every week we read about how some unfortunate member lost his Mavic. I always read those posts to learn from others' sad mistakes. Today I did some lite flying in 9 mph wind and also decided to take some footage up high right above me, skies were clear, no air traffic. Took her up to about 550 and noticed the Mavic couldn't hold position above me and was starting to drift off with a high gust of wind. I tried fighting the wind at first by bringing the Mavic back to right above me, and down at the same time, but it didn't seem to come down as fast, and this was counterproductive as 2 propellers would rev up to move it backward, thereby decreasing efforts of descent. I immediately realized that and let off the right stick and just kept holding full down on the throttle and let it drift just a little bit with the wind, but as soon as I dropped to about 300 ft, the wind wasn't much stronger than on the ground, so I was able to bring it back right above me and keep descending. Maybe this will help someone in a critical situation.
Another common knowledge thing I noticed on distance runs is that once you start to lose RC signal, you gotta increase altitude to regain signal, but at 400 ft and above the wind starts to get much stronger at times and you get wind warnings, so you gotta bring her down to avoid stronger wind, but the downside, again, is that you're losing signal.... so that's a factor limiting flight distance, balancing signal and altitude with stronger wind up high. that's usually a deciding factor for me to turn around and go back to be on the safe side.
so keep in mind when you're up high and drifting with the wind, sometimes the best thing to do is not so much fight the wind, but bring the Mavic down first, and then come back.
Another common knowledge thing I noticed on distance runs is that once you start to lose RC signal, you gotta increase altitude to regain signal, but at 400 ft and above the wind starts to get much stronger at times and you get wind warnings, so you gotta bring her down to avoid stronger wind, but the downside, again, is that you're losing signal.... so that's a factor limiting flight distance, balancing signal and altitude with stronger wind up high. that's usually a deciding factor for me to turn around and go back to be on the safe side.
so keep in mind when you're up high and drifting with the wind, sometimes the best thing to do is not so much fight the wind, but bring the Mavic down first, and then come back.