Hi everyone - I’ve got the Mavic 2 Pro, and have been reading up on threads here and elsewhere - including a number of threads about flyaways and crashes. Needless to say I want to do whatever I can to avoid either of those. I have a question about best practice.
In my area there are some interesting places in river canyons between hills and mountains. I’m referring to National Forest lands, outside designated wilderness areas. I’ve read that the Mavic uses GPS to maintain its position, and if that signal is lost (or erroneous), it can do unexpected things. Over the years hiking in the mountains, tracking my hikes with GPS receivers (like DeLorme), I’ve seen times where the GPS signals have bounced around, placing me on the opposite side of the canyon, or other such errors. I assume the same is possible with the Mavic. There also tend to be lots of trees, so if I’m down low (e.g. following a river/creek) the signal could be lost or weak.
Is there a best practice / flying mode / technique to mitigate this, to avoid the Mavic flying away to someplace it thinks it’s supposed to be, but which is actually far away, or even crashing? Or is the best practice to just avoid these areas?
The terrain I’m talking about looks similar to this (just an example to illustrate the terrain), sometimes taller hills/mountains, sometimes narrower canyons.
In my area there are some interesting places in river canyons between hills and mountains. I’m referring to National Forest lands, outside designated wilderness areas. I’ve read that the Mavic uses GPS to maintain its position, and if that signal is lost (or erroneous), it can do unexpected things. Over the years hiking in the mountains, tracking my hikes with GPS receivers (like DeLorme), I’ve seen times where the GPS signals have bounced around, placing me on the opposite side of the canyon, or other such errors. I assume the same is possible with the Mavic. There also tend to be lots of trees, so if I’m down low (e.g. following a river/creek) the signal could be lost or weak.
Is there a best practice / flying mode / technique to mitigate this, to avoid the Mavic flying away to someplace it thinks it’s supposed to be, but which is actually far away, or even crashing? Or is the best practice to just avoid these areas?
The terrain I’m talking about looks similar to this (just an example to illustrate the terrain), sometimes taller hills/mountains, sometimes narrower canyons.
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