There's jsut one problem... the Mavic has become the first drone for many, and DJI's stupid choice to not let you switch to ATTI manually on that aircraft means that people can't train themselves. The day their Mavic drops to ATTI will likely be the first time they ever attempt to fly a multi in ATTI, in the worst possible conditions.
That is a fair point to be honest, and also i have had minor atti experience and the Mavic when it does drop into atti often seems to react differently to the cheap atti mode drones around. Maybe that is just my perception as i am not that experienced (maybe 350 flights total with drones from Hubsans to the Mavic, not even past white belt yet).
Nerves got me once heading into waterfall between two 50 foot trees 4 feet apart which seems a lot except you have taken off from the only place in a jungle made from metal. (yea i did) i made it through but was nervous coming out the sats were real low and i had VPS off and just as i was coming in i caught a small drift and countered the wrong way. Mav into the tree and then me in horror as it tips down into the waterfall. somehow it righted itself and i flew that mother back in so fast. the tree got a hair cut and i had broken props.
the common one got me too, oh yes showing off, that one gets everyone, i promise you it will get you too.
"yea my mav is so cool cmon come watch"
in garden, fire her up eyes on from 4 people, telling them how they going to see this bird return home all on its own.
hit take off,up she goes then whoosh sideways at 10mph into a bush. Everyone laughs there *** off while i look at the app to see atti mode. yea i did not wait for the home point and gps lock on green.
other than that, i have two and i have to say they have flown over everything, and out to long ranges (for me 4 or 5 kilos often over water). Taken off from places i really should not, often never calibrate it unless it tells me too, Which it never has (except after FW updates). The gimbal sometimes has a mind of its own on occasion especially on the Thai Mavic i guess its an Asian thing as all my friends over their, they are the same they often say one thing and completely do something else entirely, like my gimbal does (especially on android),
i am not afraid to fly either of them anywhere as i have great confidence in them, i just chose not to fly them anywhere just in case.
You pays your money you take your chances. Mostly people do not practice enough, read enough or understand enough before they are ready. I was guilty of that too, but my luck held long enough for me to learn that 90 percent of what i was doing was gonna one day land me in trouble.
