VVCar
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United States
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Hi, all. I have been flying the Spark for over a year but only occasionally. I have always flown manual and never flew the Spark when there's some wind even when I took the Spark on vacations. (Not intelligent mode, that's how "occasionally" I fly.) I'd say I'm on the careful side of things.
Less than a month ago I bought the Mavic 2 Pro after watching several drone crash videos on YouTube and practicing my flying on the Spark rather extensively to gain confidence. I have flown the Mavic 2 Pro quite often on top of lakes, cliffs, etc., and uploaded YouTube videos since then for friends to see.
That's the sum of my experience. I always stay away from trees and only take off and land on wide open spaces. (Early on, I crashed the Spark on a tree and my house's wall, so I have experienced crashing.) Not sure where I'd fall in terms of experience. I thought I'd give that brief background before asking my question.
I volunteered to fly my drone for aerial views of my church's surroundings in a rural setting. My church's administrator (who I'd refer to as "friend" from this point on) asked if I could fly the drone from the post office, 0.6 miles away, toward the church so the viewer can get a good idea of where the church is located.
I figure there are two ways:
1) Set waypoints (one waypoint per turn on the road for a total of about 3-4 waypoints) from the post office to the church, with the drone on "hover" once the drone reaches the church. Upon launching the drone at the post office (first waypoint), I'd hop in the car with my friend driving so we can head on over to the church, while watching the drone above us and I monitoring the dron on my controller and smartphone.
2) Use Active Track for the drone to follow us inside the car with my friend driving and I monitoring the drone on my controller and smartphone.
I'm preferring Active Track as it does not require too much use of software, but wondering if drone's camera will always be pointed down on the car and therefore will have a (low) height limit.
Thanks a lot for any advice, suggestions, or tips.
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