So ive been flying alot with MA2 in various conditions since release. Tight spaces and in many diff environments. Second drone though did not fly as much as the MA2... sad I lost it today
moving on... some questions for the pros to learn expensive lesson...
1) i was flying from a cliffside overlooking a river that becomes a tight gorge. I flew lower than where I was (-10m or so) and there was no way to get to the bottom in that area, but i had line of sight to the drone. gps signal weak and dji fly would not let me gain altitude but i could go backward and fwd. i tried for a few minutes to move around or gain altitude in tripod mode, normal mode, and then sport mode. I gave it a good while of trying but pretty sure was not allowed to gain altitude. again i am looking diagonally down and out to the drone, but it does become a bit hard to see and in sport mode i eventually lost track of it forgot it was on sport and some minor moves led to me hearing my props crunch somewhere below me unseen. I know unrecommended things done here like flying over water but again as an expensive lesson learnt, can i confirm this is how dji fly will operate? Ie that if weak gps and the drone is at -10m altitude it will not be allowed to gain altitude despite line of sight?? I was already concerned when i started trying to come back at an up and back angle from where i went down into the valley/gorge and had straight direct view of it.
2) are flight logs stored on drone and recoverable if drone crashed and lost in water? Or generally where are they stored other than dji app for privacy purposes? Ie in case someone finds it is it easy to see get all the flight data? There may have been a questionable altitude in my recent flight histories...
3) any views on getting another ma2 body now as a replacement? I have all the batteries from the fly more pack... loved flying the thing and plan to fly more in coming months. Have a MA1 as well but not the same...
thanks
moving on... some questions for the pros to learn expensive lesson...
1) i was flying from a cliffside overlooking a river that becomes a tight gorge. I flew lower than where I was (-10m or so) and there was no way to get to the bottom in that area, but i had line of sight to the drone. gps signal weak and dji fly would not let me gain altitude but i could go backward and fwd. i tried for a few minutes to move around or gain altitude in tripod mode, normal mode, and then sport mode. I gave it a good while of trying but pretty sure was not allowed to gain altitude. again i am looking diagonally down and out to the drone, but it does become a bit hard to see and in sport mode i eventually lost track of it forgot it was on sport and some minor moves led to me hearing my props crunch somewhere below me unseen. I know unrecommended things done here like flying over water but again as an expensive lesson learnt, can i confirm this is how dji fly will operate? Ie that if weak gps and the drone is at -10m altitude it will not be allowed to gain altitude despite line of sight?? I was already concerned when i started trying to come back at an up and back angle from where i went down into the valley/gorge and had straight direct view of it.
2) are flight logs stored on drone and recoverable if drone crashed and lost in water? Or generally where are they stored other than dji app for privacy purposes? Ie in case someone finds it is it easy to see get all the flight data? There may have been a questionable altitude in my recent flight histories...
3) any views on getting another ma2 body now as a replacement? I have all the batteries from the fly more pack... loved flying the thing and plan to fly more in coming months. Have a MA1 as well but not the same...
thanks