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    Mavic Air 2 crash, need to find drone for DJI Care refresh - analysis help much appreciated !!

    Okay, thanks for the valuable input, much appreciated! lets see how DJI responds to my comments
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    Mavic Air 2 crash, need to find drone for DJI Care refresh - analysis help much appreciated !!

    That’s a fair point. So the drone would have to rely on the downward sensors/vision system to detect obstacles and stop/hover. but doesn’t a max descent speed of 3m/s (in N-Mode, I.e. with obstacle avoidance activated) imply that the MA2 is actually capable of sensing/stopping in time ...
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    Mavic Air 2 crash, need to find drone for DJI Care refresh - analysis help much appreciated !!

    by the way, it seems the issue of "disappearing posts" on here is due to the fact that I edited my response which resulted in a message box ("This message is awaiting moderator approval, and is invisible to normal visitors."). So if I don't edit, my messages are visible immediately, otherwise...
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    Mavic Air 2 crash, need to find drone for DJI Care refresh - analysis help much appreciated !!

    yeah, I see where you are coming from. But there is a significant difference between 1. AutoLanding during RTH (in which case the "height above takeoff" is relevant as the drone is landing exactly in the same spot where it took off, i.e. takeoff altitude == landing altitude) versus 2...
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    Mavic Air 2 crash, need to find drone for DJI Care refresh - analysis help much appreciated !!

    Hi boblui, thanks for the analysis. Prison staff has already searched along/downwind from the flight path, and I have thoroughly searched the beach as well, unfortunately to no avail. But in summary, with rapidly accelerating zSpeed while slowing down horizontally and a remaining altitude of...
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    Mavic Air 2 crash, need to find drone for DJI Care refresh - analysis help much appreciated !!

    Hi there, massive rookie mistakes on my side and feeling super stupid, but can't make it undone. What happened ? I went flying yesterday in strong winds which was the main/initial mistake. After take off (I had picked a higher spot to avoid losing connection with the surrounding mountains), I...