Recent content by Chris Baish

I've had two brand new Anafi's with different faults out of the box. In terms of ease of use and quietness, I would have recommended the Anafi if I could get one that worked consistently. As I haven't been able to I'd have to recommend the Mavic Pro Platinum out of the two.

I received my new Anafi on Monday and had this twice in one day (yesterday). Once when I started it up and it only partially started (fan and light came on, but gimbal did not initialise) and it behaved exactly as you describe - would not respond until I unplugged and plugged in the battery...

I got a new Anafi yesterday and had this exact same issue today, along with 2 occasions when the drone failed to fully initialise. The fan and blue Led came on but the battery lights went out and it would not respond to pressing the power button. Wonder if these two issues are connected? This...

Just wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread. It has really helped me to draw this to a conclusion. ??

Here's my test from this afternoon. Believe it or not there are no stick inputs from me at all until the very last minute to stop it crashing. This was with green GPS. I've contacted the retailer and it's on its way back to them as faulty.

Yes, this is completely different from what happens with mine. It takes about 10-15 seconds to settle, goes up way higher from the start, and won't respond during that time. Thanks for posting the video.

Yes, I recommend the normal launch from your hand. Goes straight up, clear of people, and there's no waiting for countdowns etc. Potentially less room for error too.

It lifts about 3 feet above shoulder height as a result of spinning up the rotors on its own, then drops down quite quickly to about waist height, sometimes lower (only a couple of inches off the ground) before settling at about waist height. From videos I've seen on YouTube it should just...

Just tried a few times in the garden again and established that it does this consistently after startup. Waited for about 30 seconds after aircraft GPS turned green, although not all the squares underneath the logo were green. It shoots about 3 feet up, then back down again until it nearly hits...

Thanks for doing the testing! I think I'll try leaving it slightly longer after gps locks green to see if it helps. I also wonder whether the terrain was an issue last night. It was over varying lengths of fairly long grass that were blowing in the wind, so perhaps it was confusing the downward...

Thanks for your reply. Sounds fairly similar to what I'm seeing. Probably just the barometer and GPS sorting themselves out. As I've had no issues with maintaining altitude during flight I'll assume it's normal.

New pilot here. Firstly, I sold my Mavic 2 Zoom to get the Anafi, and don't regret it one bit. Really impressed so far. Secondly I wanted to ask about hand launch behaviour. About 50% of the time when I hand launch (after waiting for the countdown) I find the drone rises straight up for a couple...

Thanks all for your input. It's great to hear that decent noise free video is possible with the anafi. I do think there's a possibility the ISO was too high and so think it's worth the investment. Even through the Mavic 2 is a great drone and is fairly compact, I think the Anafi still wins in...

Thanks both for your input. I'm certainly looking at getting a new one, as the cost of the Extended package is fantastic value at £629. I must say I was surprised at the camera issue aa it didn't seem to compare with the crisp footage I was seeing on YouTube, although it is difficult to tell due...

I had the opportunity to borrow an anafi for a flight. Being an existing Mavic 2 Zoom owner, I am looking for a 2nd drone that is less heavy and intrusive for flying during beach walks and holidays. I've been a drone owner for a couple of years so know my way around video settings but wouldn't...