Nice video. At 2m42s it looks like a combination of flying a kite and catching a shark. The drone almost went in to the water.
A few things I noticed.
- The boat was in gear and moving forward. Not much of a wake, but still moving.
- At takeoff, the drone was oriented towards the pilot. Better to keep the rear of the drone pointed toward you.
- As soon as the drone had enough lift to take off, it was aft of the boat 50 feet in around 3 seconds. It was still oriented forward towards the pilot.
- The pilots left finger was on the collective but his right finger was off the cyclic.
- Drones dont need headwinds to take off because they are rotary wing instead of fixed wing, and a headwind can even be detrimental.
To me, this would be terrifying.