High winds don't cause crashes. But they may contribute to d lost drone incident if the flyer has poor situational awareness.Oh ,yeah lots of crashes recently as JDawg indicated.
The end of the message presented reads "fly with caution". This is a way DJI can set a flag within your flight log and if you continued to fly and crashed they could examine the flight log and determine that the warning message was presented.
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2. It allows them to determine if the warning was issued and potentially deny warranty claims on a crashed Mavic. Will they disallow as a result? I have no idea.
Whether you should land immediately depends on what you are doing and how much impact that high wind might have.Do I really have to land ASAP?
I don't think so but many inexperienced flyers have lost their drones because they had very little awareness of how their drone interacts with strong winds.Has anyone's Mavic crashed ever due to high wind velocity?
No and yes. You really need to use the search function with the keyword 'wind'. I think in the last 2 weeks 6 birds have been lost (some found) from wind. Commonsense is key. The higher you go the higher the wind so if possible the first thing you need to do is lower your bird. Second is if you went out with the wind behind you (mistake) you will use a lot more juice coming back. But seriously, read up.
Whether you should land immediately depends on what you are doing and how much impact that high wind might have.
For some activities, it might be no real problem.
For others it could be very different.
I don't think so but many inexperienced flyers have lost their drones because they had very little awareness of how their drone interacts with strong winds.
Your drone would be 100 times more likely to be blown away than to crash in strong wind situations.
It is just informing you of high winds at altitude. You do not have to land ASAP but you should drop it down to find less wind. Many Mavics have been lost because of high winds.
Oh ,yeah lots of crashes recently as JDawg indicated.
The end of the message presented reads "fly with caution". This is a way DJI can set a flag within your flight log and if you continued to fly and crashed they could examine the flight log and determine that the warning message was presented.
So it serves 2 purposes
1. It warns the operator that they are flying in an unsafe condition
2. It allows them to determine if the warning was issued and potentially deny warranty claims on a crashed Mavic. Will they disallow as a result? I have no idea.
Many flyers just drop altitude to find less gusty wind conditions as at higher elevations the wind can be much , much stronger.
Oh ,yeah lots of crashes recently as JDawg indicated.
The end of the message presented reads "fly with caution". This is a way DJI can set a flag within your flight log and if you continued to fly and crashed they could examine the flight log and determine that the warning message was presented.
So it serves 2 purposes
1. It warns the operator that they are flying in an unsafe condition
2. It allows them to determine if the warning was issued and potentially deny warranty claims on a crashed Mavic. Will they disallow as a result? I have no idea.
Many flyers just drop altitude to find less gusty wind conditions as at higher elevations the wind can be much , much stronger.
Rather than wait-and-see what the wind is like at altitude - get an app' like 'UAV Forecast' that will actually give you a 'wind profile' at your flying site. That way you can see the altitudes to avoid ...
That's one of the things I like the most about the UAV FORCAST APP. It gives you a chart with approximate wind velocities and temps up to 5000 ft altitude.Rather than wait-and-see what the wind is like at altitude - get an app' like 'UAV Forecast' that will actually give you a 'wind profile' at your flying site. That way you can see the altitudes to avoid ...
Exactly. To many people think it's magically accurate if they see it on a screen.Just remember the winds aloft are just a guess, especially at drone heights.