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The obstacle avoidance may seem like a friend but it can jack you up too... For example, going through a passage into the next room and it senses something in front of it so it won't maneuver at all but your trying to make it do something will encourage drift... yes drift into a wall..
You will panic when those blades start hitting the wall too and you will do something stupid because the controller isn't helping. Yes you will reach out with your hand to stop the madness encouraging contact with the blades to your fingers.... let me tell you.. this hurts. It hurts a lot.
Now impressed with the Mavic's ability to stay upright. But the price paid here are 3 fingers with cuts and hurting bad and 3 blades in need of replacement. Glad I had spares...
So what went wrong? I was in tripod mode, so that was good.. But I think the object avoidance is a liability in doors.. tripod mode goes slow enough you can stop before problems happen but that object avoidance means it will not respond as you expect.
You will panic when those blades start hitting the wall too and you will do something stupid because the controller isn't helping. Yes you will reach out with your hand to stop the madness encouraging contact with the blades to your fingers.... let me tell you.. this hurts. It hurts a lot.
Now impressed with the Mavic's ability to stay upright. But the price paid here are 3 fingers with cuts and hurting bad and 3 blades in need of replacement. Glad I had spares...
So what went wrong? I was in tripod mode, so that was good.. But I think the object avoidance is a liability in doors.. tripod mode goes slow enough you can stop before problems happen but that object avoidance means it will not respond as you expect.