Matthew Dobrski
First Officer
Flight distance : 1831050 ft
Canada
Offline
|
Without knowing the specifics of a given vessel, it's difficult to come up with sound advice. Launching a drone of the boat is a no brainer, just be persistent. Landing is problematic. No matter how calm is the weather, the boat will always move if not anchored. Therefore Home Point recorded at launch may be hundred feet away when landing. Landing on a deck is a "white knuckles" experience, landing on a deck bouncing up and down on waves is a recipe for failure. Landing Inspire 2 on a huge deck of a motor boat can be successful, landing on a sail yacht is a mission next to impossible. However, with a helper brave/fit enough you may employ hand catching technique. It's a dangerous approach, make sure you know what's at risk.
1. Install Inspire 2 Handle Grips.
2. Disable automatic lowering of landing gear.
3. Disable obstacle avoidance system.
4. Train a crew member to grab the drone while hovering above (on land first!). Maintain loud and clear verbal communication with him/her. After a firm hold is confirmed by the helper, pull and hold left RC stick down. After 3 sec the motors will stop spinning and the grabber must handle sudden weight of Inspire 2.
5. Lower the landing gear.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reserve enough battery power for several failed attempts to land/hand catch!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Don't calibrate the compass unless you've moved hundreds miles away. Check compass reading bar before take off.
Note 1: operating from a steel hull is always risky due to possible magnetic interference. If such is reported by the app, DO NOT perform compass calibration! Abort the flight instead.
Note 2: marine radar can mess the compass, make sure it's off.
Good luck!
|
|