DJI Flip: searching for a lost animal
Supported through card analysis: you fly, the app looks for the animal in your footage.
The app cannot fly the DJI Flip, because DJI does not offer its developer kit for this model. You can still search with it: fly the pattern yourself, record, and let the app analyse the card.
What you get with the DJI Flip
| Flown by the app | No developer kit |
|---|---|
| Memory card analysis | Yes |
| Photos placed on the map | Probably (unconfirmed) |
| Videos placed on the map | Unconfirmed |
| Weight | 249 g |
| Flight time (maker's figure) | 31 min |
| Ground per battery at 25 m (estimate) | about 18 ha (44 acres) |
Suggested search settings
- Height: 20 to 25 m above the ground. Higher than that, a dog becomes a few pixels in the video and is easy to miss.
- Camera: pointing straight down or at 60° for open ground; 45° helps to see under the edge of trees.
- Video: 4K or 2.7K if the drone has it, at the highest bit rate. Every frame is analysed.
At 25 m, one battery of the DJI Flip covers 18 hectares, about 44 acres, in parallel lines. That assumes 20 % overlap between lines, 5 m/s and two thirds of the battery, keeping a reserve for wind and the way back. Thick cover or a hillside means more lines and less ground.
Before you fly
Check the rules where you are: drone laws by country. Even under 250 g, the DJI Flip needs operator registration in Europe and the UK because it has a camera.
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