Hi everybody
I am a new MA pilot since May this year and made my experiences in the last couple of months with my Mavic Air. I live in Switzerland and brought my MA to Brazil last summer, where I flew it in many locations. Brought back some nice footage. But my fingers are still trembling when I think back to that waterfall >350 meters tall called "cachoeira do fumaça" in the Chapada Diamantina mountain range. Beautiful spot, but somehow scary to fly. Whatch the movie and you know what I mean. I flew into the wide open space from top of the fall and tried to film it from the front. My MA suddenly decided to keep flying right into the waterfall without any chances for me to control it. The drone was less than 150 meters (50 ft.) away but flew below the starting spot.
I tried to stop it and fly backwards and up, but no reaction from the MA. Fortunately, before drowning and crashing, the forward vision system prevented the loss of my drone.
To learn: can somebody tell me what happened and what could have been the problem? Thanks for investigating on this.
I am a new MA pilot since May this year and made my experiences in the last couple of months with my Mavic Air. I live in Switzerland and brought my MA to Brazil last summer, where I flew it in many locations. Brought back some nice footage. But my fingers are still trembling when I think back to that waterfall >350 meters tall called "cachoeira do fumaça" in the Chapada Diamantina mountain range. Beautiful spot, but somehow scary to fly. Whatch the movie and you know what I mean. I flew into the wide open space from top of the fall and tried to film it from the front. My MA suddenly decided to keep flying right into the waterfall without any chances for me to control it. The drone was less than 150 meters (50 ft.) away but flew below the starting spot.
I tried to stop it and fly backwards and up, but no reaction from the MA. Fortunately, before drowning and crashing, the forward vision system prevented the loss of my drone.
To learn: can somebody tell me what happened and what could have been the problem? Thanks for investigating on this.