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<blockquote data-quote="RotorWash" data-source="post: 98916" data-attributes="member: 18210"><p>Interesting question, hopefully some more experienced pilots will chime in on the subject but for now here's some info I came across from a DJI Support Guide on their store website. <a href="https://store.dji.com/guides/how-to-fly-safely-over-water/" target="_blank">How to Fly Safely Over Water - DJI Guides</a></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: rgb(71, 85, 119)"><strong>"All DJI drones come equipped with VPS, a technology that maps the surface below to help position the drone. When flying over water, however, light reflecting off of the surface can cause issues with this technology. Because of this, it’s best to maintain a height of at least two meters above the water. If you have to fly below this height for a special shot, we recommend you turn off the VPS to avoid any unstable actions by the drone. Caution: When you disable the VPS of your aircraft and the distance between water surface and drone is smaller than 2 meters, you should fly the drone with a low speed in your FOV (field of view). Also, the height needs to be adjusted frequently since the aircraft could possibly drift downwards. Be aware that the minimum height has to be above 1 meter when flying over water."</strong></span></em></p><p></p><p>From my own short experience I can confirm that the drone will drift downwards at times while near the surface of the water and I was flying mostly at or under 1m. By design (maybe can be modded, not sure) the VPS cannot be turned off in the Spark. Which doesn't mean you can't fly it low over water, just means if you going to do it, take extra precaution. I kept my left stick on the ready at all times and found it quite fun to do even though, admittedly, it's especially risky to attempt under 1m and not everyone would want or need to take that risk. On the same flight I had GPS lock at times and at times I didn't and I couldn't sense any noticeable difference in the way the craft operated while near the water's surface nor would I expect to as VPS was on the whole time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RotorWash, post: 98916, member: 18210"] Interesting question, hopefully some more experienced pilots will chime in on the subject but for now here's some info I came across from a DJI Support Guide on their store website. [URL="https://store.dji.com/guides/how-to-fly-safely-over-water/"]How to Fly Safely Over Water - DJI Guides[/URL] [I][COLOR=rgb(71, 85, 119)][B]"All DJI drones come equipped with VPS, a technology that maps the surface below to help position the drone. When flying over water, however, light reflecting off of the surface can cause issues with this technology. Because of this, it’s best to maintain a height of at least two meters above the water. If you have to fly below this height for a special shot, we recommend you turn off the VPS to avoid any unstable actions by the drone. Caution: When you disable the VPS of your aircraft and the distance between water surface and drone is smaller than 2 meters, you should fly the drone with a low speed in your FOV (field of view). Also, the height needs to be adjusted frequently since the aircraft could possibly drift downwards. Be aware that the minimum height has to be above 1 meter when flying over water."[/B][/COLOR][/I] From my own short experience I can confirm that the drone will drift downwards at times while near the surface of the water and I was flying mostly at or under 1m. By design (maybe can be modded, not sure) the VPS cannot be turned off in the Spark. Which doesn't mean you can't fly it low over water, just means if you going to do it, take extra precaution. I kept my left stick on the ready at all times and found it quite fun to do even though, admittedly, it's especially risky to attempt under 1m and not everyone would want or need to take that risk. On the same flight I had GPS lock at times and at times I didn't and I couldn't sense any noticeable difference in the way the craft operated while near the water's surface nor would I expect to as VPS was on the whole time.[I][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/I] [/QUOTE]
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