Lost my other drone, my Mini 3 Pro

[YorksPhotos]

This one may be a lost cause. In complete denial. If he could see that he has been reckless he would wreck less. Until then they will continue to drop, 9 then 10 then . . . .

 

[hank970]

I think this matter has gotten as much attention as it needs. More, actually. Either you get it, or you don't. Nobody is going to change any minds.

 

[MS Coast]

Given how far the drone was from the RC and how much obstruction was between the RC and the drone flying so low, I expect a combination of factors resulted in signal loss shortly before an ocean wave rose up and hit it, so the final VPS data showing 0-4ft is missing from the logs on the RC.

I've wondered whether the cloud of saltwater spray that hit the drone has any immediate effects on its operation.

 

[Meta4]

Because the screen capture shows thus. 10 feet in orange.

It's not a subjective opinion if I can see it's height in orange numbers on the screen capture.

If you saw 10 ft in orange letters on your screen capture,then I guess your drone must have been 10 feet above the sea (for the fraction of a second when that screen shot shows).

It seems that you've not learned a thing from any of your lost drone incidents.
There's much more to flying a drone over the sea than you are aware of.
But the ocean is not dead flat and a hovering drone doesn't stay a fixed distance above the water.
Ocean swells rise and fall, coming closer and falling away from the hovering drone and always changing.

Here are some numbers to consider.
They show the VPS height (in feet) of your drone recorded at 0.1 second intervals for the last 4 seconds of your flight.

Are you still confident that your drone was 10 feet above the water ??