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Lately, we had some strong winds, After flying quite a bit in those winds I figured out how to have a bit more control over the drone when it is blowy.
I decided to beat my in-flight wind speed record I hit 56km/h on two separate occasions and it seemed it was max I hit 68/km/h
I'm not just random flying in the crazy wind. I always take off and can see right away how the flight will be and how the drone behaves when hovering 2m off the ground since I fly over the lake I have consistent wind for the most part. I know this lake and know how wind changes by looking at the water.
I use a wind profile app to check the speed at different heights. All I'm looking for is the consistency, eg if the ground speed is 35km/h and at 100m is also 35km/h I will go and fly, I also check if the wind is increasing or decreasing across next few hours.
if I see much higher speeds a bit higher I will wait for a better day. The research starts at home. I also look at the wind direction, with MM I mainly fly places based on the wind direction, I can't just go and fly where you want, it's more like I fly where the wind speed and direction will allow me to land safely just in case of some emergency.
I always fly against the wind or with the wind, side wind is very dangerous for Mini, for some reason when strong side wind MM gets in to drift mode and you need to be quick to recover.
In strong winds, I never use RTH, since it is much harder to avoid side wind, I always start in C mode and after going at alt 10m again see how drone behaves, then P mode and once I have area scoped switching to S mode and flying only in S mode. I never fly higher than trees on the shore, and always think about them as my natural catch barrier.
I decided to beat my in-flight wind speed record I hit 56km/h on two separate occasions and it seemed it was max I hit 68/km/h
I'm not just random flying in the crazy wind. I always take off and can see right away how the flight will be and how the drone behaves when hovering 2m off the ground since I fly over the lake I have consistent wind for the most part. I know this lake and know how wind changes by looking at the water.
I use a wind profile app to check the speed at different heights. All I'm looking for is the consistency, eg if the ground speed is 35km/h and at 100m is also 35km/h I will go and fly, I also check if the wind is increasing or decreasing across next few hours.
if I see much higher speeds a bit higher I will wait for a better day. The research starts at home. I also look at the wind direction, with MM I mainly fly places based on the wind direction, I can't just go and fly where you want, it's more like I fly where the wind speed and direction will allow me to land safely just in case of some emergency.
I always fly against the wind or with the wind, side wind is very dangerous for Mini, for some reason when strong side wind MM gets in to drift mode and you need to be quick to recover.
In strong winds, I never use RTH, since it is much harder to avoid side wind, I always start in C mode and after going at alt 10m again see how drone behaves, then P mode and once I have area scoped switching to S mode and flying only in S mode. I never fly higher than trees on the shore, and always think about them as my natural catch barrier.