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Nice video and congrats.
I'm a bit curious though what the reasoning is behind the fear of flying over water, or in any really open space for that matter?
First off, the Phantoms (3/4) are widely viewed as one of the easiest drones to fly, mainly due to the GPS lock capabilities and now you also have the Computer Vision feature of the P4 making even more 'safe'.
Second off, if you aren't flying around structures and trees, and the weather is fine, then when you really think about it, 95% of the risk of any mishap is really going to be attributed to equipment failure which once in the air, you really can't do a whole lot about (depending on the type of failure.) Now notice I didn't say 100% because there can always be exceptions to the rule but I'm talking from a practical and realistic viewpoint here.
Probably the highest risk of user error would be involved with the landing and you have to land the thing on land whether you fly over water or not. I suppose if you have a bad crash, it would be nice to be able to recover the wreckage as opposed to go for a swim. LOL.
I flew over water around a marina and down a shoreline my second flight and I greatly preferred it because (a) I didn't have to worry about structures, and (b) I didn't have to worry about flying over people - both of which are MAJOR concerns in many of the other places I can fly.
In other words, I'm the opposite. I'm a lot more relaxed flying over water. I do admit the idea of a 'splash down' concerned me, but then I figured, if I have a major failure the thing is going to be most likely destroyed anyway whether I'm over water or not.
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