Anyone have a video of landing in manual in windy weather?

stanordave · Feb 11, 2017

a bit late to the party but was testing a camera at 720 fps today and it was windy..

you can see a wind sock at the lower left at the start and over my head when landing..

Barramundi · Feb 11, 2017

Nice footage guys. Very impressed with my Solo thus far.

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stanordave · Feb 24, 2017

Trying to learn the Tower app. The wind picked up quite strong and was really gusty. I made most of this at 4x as it is rather boring but left a bit where the stability of the gimbal is evident near the end. Can't help but see the props when the quad has to nose over to move against the wind. At the end I maneuvered to a spot of grass as the props kick up an awful lot of dust when landing on the dirt.. need to change the lens - this one has too much fish-eye.

BigTulsa · Feb 24, 2017

I actually had an issue flying last week where I couldn't figure out why it appeared my Solo was drifting well off when I was sticks centered. I had the mRo GPS in it. Turns out I flew it back and realized on the Solex app it said 'Alt Hold'. Oops. Must have pressed the A button (which I have assigned to Fly:Manual or in Pixhawk terms, AltHold) before I took off. Used FPV to guide me back. It was a bit windy. I freaked out for a moment trying to get her back. I never felt 'out of control', it just felt sloppy. When in doubt, verify you're flying in Fly (Loiter for Pixhawk terms). Doh.

Ralph E. Johnson · Feb 24, 2017

Good Job. The Solo can really handle a lot of wind. I fly with my GoPro set to Medium. That helps with the fish eye effect.
good Flying and keep sending the videos

stanordave · Feb 24, 2017

I have hit the Pause button by mistake several times .. think I'll make a cover for it or something..

dmyhill · Feb 25, 2017

Ralph E. Johnson said:
Your guess is as good as mine. It almost made it home. My nephew said it spun the rotor off. I need to post a pic of the wreck.

GPS is fairly unaffected by such things. We do high grade survey work using GPS in rain, snow, etc.

dmyhill · Feb 25, 2017

Pedals2Paddles said:
I'll be the jerk. Someone has to say it. That was very very very poor decision making. Amazing video. Bad idea. Lucky it didn't crash into someone or damage someone's car or house doing that.

Yep. Safety is #1.