While making a video of a very tall waterfall with my M2P in tripod mode yesterday, I ran into a very strong updraft just above the top of the falls. Immediately the drone was slammed into a rock bluff and fell to it's death 85 feet below in a large/deep/turbulent pool of water never to be seen again.Tripod mode would not let the props spin up enough to pull itself out of the updraft created by the large waterfall!
Lesson learned: Do not fly in tripod mode in adverse wind conditions.
Lesson learned: Do not fly in tripod mode in adverse wind conditions.