lisadoc
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OK - I agree that it involves a number of steps, but they are a well-defined progression of simple manipulations of the recorded data. There is no magic or even intuition involved, just the progressive application of high-school-level mathematics. This kind of stuff always looks more impressive at first glance when someone else does it, but if you follow the reasoning it's not really difficult. A data analysis and graphing package may be the prerequisite that stymies casual analysis by most people.
That's true. Honestly, you, (someone else, or DJI for that matter), could probably easily create a simple algorithm (computer program) that automatically calculated all of this simply by uploading the relevant flight log/data. Not as "cool" as figuring it out manually and probably too much of a pain in the rear to create the software for the limited number of "clients" that would need it, but as you said, it's pretty straightforward math. It's basically what airdata.com has done for calculated wind speeds and some other determinations in their programs.
It's still pretty awesome that you're willing to do it for others though.