Mike-the-cat
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This note is relevant for single operator Inspire 2 pilots who also fly, or have moved from Phantom or Mavic platforms. Always FLY FORWARD when tracking an object and in free mode.
With these aircraft, if you want to take a shot where you fly away from your subject, you will have to fly backwards. You are blind to what's behind and generally, this is fine if there are no high obstacles like trees, a building, tower or hill. With at P4P, the rear-facing sensors will protect against a collision in they are turned on. With a Mavic or a non-P4P Phantom, you have to be extra careful if you have active track / course lock on and are tracking an object while moving the craft backward.
The Inspire 2 has forward and sides covered by sensors but it lacks a backward sensor (as well as sideways sensors) that the P4P has. So the way to do a backward flight or a tracking flight is to fly forward with the gimbal camera facing backward - NOT THE OTHER WAY.
Recently, I nearly crashed into a hill in unfamiliar terrain because I was flying forward (in FREE mode) and focusing my attention on the main camera (which was pointing backward). Fortuntely, obstacle avoidance was on as I wasn't paying attention to the front facing camera! I could also have noted the radar display but I didn't.
It would have been a disaster if I were in follow mode and flying backwards into the hill.
So each craft is flown slightly differently.
I hope you find this useful....
(edited to included sideways sensor mention for P4P as pointed out by SkyClip)
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