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2 BRING IT HOME
A drone’s take-off point is
usually set as its ‘home’. Should
its battery die or the connection
to the controller be lost, it can
be set to return to a home point
in the settings menu: Safety >
Advanced Safety Settings >
Signal Lost > Return To Home.
If you’ve been trekking a long
way with your drone, you might
need to change that home point.
Scroll down to Update Home
Point in the settings menu.5 SAVE YOUR SKIN
It may be mini, but DJI’s pocket
drone can still be a finger-slicing
quadcopter: if you grab it before
its blades stop spinning, it’ll cut
right through skin. So if you’re
using it around kids or pets,
best prepare to deploy the
emergency propeller stop. To
activate it, pull both joysticks
diagonally down towards each
other and hold. Of course, if you
do this in mid-air your drone will
plummet to earth.1 CARRY THAT WEIGHT
If you’re new to drones or plan
on flying your Mavic indoors,
propeller guards (included in the
DJI Fly More Combo) are a must;
but you should tweak a setting
in the DJI Fly app to help the
drone adjust its flight style for
the extra weight. In the camera
view, tap the three dots at
the top-right to open the
app settings, scroll down to
Advanced Safety Settings, then
select Payload Mode.4 PICK A MODE
The Mavic Mini can shoot
in three flight modes: Sport,
Position or CineSmooth. As
the name suggests, Sport
mode is fast, whipping across
fields like a greyhound. Never
use this indoors! Position might
well be your default mode,
gliding with purpose but at
a moderate pace. CineSmooth
is your choice for silky cinematic
pans. Modes can be accessed
under the Control tab in settings.3 MAKE IT QUICK
Quickshots are automatic
one-button-press manoeuvres
that grab high-impact footage
while you take centre stage.
They can be fired up within
the app, and there are five to
experiment with. To try them
out, have the drone hover at
least 2m above the ground;
then, while you’re in the camera
UI, tap the 2.7K icon above the
record button and choose the
Quickshot you’re after.6 FIND MY DRONE
It’s a reliably hardy drone in
most conditions, but an angry
gust of wind, a sudden rain
shower or a mid-air collision
can still throw the Mavic Mini
maydaying to a crash landing.
Luckily, DJI has put a transmitter
inside its dinky drone. In the DJI
Fly app settings, scroll down to
Find My Drone – it’ll show you
where it was last active and
can even activate a flashing
light and beep.N
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DJI FLY
The DJI Fly app
is your hub for
all things Mavic
Mini. It’s what you
launch to activate
pairing with the
drone, and also
has tutorial videos
and guides for
novice flyers.
£freeAIRMAP
Local restrictions
on flying drones
can vary from one
park to another, so
you’ll need to do
your homework.
This app is the
simplest way to
check you’re not
in a no-fly zone.
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FORECAST
Wet or windy
weather can put
the kibosh on any
aerial shoot, which
is why this one is
a vital addition to
your app arsenal,
letting you know
at a glance if it’s
safe to fly.
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