Thread: Flight equals quad Drones?

Best guess isnthe controller won't let it do anything until it locks onto the satellites - which it sounds like it has an issue with. Not sure on that unit if it has an external or internal to the case antenna for this but could just be a case that they didn't plug the antenna into the on board control board when assembling it. Got any pics of the unit - I'm not familiar with them, I run all DJI gear.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Best guess isnthe controller won't let it do anything until it locks onto the satellites - which it sounds like it has an issue with. Not sure on that unit if it has an external or internal to the case antenna for this but could just be a case that they didn't plug the antenna into the on board control board when assembling it. Got any pics of the unit - I'm not familiar with them, I run all DJI gear.

Hello Homestar,

This video pretty much should fill you in... YouTube

Kind Regards
Lionel

Hi

> The point of this message is that I bought a new drone and it does not work.
How close is the retailer you purchased it off? Can you get help from them?

Also here is a forum with a section Newbie Section / Newbie Guide
MJX Bugs 2 B2W | Quadcopter Forum

Forums are great places to get specialist help from like AULRO.

Mike

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello Homestar,

This video pretty much should fill you in... YouTube

Kind Regards
Lionel

Ok, thanks. Not much to go on being of unit construction like that, so probably not much to be done other than contact the supplier on a unit like this sorry.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Ok, thanks. Not much to go on being of unit construction like that, so probably not much to be done other than contact the supplier on a unit like this sorry.

Hello Homestar,

Thanks for the reply.

I left the drone battery on the charger overnight. When I put it into the drone this morning and turned the controller on it showed an empty space devoid of charge bars. Oh and if you are the type to wear foil hats Bundaberg must be the place to be because the controller says there are zero satellites on a totally cloud free day.

No response from the motors once the red "unlock" button is pressed; nor any response when the "take off" button is pressed

Yes, I am contacting the supplier today.

For the rest of the weekend I will continue to enjoy myself by tracing the headlight, tail-brake indicators and park light circuits on my Land Rover 2A shortie so I can get the right lights to come on when I want them to. Hobbies are such fun!

Kind regards
Lionel

Yeah, somethings very wrong with it by the sounds of it.

I'm almost certianly going to add another drone to my collection soon - maybe with my tax return (although I said that last year too) - looks like the Mavic Pro 2 is about to hit the market, so probably that although the Mavic pro and now the Mavic Air are also certainly worth considering. Yes, expensive but I'm a bit of a DJI fanboy and have been using their gear for quite a few years now.

Only downside to the compact nature of these is limits of the weather as far as wind goes. I've got a big Hex as well and I can fly that puppy in very strong winds if needed but portability isn't its strong suit. 😁

Originally Posted by Homestar

Yeah, somethings very wrong with it by the sounds of it.

I'm almost certianly going to add another drone to my collection soon - maybe with my tax return (although I said that last year too) - looks like the Mavic Pro 2 is about to hit the market, so probably that although the Mavic pro and now the Mavic Air are also certainly worth considering. Yes, expensive but I'm a bit of a DJI fanboy and have been using their gear for quite a few years now.

Only downside to the compact nature of these is limits of the weather as far as wind goes. I've got a big Hex as well and I can fly that puppy in very strong winds if needed but portability isn't its strong suit. 😁

Hello Gav,

I had this faulty thought process... buy at the high end of the entry level to get good features like "Return Home". This will avoid exposure to cheap and nasty grief-giving products. So now I have a more expensive item that is not fit for purpose. I did do a lot of research to find the "highly recommended drones" for the price range. The MJX Bugs 2 did fit this criterion as it was in the top three recommendations from a number of different organisations' online polls.

Then again Ron does have a "the duds I have bought" type of thread for an obvious reason.

I will have to look up DJI after I find out what the supplier is going to do.

Kind regards
Lionel

I had a drone that was at the lower spec end of the market and it had a few parts fail within a month , I ended up returning it to the place of purchase and they were either going to replace it with another or I could upgrade it - which I did.

I purchased a DJI spark which is certainly not at the high end of their stuff , but bloody hell I am pretty impressed with it . I have only used it about 4 times but it seems like a well made piece of gear and I can see where the extra $$ are compared to the other that I had.

Cheers Ean