Ok, so I got the crap scared out of me today. Flew my Mavic for the first time in a while and almost didn't make it home. I was 3100 ft out with 30% battery and started coming back, to discover I could only go about 5mph! I was getting wind warnings. I checked the weather ahead of time and it said 12mph. I tried everything, dropped to about 70ft, even tried flying sideways in case the front throttle on the controller was having issues. Nothing worked! I was looking for a place to ditch it and go get it and suddenly my speed increased. Got it back up to 20mph. Made it back with 5% battery!
I'm really not sure what's going on. Anyone have an idea what speed of wind would be high enough that the Mavic couldn't fly against it? I can't imagine the gusts were getting that high, but I guess it's possible. Certainly quite scary!
Anyone think it might be a defect, or simply high wind?
Z
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I'm really not sure what's going on. Anyone have an idea what speed of wind would be high enough that the Mavic couldn't fly against it? I can't imagine the gusts were getting that high, but I guess it's possible. Certainly quite scary!
Anyone think it might be a defect, or simply high wind?
Z
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