Newbie with Mavic Air 2 Flying Questions

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I used to fly RC Planes years ago so I was not to worried about flying a "smart" drone.

First day out went pretty good, but I did run into some trouble I'd like to ask about.

I'm on a lake and one excuse for buying it was I'm selling my property wanted some drone pics.

I was first in a protected area (protected from wind). Not super large. Like 25 x 50 feet of grass. Steep hill on one side the house sits on and lake on the other.

It kept beeping at me after launch. I figured it was warning me that the hill was not that far away.

It was extremely stable. Took a bunch of photos. 400 ft is really high (I didn't get near that).

Landed it a few times. All in Basic Beginner mode, auto landing etc. All good.

Ok, now I'm all cocky, and move out to the beach with a Dock. I launch off the dock. Took a bunch of pics. I'm ready to call it a day.

Bring it in slowly. Center it perfect on the dock and it flashes warning. Unstable Landing Area. Ok. Maybe the Dock is too narrow.

I didn't want to land in the sand on the beach and kick up sand into the motors. So I carefully head over to a grassy area behind the beach.

I'm like 2 feet above the ground and I click land and it won't land. It asked me to return to home (the Dock) or land here. I said land here.

I did notice a breeze had kicked up since I started. Maybe it thinks it's to windy to land. It wasn't that bad and it wasn't drifting.

So now I need to head way over to where I landed first flights. Not to thrilled because it's a bit narrow.

As I'm going along the edge of the water. It decided to just land. 1 foot from the water !!!! I lucked out big time.

What happened?

How could I force it to land earlier on the grass in the slight breeze? I know you can do manual landing but is there a way to tell it to land on it's own as best it can.

I assume I had a pending landing request still going.

The UI was not clear about what was going on when it wouldn't land.

 

[Kcmusa]

Just use the sticks and set it down. Don’t touch the auto landing button. Then Continue to hold the stick down after it lands To shut it off.

 

[eastbaybeast]

Once you get comfortable enough you can hand takeoff and hand land. The MA2 is a bit beefier which makes it easier to catch (imo) than the MA1. What I do is bring the drone in close, then switch to sport mode, position drone above my outstretched hand, push down to land and it will detect your hand as a landing spot. Then you just have to gently catch it and the motors will stop.
Never worry about landing and launching spots again.

 

[Ars3nal3432]

I'm new to this as well, in fact I'm still waiting for mine in the mail. However, I would say don't make your home point near water.

 

[Gealousy]

Once you get comfortable enough you can hand takeoff and hand land. The MA2 is a bit beefier which makes it easier to catch (imo) than the MA1. What I do is bring the drone in close, then switch to sport mode, position drone above my outstretched hand, push down to land and it will detect your hand as a landing spot. Then you just have to gently catch it and the motors will stop.
Never worry about landing and launching spots again.

That sounds cool.