Yesterday, my daughter and I went flying at a area close to our house that has some interesting creeks and areas to fly. Flight conditions were good, no real wind, good visibility (5mph). I was flying the Mavic 2 Pro, she was flying the P4.
After flying my daughter and I were talking, and we both experienced an issue with our drones. No drones were harmed or lost, but I am a loss to explain or understand what we both experienced, in the same spot.
At different times, and each alone and not sharing the airspace, we went down to this section of the creek to film over the water, My altitude over the water was 10-15 feet, my daughter was feeling a bit braver and was flying a bit lower, but not low enough to account for what she saw and I saw.
First what I experienced. I flew into this area using activetrack, once I got to the bank I took control of the drone and proceed with manual flight. About 20 feet out and 12 feet up, the drone started to descend with no inputs on control. I bring her back to height, and she starts to descend and yaw to the right. At this point, I am not sure whats going on, I assume user error, I raise her to about 15 feet and proceed to fly her back to me. Mind you the complete time this is happening, she is only about 20 feet from me. As I am flying her back, she starts to descend rapidly, she did respond to controls and I was able to bring her back.
Now, this is a new bird, so I assumed that I had done something wrong, after all this is the first time using activetrack. But when I went back and talked to my daughter and told her what happened. She asked about where I was, and told me she had the same issues in that same spot, and when reviewing the film from both drones, you can clearly see this happening.
In my film, you can see me controling the bird as it is descending, and you can see the very puzzled look on my face as it was trying to take a bath, as well as clearly see the controller in my hands. I assumed that I did something wrong when I turned off active track.
I do know that flying over water has its risks and that drones can get confused, and I am willing to accept error on my part. However, I think my distance from water was correct, and outside this small section of the creek, I have never seen this happen. I do not like flying over water as it is, but some fantastic shots can be had.
One detail that may be important. The take off point was higher then where the creek bed was, by about 10 feet.
So anyone have any idea? I do plan on downloading the logs in an attempt to analyses.
Edit to fix facts, as memory is often wrong.
After flying my daughter and I were talking, and we both experienced an issue with our drones. No drones were harmed or lost, but I am a loss to explain or understand what we both experienced, in the same spot.
At different times, and each alone and not sharing the airspace, we went down to this section of the creek to film over the water, My altitude over the water was 10-15 feet, my daughter was feeling a bit braver and was flying a bit lower, but not low enough to account for what she saw and I saw.
First what I experienced. I flew into this area using activetrack, once I got to the bank I took control of the drone and proceed with manual flight. About 20 feet out and 12 feet up, the drone started to descend with no inputs on control. I bring her back to height, and she starts to descend and yaw to the right. At this point, I am not sure whats going on, I assume user error, I raise her to about 15 feet and proceed to fly her back to me. Mind you the complete time this is happening, she is only about 20 feet from me. As I am flying her back, she starts to descend rapidly, she did respond to controls and I was able to bring her back.
Now, this is a new bird, so I assumed that I had done something wrong, after all this is the first time using activetrack. But when I went back and talked to my daughter and told her what happened. She asked about where I was, and told me she had the same issues in that same spot, and when reviewing the film from both drones, you can clearly see this happening.
In my film, you can see me controling the bird as it is descending, and you can see the very puzzled look on my face as it was trying to take a bath, as well as clearly see the controller in my hands. I assumed that I did something wrong when I turned off active track.
I do know that flying over water has its risks and that drones can get confused, and I am willing to accept error on my part. However, I think my distance from water was correct, and outside this small section of the creek, I have never seen this happen. I do not like flying over water as it is, but some fantastic shots can be had.
One detail that may be important. The take off point was higher then where the creek bed was, by about 10 feet.
So anyone have any idea? I do plan on downloading the logs in an attempt to analyses.
Edit to fix facts, as memory is often wrong.
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