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The Air 2S doing a little better about metal enclosures than the Mini 2 did (though last time I tried it with the Mini 2 it was thru more of a train-like metal bridge turned into a trail footpath that was narrower).
First sequence being a 1mph hyperlapse where I set a locked course. Tried to line up the path preview based on the map. Course the actual structure and where the map shows the structure being aren't quite the same thing. As a result I would just stop the hyperlapse when it got a little close, then restart it after re-orienting the course.
All the metal probably isn't helping GPS either, however GPS signal was excellent all thru, though based on the path recorded, it's not nearly as straight as you'd expect an automated locked course to have with around 22 satellites locked.
Second being a video at ISO 1600 on the way back thru halfway flown manually, which appears a little straighter, and was down the middle of the bridge.
I kept the auxiliary lamp on on both paths to make it more obvious where it was over, and walked under the drone with it going thru.
I guess the control would have been to fly maybe 20 feet above the bridge down the length of it as it wouldn't be impacted by the metal to see for comparison.


First sequence being a 1mph hyperlapse where I set a locked course. Tried to line up the path preview based on the map. Course the actual structure and where the map shows the structure being aren't quite the same thing. As a result I would just stop the hyperlapse when it got a little close, then restart it after re-orienting the course.
All the metal probably isn't helping GPS either, however GPS signal was excellent all thru, though based on the path recorded, it's not nearly as straight as you'd expect an automated locked course to have with around 22 satellites locked.
Second being a video at ISO 1600 on the way back thru halfway flown manually, which appears a little straighter, and was down the middle of the bridge.
I kept the auxiliary lamp on on both paths to make it more obvious where it was over, and walked under the drone with it going thru.
I guess the control would have been to fly maybe 20 feet above the bridge down the length of it as it wouldn't be impacted by the metal to see for comparison.

