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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