SqFt
Active Member
I can relate to the fear. Reading this forum makes me think the Mavics sometime dive for the water. But if the forum is any indicator, it seems like the Mini's have the greatest number of "incidents" over water. I realize its purely anecdotal evidence about mostly the Mini's. But its still enough to make me worry about it with an M2P to put the fear in me. I really dont want to lose my drone.
However, I recently flew my M2P about a mile over water (Ohio River) to reach an island and do some photo shots. I came back into a headwind of about 15 kts. It worked flawlessly. Its really an amazing device. I had full strength signal the entire time. I just made sure I started back well before the RTH dot on the flight time bar. Im not sure if the RTH dot is calculated with wind taken into account.
I think its ok. Just keep an eye on the signal strength, RTH status, and set your RTH altitude to a safe level and you should be fine.
However, I recently flew my M2P about a mile over water (Ohio River) to reach an island and do some photo shots. I came back into a headwind of about 15 kts. It worked flawlessly. Its really an amazing device. I had full strength signal the entire time. I just made sure I started back well before the RTH dot on the flight time bar. Im not sure if the RTH dot is calculated with wind taken into account.
I think its ok. Just keep an eye on the signal strength, RTH status, and set your RTH altitude to a safe level and you should be fine.
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