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Hey guys - I thought I'd get your opinion as to whether this is expected behavior or not.
I was on a yacht recently, 26 miles off the coast and had the Mavic on the back of the yacht. (there is a flat platform there that's quite nice to take off from.)
I spun up the motors and moved myself to get into a better position on the back of the boat to see the drone as it flew. Without touching the controls, the drone then lifted off, tilted, hit the water, bounced and dived back into the water. It sunk in 30m of open ocean in which I wasn't brave enough to go fishing for.
DJI Support are saying it's my fault, even though the logs say I didn't touch the controls.
Is the drone supposed to stay on the surface it is on, with the motors spun up and no throttle applied? I couldn't find anything in the documentation about not flying off a moving platform?
Also, I know hand-launching probably would have prevented this, but I also didn't expect the mavic to take off by itself either.
Looking for some advice. Cheers!
I was on a yacht recently, 26 miles off the coast and had the Mavic on the back of the yacht. (there is a flat platform there that's quite nice to take off from.)
I spun up the motors and moved myself to get into a better position on the back of the boat to see the drone as it flew. Without touching the controls, the drone then lifted off, tilted, hit the water, bounced and dived back into the water. It sunk in 30m of open ocean in which I wasn't brave enough to go fishing for.
DJI Support are saying it's my fault, even though the logs say I didn't touch the controls.
Is the drone supposed to stay on the surface it is on, with the motors spun up and no throttle applied? I couldn't find anything in the documentation about not flying off a moving platform?
Also, I know hand-launching probably would have prevented this, but I also didn't expect the mavic to take off by itself either.
Looking for some advice. Cheers!