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<blockquote data-quote="Rick W" data-source="post: 92941" data-attributes="member: 14044"><p>I have done successful Takeoffs and Landings from an anchored boat on the Inter coastal waterway off of Miami Beach with my son-in-law. We have flown both a Spark and a Mavic simultaneously from the boat. In the photo you can see the Mavic high and to the right above the boat filmed by the Spark. Takeoff is easy, but remember your RTH isn't going to work if you are moving from the takeoff spot. Flight is great and provides some amazing photo ops. Make sure you have a good number of GPS satellites as the optical sensors can become erratic over water (note in the picture the water was very smooth). Landings are very tricky. In the boat, we had someone hand catching with a glove as we both had hands on the controller making fine adjustments to a hover three feet above the boat for the catch. I was amazed at how much movement was actually occurring during the hover. Wind, currents, slight boat drift and erratic optical sensors may have been at play. Would definitely not attempt this without a DJI Care Plan, a designated dive recovery person (we assigned this to the catcher) and a good fishing net just in case.</p><p></p><p>So.... From a kayak, where you will be sitting down and unable to move about, more of a challenge and risk than you want to take.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rick W, post: 92941, member: 14044"] I have done successful Takeoffs and Landings from an anchored boat on the Inter coastal waterway off of Miami Beach with my son-in-law. We have flown both a Spark and a Mavic simultaneously from the boat. In the photo you can see the Mavic high and to the right above the boat filmed by the Spark. Takeoff is easy, but remember your RTH isn't going to work if you are moving from the takeoff spot. Flight is great and provides some amazing photo ops. Make sure you have a good number of GPS satellites as the optical sensors can become erratic over water (note in the picture the water was very smooth). Landings are very tricky. In the boat, we had someone hand catching with a glove as we both had hands on the controller making fine adjustments to a hover three feet above the boat for the catch. I was amazed at how much movement was actually occurring during the hover. Wind, currents, slight boat drift and erratic optical sensors may have been at play. Would definitely not attempt this without a DJI Care Plan, a designated dive recovery person (we assigned this to the catcher) and a good fishing net just in case. So.... From a kayak, where you will be sitting down and unable to move about, more of a challenge and risk than you want to take. [/QUOTE]
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