My first big fail with my mavic

[scottief]

I took my mavic to my cousins golf course to get some shots o the course and the old barn they have. It was going good till I was trying to get shots of the barn.

 

[Ping^Spike]

Oops.... too much concentration on keeping the barn centre of shot without looking at the drone?

Hope there wasn't too much damage mate

 

[scottief]

Oops.... too much concentration on keeping the barn centre of shot without looking at the drone?

Hope there wasn't too much damage mate

Not to much damage. was an easy fix.

 

[Qoncussion]

Ahh, the old flying sideways into the tree routine. Did that with my Phantom 2, and nearly did it twice last week with the Mavic. I was flying the same kind of POI shot, around a tower, when the top of a tree suddenly filled the screen. Missed it by 1 foot. Had to wash my underwear twice to get the stains out ... Good to hear that everything worked out for you!

 

[BerndM]

That perfectly demonstrates the danger in watching the screen rather the bird.
You totally lose situational awareness and these sort of crashes are the result.
Walk around with a set of blinders on for a few hours and see how many things you bump into.

 

[Qoncussion]

That perfectly demonstrates the danger in watching the screen rather the bird.
You totally lose situational awareness and these sort of crashes are the result.
Walk around with a set of blinders on for a few hours and see how many things you bump into.

My wife would tell you that I am already walking around with blinders on

 

[BerndM]

I hear you loud & clear