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I don't think this works though... I've never tried it, but it is my understanding that as long as there is any downward velocity, CSC will not allow the motors to stop. As I said, I've never tried it. ALTERNATIVELY, he could make sure RTH is disabled, hover until the battery dies and let nature and science take its course--it'll drop like a rock, or you could figure out the actual descent rate with this calculusYes there is. For anyone that wants to fly at 1600 feet. Make sure u r in a open field. For a quick decent. Hold both sticks down and toward the middle. Your drone will be down shortly.
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I don't think this works though... I've never tried it, but it is my understanding that as long as there is any downward velocity, CSC will not allow the motors to stop. As I said, I've never tried it. ALTERNATIVELY, he could make sure RTH is disabled, hover until the battery dies and let nature and science take its course--it'll drop like a rock, or you could figure out the actual descent rate with this calculus
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Either way, he can still use the same calculus to obtain rate of descent...Doing what I said turns the motors off at 1600 feet. Lol. Then the whole drop like a rock thing happens. Lol.
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Doing what I said turns the motors off at 1600 feet. Lol. Then the whole drop like a rock thing happens. Lol.
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So, all joking aside, I had a toy quad that I could only get out of the sky sometimes by shutting down the motors and letting it fall, since it was so light that any breeze would carry it. Taking the throttle all the way down whould have the props free spinning and then I'd just fire them back up (throttle up) 20-30 feet off the ground for the save. Easy as pie. The Mavic is my first 'real' drone after several toys (some of them being on the larger side, to be fair), but I wouldn't think this sort of behavior would be needed simply based on the weight of the Mavic (to get it out of the air, that is).
So my question is: Will the Mavic follow this pattern? That is, if I put the sticks down and to the center, will it kill the motors and free fall the quad? After that, wuold the motor restart pattern actually kick the motors back on while in free fall and could you throttle back up for the save?
I'm not interested in trying it, but I am interested in the info!!
As a licensed private pilot, do you want drones sharing uncontrolled airspace with you while you're in your rented 172?A
As was I.
My gut tells me that it wouldn't recover from a tumble while powering on.
So weird that as a licensed private pilot I can go rent a Cessna 172, and go fly into uncontrolled air space and no one bats an eye. Asking a room of Droners how a machine functions and disregard the FAAs recommendation and the responses get heated.
It is inevitable.As a licensed private pilot, do you want drones sharing uncontrolled airspace with you while you're in your rented 172?
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As was I.
My gut tells me that it wouldn't recover from a tumble while powering on.
So weird that as a licensed private pilot I can go rent a Cessna 172, and go fly into uncontrolled air space and no one bats an eye. Asking a room of Droners how a machine functions and disregard the FAAs recommendation and the responses get heated.
It is inevitable.
My new kick is 30' above the farm with my $30 VR Glasses.Let's make a deal. You stay above 400' and I will stay below. No sharing....
Yes, only fly up to 400ft AGL like you're supposed to.
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Where in the world did you quote that from? I sure hope official literature uses better editing than that...Either way, anybody with a mavic will you you that it's pretty hard to see the thing (clear VLOS) even at 400 feet...So the point is moot.You can fly above 400 ft:
“…model aircraft may be flow consistently with Section 336 and agency guidelines at altitudes above 400 feet when following a community-based organization’s safety guidelines.”
“Community-based organizations, such as the Academy of Model Aeronautics, may establish altitude limitations in their safety guidelines that exceed the FAA’s 400 AGL altitude recommendation.”
AMA guidelines state: "AMA member can fly over 400 feet as long as the model aircraft is kept within the line of sight, does not interfere with manned aircraft and is operated within AMA’s safety parameters."
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A
As was I.
My gut tells me that it wouldn't recover from a tumble while powering on.
So weird that as a licensed private pilot I can go rent a Cessna 172, and go fly into uncontrolled air space and no one bats an eye. Asking a room of Droners how a machine functions and disregard the FAAs recommendation and the responses get heated.