Altitude question

[Nickg8]

This may be a dumb question but here goes,
if altitude is relative to the take off point, what happens if I take off on the top of a cliff and fly down. Will the drone think that I am attempting to land and turn the props off or, will it go into negative altitude ?

 

[JustAGuy]

It will go to negative altitude. Landing uses vision sensors on the bottom of the aircraft.

 

[Nickg8]

Thanks.
i was hoping it would do that. Just wanted to make sure before I tried it.

 

[Deleted member 103366]

Two additions to the above
1) check what the drone does if it is very close to the ground ANYWHERE. And, just incase you are thinking of landing anywhere remote,
2) check for battery charge thresholds below which take off is prevented. (they/it will be fairly low but worth knowing about)

 

[old man mavic]

another thing to remember is be careful as you drop down into a valley ,as if you are really way down then in the event of a RTH, it will require enough battery to make the climb before it comes home ,so dont have the RTH height set to high and make sure you can keep the antennas pointing towards the drone

 

[Deleted member 103366]

Can you imagine doing this off the top of El Capitan in Yellowstone Yosemite? Some of the Norwegian Fjords would probably be as spectacular

 

[Geekser]

Can you imagine doing this off the top of El Capitan in Yellowstone? Some of the Norwegian Fjords would probably be as spectacular

Just a gentle reminder, el Capitan is located in Yosemite - Beautiful Place

 

[Deleted member 103366]

ROFLMAO whooops, in fact WWWWWWHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPS
I honestly thought they were the same place or one within the other.

I was only slightly wrong lol

Yellowstone National Park to Yosemite National Park

www.google.co.uk

800 miles or so wrong

 

[Lets Fly]

Just a gentle reminder, el Capitan is located in Yosemite - Beautiful Place

Or as Trump says, Yo-semite

 

[Skywalker]

Or as Trump says, Yo-semite

To be politically correct, do we all have to pronounce it that way now?