No.
No, the height readout you see in the app is the height above (or below!) takeoff point only.
And if you are doing a hand launch, "ground zero" starts at the level where you spark it up making the zero takeoff at hand level, now 5-6' above actual ground level.
I've been meaning to get up there to shoot some video of that gigantic open pit mine at Cripple Creek. Do you have any video of that?
I look forward to hearing how that goes. I'm in BC (Canada) with some high altitude sites on my radar as well. Good luck!
Not of Cripple Creek but there is a huge one, the biggest by Goldfield. But when It is very deep and big. They have a parking area to view it right above, a pull off the road and I was all ready to fly then went over by some bleachers and there was a no drone sign so I didn't fly. But I would have never saw the sign if I didn't go by the bleachers. I flew at Bishop's Castle and they even let you fly inside which I did. But if you do go early when they open as it gets busier as the day goes on.
Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of -- that big pit is about a kilometer across and over 300 meters deep. Thanks for the "warning" about the bleachers; I'll be careful to avoid that sign.
If you look at the video I posted in #6 you see the big wall of gray on the horizon. That would be the east side of the mine bowl. Then I drove around 81& 82 and parked in the Molly Kathleen mine overlook on the north. If you look on Google maps you can see like a ramp/elevator on the left area of the parking area. I thought it was bleachers, but think it s an elevator. Anyway, that is where the no drone sign is. So if you parked away from that in the parking area there are no other signs around.Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of -- that big pit is about a kilometer across and over 300 meters deep. Thanks for the "warning" about the bleachers; I'll be careful to avoid that sign.
And yeah, Bishop's Castle was another place I was thinking about, but I was afraid that would be a place that didn't allow drones, so thanks for the info. What a crazy place -- do you have any video you can post?
Absolutely! That is unless you catch it while it is free falling before it hits the ground.
The only thing "dumb" is climbing to 9000' part. Which DJI drones can't do. Maximum is 500M from launch or 1640' and even then you wouldn't use 50%, depending on whether you did so directly over head or within 60' from launch. IF you did so outside that parameter then Smart RTH would kick in and land you before battery would die easily, inside 60' then your critical battery setting would apply, pretty sure you would land again, no battery issue. But the short answer is even if you could climb to 9000' and had 50% left you would easily make the decent as coming down is greatly reduced on power drain. There are a few varibles but not worth discussing, but I am sure someone will, so I will leave that to them
YouTube search: "DJI CSC restart"Maybe I was wrong but I assumed he was asking if the drone was up high and the battery dies on descent that the motors stop and it crashes, which it does. Think maybe he was thinking there would be a chance of it auto-gyrating or something to make a slower descent even after losing power but that is not the case. Your battery dies it will fall like a rock - like I said your only chance of saving it is catching it. I think the height he mentioned was only used for reference and certainly had no intentions of going that high. Again I think the question boiled down to if battery dies on descent will the motors stop and it crash - Yes, absolutely.The only thing "dumb" is climbing to 9000' part. Which DJI drones can't do. Maximum is 500M from launch or 1640' and even then you wouldn't use 50%, depending on whether you did so directly over head or within 60' from launch. IF you did so outside that parameter then Smart RTH would kick in and land you before battery would die easily, inside 60' then your critical battery setting would apply, pretty sure you would land again, no battery issue. But the short answer is even if you could climb to 9000' and had 50% left you would easily make the decent as coming down is greatly reduced on power drain. There are a few varibles but not worth discussing, but I am sure someone will, so I will leave that to them
If you want to see the fun, you could climb to max...do a CSC (Kill switch) let it drop 1000 ft and CSC again (Restart/Arm)...a few videos on YouTube...not for the faint of heart
I looked at what he said. " if I use 50% battery climbing to 9000' and the battery dies on the descent, I assume the motors quit and the Mavic crashes?
there are some old Youtube videos out there where some people have taking it way up there before the limits were applied.
