Precision Landing in windy conditions
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Hi,

Did a check on how precise my MA2 is performing a Precision Landing (PL)
For this i uses my old Spark landing marker, only 17 cm wide.
For a PL : this time a manual takeoff (only up stick) to about 7 meters, wait few moments and fly away.

Wind gusting to 16 m/s.   



Wow, i am impressed with the performance, spot on !!

MA2 can handle gusty wind great, see the 2 charts, what a difference in drone angles ; head/cross wind and tail/cross wind.


Happy many landings to you,
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Thanks for sharing
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Nice test as always JJB!
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Nice test JJB, judging from the way those trees were swaying it looked very windy
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That's reassuring. Good to know. Thanks for the share.
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Good work JJB
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Welk programma heb je gebruikt om deze gegevens uit FlightRecorddata te extraheren?
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Good work JJB
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Nice job. Your videos are always informative and concise.

Don't you love the way it turns into the launch heading before landing? The MA2 is sure a powerhouse compared to my Minis. I was up in similar winds last week, little at ground level but 30 mph or more at 100 feet.

A lesson that I learned by trial and error: If there are obstructions nearby, increase the hover altitude to be above them. I have a lot of trees around my front yard and if I don't get above them first, the RTH is not nearly as accurate,
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wow good sharing!but what meaning of APAS icon blinking green-white? i also got this blinking. dont know what?
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Hello there JJB. Thank you for reaching out and for posting this interesting video you have created for the DJI Mavic Air 2. Thank you for your support fly safe always.
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Suren Posted at 10-7 10:01
Nice test JJB, judging from the way those trees were swaying it looked very windy

yes, gusty wind > 16 m/s

At the end of the flight it started to rain, "suddenly..."  
Still in the air so my MA2 got really wet for a short time.....  &^$&^!$#&!

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djiuser_dap4c7MfBeS2 Posted at 10-7 12:42
Welk programma heb je gebruikt om deze gegevens uit FlightRecorddata te extraheren?

I use FRAP, for window users only.

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=203659

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kiminx Posted at 10-7 19:05
wow good sharing!but what meaning of APAS icon blinking green-white? i also got this blinking. dont know what?

Hi,

Good question, Bypass was ON as you could see. During a RTH the icon starts to blink, mayby just to inform the user that it is working??   Mayby DJI can answer this question.

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DJI Stephen Posted at 10-7 22:01
Hello there JJB. Thank you for reaching out and for posting this interesting video you have created for the DJI Mavic Air 2. Thank you for your support fly safe always.

Hi Stephen,

Thank you.

Is it possible to answer the question asked in post number 10 of this thread.

PS check your PM, still few waiting for answers

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JJB* Posted at 10-7 22:47
yes, gusty wind > 16 m/s

At the end of the flight it started to rain, "suddenly..."  

hahaha I know that feeling, I got caught a few times here as well in the rain. One minute sun is out then heavy rain, unpredictable weather in NZ.
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Nice test. Thanks for sharing !!
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Nice to see!
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Incredible result, thanks for sharing! Haven't tried Precision Landing but wind performance is unbelievable. I'm always surprised how steady and powerful MA2 in strong wind with gusts is. My APAS icon is blinking quite often as well...
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Hi JJB*,

... very interesting and informative, overall!

You write "7 m" in the air, then fly away ...

What I'm interested in:
Is it possible to generalize this in order to achieve the best possible PL?
I mean, I would have read something about "plenty of 2 m" (... or was it 3 m ...?).

Since I also stayed at a height of about 2 - 3 m, I have noticed that PL works really well!
Of course I would like to stick to "official" recommendations ...

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JJB* Posted at 10-7 22:47
yes, gusty wind > 16 m/s

At the end of the flight it started to rain, "suddenly..."  

Hi JJB*,

hopefully the rain didn't cause the stripe in MA2 to turn red ...   
I had already reported about my problem ...

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frankymusik Posted at 10-9 03:10
Hi JJB*,

... very interesting and informative, overall!

I believe 7m vertical ascend is written in manual as a must...
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virtual Posted at 10-9 03:22
I believe 7m vertical ascend is written in manual as a must...

... that just prompted me to take a look at the UM ...

Found:
Indeed! 7 m is the "magic number" ...

Many Thanks!
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virtual Posted at 10-9 03:22
I believe 7m vertical ascend is written in manual as a must...

Good to notice that few people on here read manuals!   
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JJB* Posted at 10-9 04:02
Good to notice that few people on here read manuals!

  
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Thanks JJB I am going to try the drone in a hurricane now, will let you know how it went soon.
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Worked perfectly!
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Droneflier Posted at 10-10 06:20
Thanks JJB I am going to try the drone in a hurricane now, will let you know how it went soon.
Did you fly away too ...?   
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frankymusik Posted at 10-10 10:50
Did you fly away too ...?

LOL
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Opps lost control in the hurricane winds drone is on the other end of the pic

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virtual Posted at 10-9 03:22
I believe 7m vertical ascend is written in manual as a must...

Not quite. It says it must ascend vertically 7 meters before moving horizontally. It does not say that you can't ascend more, just not less. For me, 7 meters is unreliable; 10 works in my case.
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GaryDoug Posted at 10-10 18:32
Not quite. It says it must ascend vertically 7 meters before moving horizontally. It does not say that you can't ascend more, just not less. For me, 7 meters is unreliable; 10 works in my case.

Yes, I was replying on "have read something about "plenty of 2 m" (... or was it 3 m ...?)", so I meant 7m at least (with other points mentioned in manual). I usually take-off to meet the conditions of PL despite the fact I like to land manually (so I have no experience how many meters work best).
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Nice test and you definitely nailed the precision landing.
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GaryDoug Posted at 10-10 18:32
Not quite. It says it must ascend vertically 7 meters before moving horizontally. It does not say that you can't ascend more, just not less. For me, 7 meters is unreliable; 10 works in my case.

Gary, for me 7 Meters is also not reliable most of the time so I too have adopted to 10 meters and works much, much better.  
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Good work. Thanks for sharing
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