Would you fly in this weather ?

[aokusman]

I tend not to fly when gust exceeds the capacity of the Mavic air 2.

 

[PhantomFandom]

I tend not to fly when gust exceeds the capacity of the Mavic air 2.

Depends on the craft of course. That looks just like yesterday's weather here and I was thinking about going out but decided to wait for another day. I likely would not take out a Mavic Air with those gusts. Being very careful and heading upwind first, I would attempt it with my P4P if I had to. No problems at all with the I2 though. It would cut right through that wind with no issues.

 

[boblui]

The gust is well below the max. speed of the drone. As long as the wind will be blowing the drone back to you, I cannot see any problems.

 

[Kueller]

I would, depending on the shot I was trying to get. Probably not great for timelapse/hyperlapse. But the MA2 can do 42mph in sport so I wouldn't worry about a Mini-style blow away incident. If I was getting sway or shake I'd try flying at lower altitude. Definitely wouldn't fly down wind offshore in those conditions though.

 

[Greekislandlover]

It depends on the drone. The lighter the drone, the harder it has to work to counter gusts. I might fly with my Mavic 2. The wind speed app I tend to use mostly is trees. The UAV forcast can tell you what the wind speeds are at the point they were measured, but the conditions where you are actually flying may well be different.

I tend to look at the trees around me and see if there is much movement. If there is I wouldn't take off. If there is some wind I'd send the drone up vertically and let it hover at various altitudes to see if I get any warnings before I start flying.

 

[aokusman]

Thanks for the advice. I did one battery of flying. I kept max height at 300ft and a max distance of 800ft. Drone handled the wind like a champ.

 

[brett8883]

Thanks for the advice. I did one battery of flying. I kept max height at 300ft and a max distance of 800ft. Drone handled the wind like a champ.

You can change the wind thresholds in UAV forecast

 

[rcmatmat]

What was the Gust speed at lower altitude

I tend not to fly when gust exceeds the capacity of the Mavic air 2.

 

[itsneedtokno]

I would absolutely fly.

I

I just came back from a flight

 

[aokusman]

What was the Gust speed at lower altitude

21 at 100ft.

 

[Gealousy]

If I didn't fly in conditions like that, I would never fly.

 

[itsneedtokno]

If I didn't fly in conditions like that, I would never fly.

Exactlyyyyyyyy

 

[rcmatmat]

Definitely would fly at around that speed

21 at 100ft.

 

[Meta4]

Drone handled the wind like a champ.

Your drone was dealing with real, actual wind.
UAV Forecast is just a forecast and the real wind could vary significantly from actual conditions.

 

[itsneedtokno]

I was just flying in 30+ gusts with no high wind warning... Does this drone even have one of those?

It may have gotten to 40+ a few times.

I did however keep it below 100 feet and it wasn't nearly as windy at that level.

(SE Volusia County, NSB, FL around 8pm)

 

[Jetdriver100]

You could do it! Personally, I don't find it enjoyable when the wind has large gusts.

 

[HoosierFlyer]

I don't always completely trust UAV Forecast app, it's a general guide tool but for me I check tree movement as well.
The other day it said gusts up to 30mph at 200ft, but ground level was only 6mph. I fly up to 200ft or so and felt zero fighting from the drone in the "wind".
You just need to get used to wind speed and what your drone can and can't do over time, then one you're experienced "feeling it out", you'll know when you can and can't fly it.

 

[1bad]

I wouldn't even hesitate.....

 

[itsneedtokno]

I got a little anxious for the first time last night. The 90 foot tall pines nearby were swaying by upwards of 20°.

The drone itself never once gave a high wind warning though.

It was acting VERY crazy fighting the wind, but I never noticed any shake in the Gimbal

 

[MavicAir2Marc]

A few weeks back, the place I was flying had around 35mph winds, the trees were swaying pretty good all around. I had it over a cleared field just in case. I did get one wind warning when the wind was blowing across the drone but I turned it into the wind direction and it went away. The MA2 handles wind pretty well I would say, the video of the trees around the edge of the field was pretty crazy with the dancing that was going on but the drone itself stayed rock solid.