Recent content by bikeridez

Maybe the gimbal got stuck? But then why would the drone stop in place. Once it corrected it should have followed the GPS signal towards me?

I feel like since the last 2 or 3 firmware updates we've went backwards in the drones ability to track objects visually. Most of the time I'm unable to go higher then the second height level when flying with the beacon. If I do, the drone looses visual tracking and then tracks on GPS only. When...

Just report back on this... I've been still going back and forth with Skydio support on this issue. Their latest reason for my drone taking off after losing visual tracking is: Ryan (SKYDIO): I see that the highest satellite count during this flight was 11, but the average was closer to 7-8 for...

So I have been in dispute with Skydio support over this issue since I received the drone back in June 2022. The issue was that that the beacon can rarely ever get a GPS sync. Skydio told me to connect drone to beacon, then connect beacon to the my phone. When you do this you get a nearly...

Yes, I'm going nuts.. Since November I had over 30 flawless, full battery, flights. Then about 6 weeks ago there was an update. The next flight the drone lost visual tracking of me. It would not respond the beacon to come back. I finally just back tracked on the trail while hitting the minus...

Sorry it's been a while since my last update but I finally got back out to a location that I've never previously gotten a GPS sync and I tested the procedure: 1) Turn on Skydio 2+ 2) Turn on Beacon and wait for it to start trying to sync 3) Connect Iphone to Beacon's WIFI (this results in an...

My tests show me that on on my IPhone 13 pro max, once the phone is on Lock Screen, the beacon starts syncing again. Maybe this issue is related to the iPhone, or a setting on my iPhone. What phone make and model are you using?

Hi RideFreak, Thanks for your detailed response. I have a question about: >>Once I see it's locked on correctly I mute the phone screen and drop it in my pocket. All my takeoffs and landing are hand launch, I find those to be fast and super simple once you get the hang of it. What do...

Just another update. I went out Friday and tried to launch 3 times from 3 different high points. In all 3 attempts the Skydio 2+ failed to get a GPS sync and would auto power off. A couple of times the beacon showed ready to fly, but as soon as I held the button to start the launch count down...

Hi Xtreme - Since I made my original post I've had opportunity to do 5 more flights. Out of the 5 flights, 3 were done with a recent update from Skydio (including beacon) and the other 2 were with the same firmware version I complained about initially. The first of the 5 flights I had some...

Yes, Skydio has replaced the beacon and replaced the drone.

Skydio support finally replied on the my question on whether the you can shut the phone off or not and still keep the GPS signal. They stated the following: "To answer your question, once your phone and Beacon have obtained GPS lock, you can then close your phone and operate with the Beacon...

>>"S2 fly-away due to malfunctioning GPS and/or bad programming. " I got the drone and beacon in late June and this also happened to me on my 3rd flight attempt. The drone launched from my hand, turned around, looked at me, and then took off at full speed and flew completely out of range (the...

I received a new Skydio 2+ and the new version of the Beacon in June. First, I would like to state that when I'm able to actually launch the drone, it performs beautifully and the video footage is spectacular. However, getting the drone to launch with the beacon is extremely difficult. The...