rick39
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Flight distance : 164354 ft
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Psy Posted at 2017-2-2 08:50
It's calculating everything else in real time, it should be able to give estimates based on what conditions it is experiencing at that moment. Knowing what it knew flying OUT (tailwind), it should have never allowed me to get that far in the first place knowing that it is LIKELY that there will be tailwind coming back - or at least give a visual warning that it's a possibility
The stats on the amount of tech in a Mavic pro is astonishing. I don't know how it detects wind conditions to put out a high wind warning. Whether it makes these calculations through the gyros or can compute power consumption through GPS data and work rate of the motors or any other in built sensory perception is conjecture to me. I am fairly satisfied that it can't detect wind velocity or direction, and even if it could, it would only be relevant to it's real time position at any given time, which would make such information unreliable. It you think about it there are so many variables, including air density and humidity to factor in too.
The intelligent batteries interact with the Mavic in a way that wasn't available a short time ago. Taking all things into consideration, it's amazing that RTH is as good as it is. The drone didn't fail, it did everything it was supposed to do.
You have been very honest with your description of the flight to the benefit of others here on this forum. The point of your post wasn't to brag about how far you flew your drone, but about the consequences of having done so. I can't condone your decision to do what you did, but I appreciate the information you have shared.
Hypothetically, you could have conducted your test a short way off the shoreline parallel to the beach. At least you could have found a safe location to put it down on terra firma and retrieved it on foot in a similar situation, although as you have already stated, benefit of hindsight won't bring your Mavic back. |
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