Nigel_
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Flight distance : 388642 ft
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olo Posted at 2017-4-27 10:56
Sorry have not been droning for a long while.
Yesterday I was flying in 20 km/h wind ( where the drone took off) and while my p3s was 800 meters away it looked suddenly on the screen as if she had hit a wall and there was no more forward movement. She was on the way back and my signal was strong). The throttle stick was on full forward. I changed the altitude because there were some tall trees in front but I was well above them. The trees combined with a very high wall must have caused a wind accelleration what nearly maxed the P3s engines. It would be simple and helpful for me if a combination of throttle position and gps position for ground speed could result in a warning of high wind. Full throttle and half the speed = high wind frontal. Full throttle and much faster than it should = high tail wind. If a drone flies high enough it is hard to see if you having the v max or if the wind is making you go half speed or speeds you up.
If you enter the Go app, then "enter device", then click the icon in the top right corner of the map, you get a circular display with the aircraft in the centre. This shows a lot of information, including a compass showing your heading, an aircraft icon showing the aircraft's heading and maybe most importantly in blue the roll and pitch of the aircraft which you can use to judge the wind speed while in GPS mode. If you are hovering then the blue should be horizontal and half up the circle, if the wind is blowing from the side it will tilt, if the wind is blowing from ahead it will rise etc. You can easily use this to check the wind speed as you change height in GPS mode. If you are moving then you need to combine it with the horizontal speed since forward movement also pitches the aircraft.
OK, it doesn't sound an alarm if the aircraft gets stuck, or blown backwards, but it does allow you to check what is happening and helps you choose a height with acceptable wind.
If you want your alarm, you can upgrade to a P4, although I'm not sure many are happy with the current P4P wind alarm due to false alerts!
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