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Flight distance : 22700 ft
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Today I went out when I had a break to do a little flying, still in beginner mode. I flew straight up again between house and trees. It was a nice sunny day and I took off and landed several times, pointing towards a few areas in my neighborhood where I have a clear sight (from the drone) of things on the ground, like other houses, streets, etc. I have lots of trees in my neighborhood, and until I saw that this Phantom 4 Pro could deal with this very effectively I held off on getting a drone. I am able to quickly get abouve the trees, only have to be a little careful getting off the ground and coming down.
Today I had my first upside down crash, as opposed to merely chewing on some leaves. I make sure that if there is an issue I am only abour 6-8 feet off the ground near my front porch. While I was up about 30m/97ft the wind carried the drone a little more than it was able to recover when going Home. I could have moved it over better and got it to a safer area, but not back to the small landing pad I chose (my walkway in the front). This is not the best place to learn to fly my drone, but I am not willing to wait till the weekends. Also I will soon try some night flying but will go to more open spaces.
The Phantom tuoched some leaves and I was not able to recover. It flipped upside down about 4 feet from the ground and rested in some light brush and grass. No harm - no foul. Just a little green on a couple of leading edges. |
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