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Recent content by albatross911

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    Mavic drifted out of control

    I guess that's me and I can confirm this would happen. It would lift off when the ship drop with the wave. Nearly cut my head off as the ship was moving. In that case if I start motor while holding it high up and drop my hand it would lift off too right? Or throw it up?
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    GPS and connection lost

    @sar104 I admire your patience to teach us all and we all benefit from it. Great work as always!
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    Launch and return to boat

    I'll post my story as I've lost my MP a month ago while flying from a boat. I did it for a charity as a lady was swimming around HK Island (in 15 hours straight) for donations. I have had experience flying from a boat before while scuba diving in the Maldives, so this was not my first time. The...
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    Mavic Air Fly Away

    Could it simply be the wrong log?
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    I thought I had plenty of reserve to return...and the forced landing warning was inducing panic

    I finally dig out the MP to check the battery and it has 44 charge cycles done. The battery was charged the day before the flight and I started from 100% for the flight. For those asking about the battery status.
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    I thought I had plenty of reserve to return...and the forced landing warning was inducing panic

    Or give us option to acknowledge it like smart return prompt and then go silent.
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    I thought I had plenty of reserve to return...and the forced landing warning was inducing panic

    I've just downloaded windy and will reference it for flight planning. Thanks for the recommendation!
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    I thought I had plenty of reserve to return...and the forced landing warning was inducing panic

    Yes making the warning sound for 5 second should be enough to bring our attention to it. If a pilot still ignores it then it's his own decision to keep on flying and bearing all the risks and consequences. About rising up at the end, it's the first time I have experienced critical low battery m...
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    I thought I had plenty of reserve to return...and the forced landing warning was inducing panic

    Sorry for your loss. I have a friend who lost his (and recovered 6 months later!) into a forest flying sideway as well. Without 4 way sensor like the P4P it's always risky going sideway, but we are often distracted by our subjects in the front! Hope the Mavic 2 will have all around sensors to...
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    I thought I had plenty of reserve to return...and the forced landing warning was inducing panic

    This is going into more technical in a direction that I did not expect :D but it's good discussion anyway. For me I never intended to range test my Mavic for this flight nor any flight in the future. If I couldn't reach the island by 30% battery I would have given up and returned home. There are...
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    I thought I had plenty of reserve to return...and the forced landing warning was inducing panic

    I did post my flight log and a video earlier, you are welcome to check out the links for details.
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    I thought I had plenty of reserve to return...and the forced landing warning was inducing panic

    I'll check its health later and update. A quick edit on Google Photos of this flight.