted angles. I coulda even if it crashed offthe roof gotten it off. @volatello. Also Is it possible to have VGPS on the IOs version. I bought both your apps. Didn't use tellome yet.. gonna try make it follow my daughter on horse.
So after a huge mission getting it off the roof it wasn't even damaged. What an amazing little thing. But lets be honest Tello FpV really makes it special. I wonder what more we can expect. Wish they could rewrite the firmware to have some kinda rth when loses signal. But I mean for the price and what it can do, this is an insane drone. Im a little scared now after yesterday.
Im excited to take the tello on hikes and lil missions. The camera photos really are pretty cool.
oh for future missions I did order a small 7g drone keeper device that has a battery and speaker to make noise when it stops moving. Anyone have any experience?
I have read so many posts on this forum the last weeks that inspired to get a tello.
please feel free to watch the video of the drone surfing the gust
Check out the fly away
Im using Iphone 11ProMax with TelloFPV And Xoami MI2 repeater. (Wondering If I can get a even more powerfull extender that plugs in and then I can plug it in there outside ? Because the lil mi2 doesn't have physical aerials. So thinking it can boost the performance and reliability alot? ThoughtI need a physical controller but don't know what non Bluetooth IOs options are available. T1s doesn't otg to
Ios. ? Sorry to say the onscreen sucks because finger slips off the block or its difficult to control the yaw without changing throttle etc.
Greetings . Happy Friday
InHumanForm
just got the tello recently and had my first outdoor test flight yesterday, it didn't go the best as I ignored the conditions cause I wanted to fly so badly, the conditions where not great kinda grey vibes and wind was building, And as a avid kitesurfer and instructor I know the wind, and how it works and like the wind gradient which I totally ignored and well here is the story.. also I was monitoring my home anemometer and it was avg 15kmh and gusts 32kmh. But this was only at like 4m height.
Wind was building towards mid day and on our small holding the wind is super gusty with really long lulls. So I took off and pretty much went to 10m. Then it was flying perfectly and cool. So I unlocked 15 and it just hovered while Im in telloFpv settings..
All good so I go to 20. A gust hit it and it just flew off. Return to home I tried and I actually think it did get the command because it was 20m high and where it crashed onto a roof its like 6m or so. And it was set return to home at 5m. Or other possibility is it coulda tried to land itself? Anyways it ended up flying into the complex next door, and somehow the video kept recording till like maybe 5m from where it crashed. So I had a screenshot also of the last frame that the app saw.. I can't remember if I screenshot it or maybe the app somehow does. It was also in the last video frame. But I used this and kinda figured the path etc. And knocked on doors and went in peoples yards and on walls and found the exact location as per pic. Searched and searched and couldn't find it.. so wanted to send a message on my phone and realized wait im connected.. couldn't see exactly where it is but figured eventually its a roof. And then I got on a wall and saw it. Here I wish there was a emergency override to start the motors at the lower percentages or at tilted angles. I coulda even if it crashed offthe roof gotten it off. @volatello. Also Is it possible to have VGPS on the IOs version. I bought both your apps. Didn't use tellome yet.. gonna try make it follow my daughter on horse.
So after a huge mission getting it off the roof it wasn't even damaged. What an amazing little thing. But lets be honest Tello FpV really makes it special. I wonder what more we can expect. Wish they could rewrite the firmware to have some kinda rth when loses signal. But I mean for the price and what it can do, this is an insane drone. Im a little scared now after yesterday.
Im excited to take the tello on hikes and lil missions. The camera photos really are pretty cool.
oh for future missions I did order a small 7g drone keeper device that has a battery and speaker to make noise when it stops moving. Anyone have any experience?
I have read so many posts on this forum the last weeks that inspired to get a tello.
please feel free to watch the video of the drone surfing the gust
Check out the fly away
Im using Iphone 11ProMax with TelloFPV And Xoami MI2 repeater. (Wondering If I can get a even more powerfull extender that plugs in and then I can plug it in there outside ? Because the lil mi2 doesn't have physical aerials. So thinking it can boost the performance and reliability alot? ThoughtI need a physical controller but don't know what non Bluetooth IOs options are available. T1s doesn't otg to
Ios. ? Sorry to say the onscreen sucks because finger slips off the block or its difficult to control the yaw without changing throttle etc.
Greetings . Happy Friday
InHumanForm
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