My drone losing altitude while flying over water and shifts slightly towards the wind. it happened to me twice.Anybody have this problem and how can I fix this? ( I am using mavic mini)

Hello there. I am sorry for the trouble this has caused and thank you for reaching out.  Just a reminder that when flying above the water, the vision positioning function will turn off automatically and only the GPS and barometer are used for positioning, if affected by the accuracy range, and an accident might happen. In addition I will also post a DJI Forum thread on How to Fly Safely Over Water. Thank you and fly safe always.

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=181878

DJI Stephen Posted at 7-18 01:52
Hello there. I am sorry for the trouble this has caused and thank you for reaching out.  Just a reminder that when flying above the water, the vision positioning function will turn off automatically and only the GPS and barometer are used for positioning, if affected by the accuracy range, and an accident might happen. In addition I will also post a DJI Forum thread on How to Fly Safely Over Water. Thank you and fly safe always.

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=181878

Hi Stephen,

And again you post this outdated link!!  why ?

FlyApp drones cannot disable the VPS bottem sensor!!

And the vision positioning is not turned off automatically flying over water!
And what do you mean with "...affected by the accuranct range, an accident might happen" ?? It is so wrong!

I fly many times low over water, VPS bottom sensor does sense alway the correct height.Only when flying slow or hovering low over streaming water the VPS downward sensor gets sometimes "confused"....
Well, just my experience flying many many flights low over water.
And, analyzing logs, you can see that the vision is not used for positioning when the GPS signals are oke. (see the manuals as well ....)

Best for DJI is to change the autolanding protection such that it will automatically turns off with some speed in any direction! This has caused many wet drones....

Stephen, why never a reply or explanation why you post this incorrect advice and text !?

Cheers
JJB

Hi,

Mavic MINI isn`t the best drone to keep height steady, some suffers from uncontrolled descent.....

If you like upload your flightlog for this flight/issue.

use this link > https://www.phantomhelp.com/LogViewer/Upload/
post the uploaded link one here

cheers
JJB

JJB* Posted at 7-18 03:54
Hi Stephen,

And again you post this outdated link!!  why ?

Stephen, why never a reply or explanation why you post this incorrect advice and text !?
Bots don't reply?

Labroides Posted at 7-18 04:19
Stephen, why never a reply or explanation why you post this incorrect advice and text !?
Bots don't reply?

Believe me     some bots do breathe air...  ;-)

Believe me     some bots do breathe air.   

how hight above the water?

fateofangel Posted at 7-18 13:38
how hight above the water?

Hi,
While I was experiencing this problem, the drone had a height of 3-5 meters.

JJB* Posted at 7-18 03:57
Hi,

Mavic MINI isn`t the best drone to keep height steady, some suffers from uncontrolled descent.....

Hi and thank you JJB. If you dont give this answers, I believed DJI bot says.

Yes, I cant turn off that things on dji fly app.

I know that mavic mini isnt dji's best drone but I meant to say it is losing altitude like landing (at almost the same speed.)

Thank you again for the link, i will check it now.