We go over our preferred technique to launch and successfully catch a Mavic Pro drone from a small sailboat, a Windrider 17. Audio credit: Atmospheric Beat, ...
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droves take some amazing glamor shots
especially over water but if you aren't
close to land how do you launch pilot
and safely catch a drum from a boat we
first tried to catch the drone with me
flying and Emily catching not having to
fly and catch was helpful at first I
would just drop it into her hand but
since then we've learned a lot here are
the steps for this technique to keep the
boat from moving while you catch point
your boat into the wind
now you can position your drone for the
best line of sight for me it was the
opposite side of the sail and in front
or the back as far as I could get away
from any obstacles once your drone is
close to the boat I turn around turn the
downward sensors off come down the
catching level then fly backward into
the catcher this technique has been
successful for us because the drone is
facing away you'll make less mistakes
because left his left and right his
right pointing away also eliminates the
possibility that the forward sensors
will detect either the catcher or
something on the boat and move away if
you are catching by yourself still drop
your drone to eye level and then fly
your drone backward towards you
use the auto takeoff feature to launch
the drone by yourself launch from the
back of the side of the boat so you can
let the drone hover while you float away
and not get tangled in the shrouds or
the sail when flying a drone from
something moving like a boat the
position will change from the home point
which will make the return to home
feature a liability the dynamic home
point setting will instruct the drone to
return to you instead of returning to
where you took off it's a good idea to
know how to find your way back using
only the map if you lose the track of
the exact direction of the drone you can
switch to the map turn the arrow tour
the controller marker and fly back until
you either see your boat on the screen
or the drone it's important to go out
and practice on land first try having
someone else catch and then try to pilot
and cut yourself and if you want to
simulate a moving boat you could try
landing while walking
you
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