How do the Skydio 2 and Mavic Min 2 receptions compare tested one after the other on the same day?
Well it would be VERY easy to test. We could easily stick a golf tee on that area of the drone right now and see if it errors out. I would find it unreasonable that a small deviation in the visuals would cause the thing to just barf everywhere. The cameras have to adapt, and they do work even when dirty, etc. It does all depend on what code they have implemented. Obviously they made it work just fine on the X2, so it's clearly possible, and MAY already work. For them not to bake adaptive/learning capabilities into this function would seem like a major oversight. Like someone putting a skin on the S2, or one of those little GPS/tracker units. They have to know people will do those things.
I easily lose signal with LOS, especially if I'm flying under 100ft. Typically it happens when I'm panning a shot, or when I turn around. Also no one really cares what the 'law' says on that. There might be virtue-signaling here, but in the real world people get amazing shots when they can't reach something physically by hiking to it, with drones with strong-enough signal. Does this mean 5 miles away? Most likely no, but the ability to do so means that it will be a lot more resistant when it goes in a less-than-ideal area where I lose signal at like 600ft. I think most people respect the rules of not flying in restricted airspace, but that's about it. Heck, there's a guy on my island that flies his Parrot drones with 4G LTE, and goes 25-50 miles away.
The bad part is that DJI could easily catch up on the autonomous portion, and already have the radio/quietness stuff down pat. I think most people here have valid criticisms that will make Skydio a much more permanent player in this space.
It has been 2 years since the first Skydio and DJI has not had an answer to it. They may improve obstacle avoidance but as of yet they have not been able to make it full 360 degrees.
Being in the camp that it could very well do harm (to add an external antenna), maybe those that think otherwise could do such a test and prove otherwise..... are you able to volunteer?
My concern is that it would see that as an obstacle and fly away trying to avoid it.
If it sees it as an obstacle, I'd imagine it won't take off. I'm going to see if I can rig something up in the next few days. I'm shocked no one has tried this, and how timid people are with these drones in general. You look up other forums and people are doing all sorts of crazy stuff. Like I mentioned the LTE mod on the Anafi stuff.
I just saw a video where someone mounted a Beacon on one Skydio to track it with another one. So it looks like there is some space in which to add things without causing problems.
Yeah I have seen the same -- a GPS/tracker type thing. I would assume there's some leeway in the obstacle avoidance. Like if a leaf fell on the drone and stuck, it sure as hell better not come crashing down in a firey blaze, haha.
I have actually seen my Skydio lurch to one side to dodge a falling leaf.
Yeah I'm sure there's some of that, despite Skydio saying it does not dodge moving objects.
