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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 15525" data-source="post: 79826"><p>once you set it up the UAV forecast app does what you tell it to. I always error on the side of caution for the sake of safety and the sake of my wallet. I still observe how the aircraft flies in each direction I will be going (if I have any doubt about the wind) I get a good idea of the difference in speed flying into the wind just to make sure I won't use up too much power on y way back. Winds are often from the west which is a headwind while flying back towards land from out over the ocean or bay. On my last Mavic excursion I had a nice tail wind on my way back from the 9100 miles I flew to a lighthouse... still pretty scary when it announced it was flying itself back. DJI definitely errors on side of caution because it made it back with 30% battery.</p><p></p><p>Im wondering when the spark or Mavic for that matter say they need to RTH because of battery is it a bad idea to switch to sport mode to come back more quickly? I was tempted to switch to over but I kept my mavic in P mode because I was afraid that using sport would use up power even more quickly... plus I had the wind behind me. It was still a long 9100 trip back lol..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 15525, post: 79826"] once you set it up the UAV forecast app does what you tell it to. I always error on the side of caution for the sake of safety and the sake of my wallet. I still observe how the aircraft flies in each direction I will be going (if I have any doubt about the wind) I get a good idea of the difference in speed flying into the wind just to make sure I won't use up too much power on y way back. Winds are often from the west which is a headwind while flying back towards land from out over the ocean or bay. On my last Mavic excursion I had a nice tail wind on my way back from the 9100 miles I flew to a lighthouse... still pretty scary when it announced it was flying itself back. DJI definitely errors on side of caution because it made it back with 30% battery. Im wondering when the spark or Mavic for that matter say they need to RTH because of battery is it a bad idea to switch to sport mode to come back more quickly? I was tempted to switch to over but I kept my mavic in P mode because I was afraid that using sport would use up power even more quickly... plus I had the wind behind me. It was still a long 9100 trip back lol.. [/QUOTE]
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