Open water is the safest surface to fly over. Clear LOS for miles, no potential for running into anything above ground, and no WiFI interference. It's just not very interesting. However, don't be afraid to fly over it to get to your destination. If your craft "falls out of the sky", it's done anyway, whether over land or water, and the fish won't sue!
Open water is the safest surface to fly over. Clear LOS for miles, no potential for running into anything above ground, and no WiFI interference. It's just not very interesting. However, don't be afraid to fly over it to get to your destination. If your craft "falls out of the sky", it's done anyway, whether over land or water, and the fish won't sue!
Only mine fields are Autolanding, so make sure you never get into an Autoland condition over water. Keep battery level above 10% and don't initiate RTH within 65 feet of your launch point over water!
Where you launch from is always ground level zero. That is 0 for all Phantom altitude calculations. If you fly below that elevation to an area below you, it starts reading in negative numbers. Everything works just as if positive numbers were displayed. If you lose your aircraft signal, it's far safer to climb above 400 feet above the ground below your aircraft, until you regain control, than to lose control, while limiting yourself to a 400 feet maximum setting in the app above your launch point. Stay below 400 feet if you can, but safety first! Regain control, and then descend back below. I set mine at the max of 500 meters, even though I rarely ever need to exceed 400 feet. It's a safety cushion to not put a 400 foot lid on regaining control. DJI even says to increase altitude to regain control in their video. On the otherhand, if you have a circling helicopter directly above your bird, and lose control, better hope that RTH doesn't kick in and make it ascend to your 400 foot RTH elevation!
Get out your scuba gear!
Get out your scuba gear!
Never leave home without a fully charged battery, and never fly downwind, hoping to get back in the same time it took you to fly there, and switch to ATTI mode for fastest speed and least battery consumption to get home safely!
Scuba has it's own set of problems when the lake is 8000 ASL.
Almost had to go to ATTI the other day. Flew about a block down wind, it took forever to get back a block. The hand catch was fly up wind and grab it as it goes by with the next gust of wind.
