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Resources and worst-case scenarios

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Resources and worst-case scenarios

- Well, we ended the previous video by talking about crashes. Let's continue down that dark road with a look at some options that you have when the worst happens, when you lose your drone. It happens. A tree decides to add your drone to its collection. You don't pay attention to the critical battery warning, and the drone lands itself safely, somewhere. Or a bad compass calibration, or some kind of magnetic or radio interference just causes the drone to run away from home. Don't despair, and don't give up. Now, okay, you can despair, but don't give up. There are ways of finding a lost drone. Start with the DJI GO app itself. It has a find my drone feature that displays the drone's last location on a map. By zooming way in, and displaying the terrain map, if that's useful, you can at least narrow down your search. If that doesn't get you reunited, there are heavier duty options. The Mavic records incredibly detailed telemetry as it's flying. Not only the speed and altitude stuff that…

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