Inspire 1 - Please can you help my Dad?

[KBlumfield]

Good afternoon,

I am writing to see if anyone can hlp my dad with an issue he is having with his Inspire1 drone. I have to admit I know nothing about them at all but he has had a stroke and finds it almost impossible to get his point across so I am trying to help him.
What appears to be the problem is that when he switches the drone on he said the body of it is supposed to "rise up", however the legs with the rota's on are higher than the body and he says this isnt how it should be.
There is a thread that seems to be part of the "set up" and it looks as though that is supposed to turn and thereby lift the body part. The battery is fully charged, all the lights are on but that's about it.
If anyone can help I would be very grateful.

Many thanks

Keith

 

[ringolong]

Flip the switch where the RTH button is a few times quickly, and they should lower.

Sorry to hear he had a stroke. I had one a few years ago. Not fun at all.

 

[Neil sulish]

turn on the remote
turn on I1
then toggle the landing gear switch 3-5 times quickly( This will bring it from travel mode to landing mode.)
from then on out the landing gear can be risen or lowered, by the toggle up for retract down for land
Hope this helps
good luck
Neil

 

[The Editor]

As above - the Inspire will not come out of travel mode on its own after powering up. You have to physically take it out of travel mode.
There are two ways of achieving this.
1. Turn the Remote on, turn the Inspire on. Have the app running and touch the middle bar at the top of the screen. This will bring up a menu. Scroll down a little and there will be an option to 'Exit Travel Mode'. Click this and the Inspire will then go onto landing mode.
2. The other method mentioned above is to toggle the landing gear switch which is located around the Return to home button. However contrary to popular belief it is not necessary to flip this button 4,5 or 6 times (even DJI get this wrong). You simply have to cycle the switch twice (up,down,up,down) or (down,up,down,up depending on where the switch is initially set).

Either of the above methods will take the Inspire out of travel mode.

Hope that helps.

 

[Kilrah]

You simply have to cycle the switch twice (up,down,up,down)

That is 4 flips
I never read anything implying it referred to fully cycles

 

[gregdd]

Sorry to hear about your Dad. If you wanted to help him further here is the user manual for the Inspire 1 (not the pro version).
https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/inspire_1/en/Inspire_1_User_Manual_en_v2.0_1218.pdf

 

[Charles.mabry]

Something to add that drove me nuts just the other day. When putting the drone in travel mode ensure its on a smooth flat surface as the camera on the bottom tells the drone when to stop moving.

I was shooting on a football field the other day and was picking the drone up to put her in travel mode (didn't want the drone to struggle in the grass). The problem was the legs would raise too high and not stop in travel mode. I then realized it's the **** camera on the bottom that tells the drone when to sit/stop.

I know it's not exactly what you asked but when you mentioned the legs higher than the body it made me think of my situation the other day.

 

[KBlumfield]

Hi all, many thanks for all the help and advice. I finally sorted it out for him yesterday. The App on the Ipad wasnt communicating with the drone. None of the icons worked so I decided to delete and reinstall the App. It then told me the RC needed a software upgrade. I did this and then eventually, by scrolling down a page on the controller app, saw, in bright blue letters.... EXIT TRAVEL MODE.

I have downloaded the user manual for him so fingers crossed he'll be okay now.

Best regards

Keith

 

[davidjmurray]

... so I decided to delete and reinstall the App. It then told me the RC needed a software upgrade. I did this...

Keith

Keith: Your dad has a heck of a son! ;-)

Charles.mabry: Thank you for posting above your idea that the vision positioning system controls the final arm angle when going into travel mode. I have wondered why my bird sometimes dips too low when entering travel mode, and I will factor this into my future procedures.

 

[DJInspire]

Keith: Your dad has a heck of a son! ;-)

Charles.mabry: Thank you for posting above your idea that the vision positioning system controls the final arm angle when going into travel mode. I have wondered why my bird sometimes dips too low when entering travel mode, and I will factor this into my future procedures.

It is not an idea, DJI even officially says this (and recommends not putting the inspire into travel mode on surfaces that absorb sound rather than reflect it, as ultrasound is used for this procedure).

 

[davidjmurray]

It is not an idea, DJI even officially says this (and recommends not putting the inspire into travel mode on surfaces that absorb sound rather than reflect it, as ultrasound is used for this procedure.

Excellent. Thank you.