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robnor1 Posted at 4-9 17:30
I wound up sending my Mini 3 back to DJI to see if anything is wrong with it. Had several episodes over moving water. We will see what they say. Have only had it a week and a half.
To be honest and I do not think the return to DJI was necessary.
Irrespective of the reason and whether or not VPS etc. is the culprit there are enough anecdotal threads about to suggest that care is needed when low over water.
I have flown a Mavic Mini down to probably 3ft, or less, over a salt water lagoon to look through the pipes that connect the lagoon to the sea. As I remember I had a couple of possibly false alarm " I think it's descending, give it full throttle" climb outs but in the end I got the look.
You just need to watch the drone like a hawk and be ready to respond, I'd suggest it would be better to watch the drone with your eyes not the screen view, if really low the and watching the screen the video lag and your reaction time might be 'fatal'.
There are also several threads which suggest that a drone with VPS can, in some unknown circumstances, follow foam, flotsam etc. and maybe even ripples etc. on the water's surface.
I have tried 'hovering' a Mavic mini low over a distinctive object on the ground and then, with my fingers nowhere near the joysticks, dragging or moving the object. Sometimes the drone follows the object, sometimes it does not, I can discern no pattern to whether or not it will follow the object.
All these suggest fly with additional care when low over water. Better safe than sorry.
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