Recent content by Nooker77

UAV forecast from before I took off said that winds were 18mph at 350ft with gusts of 25mph. I checked the inflight wind conditions on Airdata and it basically matched this. The wind data showed wind of about 16-18mph at the time the gimbal started shaking. Interestingly, the wind was mostly...

No other issues on the flight. This was the only stretch where I flew with the camera 90 degrees down. Rest of flight had camera at various angles but closer to looking at the horizon than looking straight down.

So I just got my new Mavic 2 Pro and I took it out for its maiden flight today and it was doing well until I turned to fly back and take a video with the camera pointed straight down. A few seconds into this leg, the gimbal started shaking the camera back and forth (about the 12 sec. mark of...

Thanks for the reply. Hopefully the GPS drop won't be a recurring issue because as I said, I can't imagine it had any obstruction where I was flying since it was really open. Interesting that it got blown away by the wind so fast, and that the wind was almost 25km/h at that altitude, it...

Hi, I'm new to drone flying and had a very strange experience with my Mavic the second day I took it out. I'm hoping someone can help me figure out what happened. I'm ok if the answer is pilot error, but if so, I'd like to know what I did to prevent it happening again. Here's what happened...