Is Dronelink supporting crash avoidance on Mavic 3E?

January 25, 2023 23:08
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Hello, Today during a mapping mission, my first map actually with Dronelink, as the miss began, the drone took off, went straight up, and as if there was nothing above it smashed into a palm tree, lucky the drone didn't stop spinning the propellers and kept flying but I did have to take over, land and change one of the propellers that nicked the palm tree. One of the things that I didn't see while setting up the mission is any selection having to do with the avoidance sensor system. I know drone deploy and Pilot 2.0 use the avoidance sensors, does Dronelink do it? Thank you

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10 comments

Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff
- January 26, 2023 01:25
Dronelink does not use the avoidance sensors yet for M3E and M30 drones. As you may be aware, DJI released an entirely new SDK to support these drones, and the virtual stick API in this new SDK does not automatically integrate the sensors like the previous SDK. Adding this functionality is high on our priority list.

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Jonathan Ley
- January 26, 2023 05:31
Thank you again Jim for letting us know 👍

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Jacob Rachniowski Dronelink Staff
- January 26, 2023 20:27
Our support article on the M3E and M30 mention this as well, useful to reference what features are supported or not for the newly added drones. They will be updated once updates are released.

https://support.dronelink.com/hc/en-us/articles/12229566715539

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Tony Simek
- January 26, 2023 23:22
Jonathan Ley - Not sure I would start an automated or manual mission underneath an obstacle. You are a bold pilot! : )

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Jonathan Ley
- January 26, 2023 23:37
Lol 😆, well to be fair, the palm tree was 55 feet up from where I was, if the drone had taken off straight up into the sky, it would not have hit, but it went up and forward in a diagonal trajectory. Which is the reason why it hit the palm tree.

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Tony Simek
- January 27, 2023 00:03
Trust me. I'm no stranger to hitting a Palm Tree. : ) In my case, it was under full manual control, :) Trees are really bad and should all be cut down.

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Jonathan Ley
- January 27, 2023 00:18
Hahahah 🤣, i still like to look at Trees or trees with fruit on like peaches 🍑😂

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Mike Liggett
- September 22, 2023 22:36
Jim McAndrew just wanted to see if there are any updates on this functionality to share? Thanks so much!

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Tony Simek
- September 22, 2023 23:06
It sure appears to. Pretty sure it saved me today from smacking the side of a building that was a touch taller than my plan allowed for.

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Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff
- September 23, 2023 12:50
Our testing shows that it is now working with the latest firmware, but DJI has still not 100% confirmed it.

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