dunfr
Second Officer
Flight distance : 779413 ft
United Kingdom
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Duncandonut Posted at 2018-9-27 04:58
Precision landing is, as I see it a necessity. Lets be honest here. We have all invested a hell of alot of money into our drones, especially those of us that have taken the plunge and bought a Mavic 2. Now if the worst ever happened and for some reason during a flight my controller died or the app dies, it is nice knowing that the drone will return to where it took off from. Now imagine if you took off from the edge of a lake or a cliff. That 10ft is the difference between it landing in water or dropping off the edge of a cliff. I don't want to see my £1600 investment land in water.
For me it is a peace of mind having it available.
During Low Battery RTH or Failsafe RTH the aircraft hovers at 2m above the ground and waits for confirmation it is suitable to land. I tried the Smart RTH with a very strong GPS signal (away from bridges, buildings and trees), because of all the complaints, and was surprised the aircraft landed about 1ft from Home Point. I am gaining experience - 118 flights and have a total of 2 RTH; I think we should fly back home and manually land most of the time.
Until there is an update and you are worried about proximity of cliff or water in a very rare emergency situation (controller or app dying) - find a better take-off position.
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