Flying over water

Boog0822 · May 30, 2017

Which sensors do you disable when flying over water? Wanted to make sure I wasn't going to be another one of those crashed my Mavic posts.

Mavic626 · May 30, 2017

I may be wrong, but I thought it was the downward VPS sensors as the water can give it weird signals.

iRobotTKT · May 30, 2017

I turned off VSP model while flying over the water.

Here's my first footage flying over the water.

Dropbox - Oahu, Hawaii 2017.m4v

Turnerm · May 30, 2017

I've now flown over water 3 times without any issues and I haven't disabled anything.

I think you just have to be smart about it and know what you'll do if it start behaving in an odd way.

Be mindful of pushing the left stick downward too much when you are within 10 feet of the water. If you hold downward pressure for too long it may think you are attempting a landing.

If it starts an auto land sequence flip it into Pro mode and fly out. Play around with it over a safe landing area to find out how best to reverse an auto-land. Will the pause button stop it? Will flipping to Pro stop it? Will holding full up on the left stick stop it?

=HH= · May 30, 2017

Yup did my first flight low over water this weekend with no problems make sure rhe downward VP is off

Michael Ainsworth · May 30, 2017

Only necessary to turn off Landing Protection not the full downward sensors.

=HH= · May 30, 2017

Michael Ainsworth said:
Only necessary to turn off Landing Protection not the full downward sensors.

Yup sorry that's what I meant LPS

GerdS · Jun 16, 2017

Was out with the Mavic and floats attached today and made this little video about takeoff and landing from/on water.
During landing you can see the effect of active Landing Protection which prevents the Mavic from unintended landing when flying in low altitude. All sensors have been on. There was also a PL filter attached to the camera.

stapenhillphoto · Jun 16, 2017

I flew low over water with all sensors on. Did feel it bump a couple of times, but that was it.

Lifted Chevy · Jun 16, 2017

I never turned off any sensors for my flight but I flew off a hill at 1,400 feet. Not one problem.

Cerberus · Jun 16, 2017

I think as long as you are flying more than 40 m over the water, not turning off the landing protection will not be affected..

any lower than 30m, better turn off in my humble opinion..

Trucker Den228 · Jun 16, 2017

how do you turn off the sensors??

GerdS · Jun 17, 2017

Cerberus said:
I think as long as you are flying more than 40 m over the water, not turning off the landing protection will not be affected..

any lower than 30m, better turn off in my humble opinion..

As long as you don't pull the throttle stick fully down and for several seconds Landing Protection will never be a problem. In fact, it may prevent your Mavic from touching the water surface by accident when flying very low.

Flying Viking · Jun 17, 2017

GerdS said:
Was out with the Mavic and floats attached today and made this little video about takeoff and landing from/on water.
During landing you can see the effect of active Landing Protection which prevents the Mavic from unintended landing when flying in low altitude. All sensors have been on. There was also a PL filter attached to the camera.

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Hi there..looks like a good solution when flying over water. Where did you buy the floats? I'm UK based. Many thanks.

Grey Wolf · Jun 17, 2017

iRobotTKT said:
I turned off VSP model while flying over the water.

Here's my first footage flying over the water.

Dropbox - Oahu, Hawaii 2017.m4v

Flying over downtown like that is surely a NFZ and flying Over the road is stupid!
I would suggest removing the video!

GerdS · Jun 17, 2017

Flying Viking said:
Hi there..looks like a good solution when flying over water. Where did you buy the floats? I'm UK based. Many thanks.

Got it from here:
Amazon.com: DJI Mavic pro SNOW WATER MOD protector NEON EDITION DRONE ON WATER FLUORESCENT: Camera & Photo

charliesRig · Jun 17, 2017

Every flight I make is over water.... No issues .!
Over/Under when I start my "Lost my mavic in water" thread.?
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charliesRig · Jun 17, 2017

iRobotTKT said:
I turned off VSP model while flying over the water.

Here's my first footage flying over the water.

Dropbox - Oahu, Hawaii 2017.m4v

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That's insane are you a Pro.?
Amazing.!
Almost doesn't look real
What Editing software did you use.?
Glad I got to see it

simon_t · Jun 17, 2017

iRobotTKT said:
I turned off VSP model while flying over the water.

Here's my first footage flying over the water.

Dropbox - Oahu, Hawaii 2017.m4v

Love the music! Is that copyright free?

Bergumbira · Jun 17, 2017

Boog0822 said:
Which sensors do you disable when flying over water? Wanted to make sure I wasn't going to be another one of those crashed my Mavic posts.

Firstly I don't advise anyone to fly above water unless you set floats on your bird. I waited about one month my landing gear as the Canadian guy who provide it on Amazon is not shipping to Malaysia so I made it sent to France and once I was visiting my hometown I get my floats but before that I never flown, even for a second, above water. Since, I operate many flights (including several water landing/take-off) at Balaton lake in Hungary. I flew quite low altitude for friends and swans shooting purposes and never disabled any sensor. I don't get any trouble in all that moves.