I think I figured out how to fly the drone from a boat. It wouldn't take off in GPS mode but if you can block it so it doesn't go into GPS mode right away, it will take off. The ATTI mode will work. I'm not sure about the OPTI mode but am thinking it will as well. I'll try to simulate the condition and record a video later. Update: Well, replying to myself... it's a lot simpler than I thought. You can force the drone to take off by pulling the two joysticks down and toward each other for two or three seconds. It's the same thing you'd do for regular flights-- just hold the joysticks in that position for a bit longer. 😅 That works in any mode. It would be best to use GPS mode, whenever possible.
sometimes this happens with a drone launching pad i made that sticks out from my balcony, clearing the awning above my head. This pad is a long plastic bin cover with a dumbell on one side for weight to keep it from tipping. This sometimes becomes unstable or wobble, but if I calibrate the Atom's compass the IMU will usually behave even with some movement. Not sure if this would work on a boat, however.
That's a good idea to build out a launch pad. Is it wide and long? When the drone flies back home on its own, and you don't watch it, it might miss the mark by a couple of feet. 🙂 I was on Cat Ba Island in Vietnam when I wanted to fly the drone off a dining terrace of my hotel. It was a big terrace, big enough for emergency landing. The only problem was, there was the metal frame of an awning over my head. I wouldn't be a happy camper I lost connection with the drone and it decided to fly back on its own, but life is more fun when you take some chances. 🙂
@@ToysStewy hahaha, thats why i called it a launchpad and not a drone pad or landing pad xD when i return the home, I cancel landing at 100ft and land it into my extended hand off the balcony, adjusting its position with the right stick during landing :)
I think I figured out how to fly the drone from a boat. It wouldn't take off in GPS mode but if you can block it so it doesn't go into GPS mode right away, it will take off. The ATTI mode will work. I'm not sure about the OPTI mode but am thinking it will as well. I'll try to simulate the condition and record a video later.
Update: Well, replying to myself... it's a lot simpler than I thought. You can force the drone to take off by pulling the two joysticks down and toward each other for two or three seconds. It's the same thing you'd do for regular flights-- just hold the joysticks in that position for a bit longer. 😅 That works in any mode. It would be best to use GPS mode, whenever possible.
sometimes this happens with a drone launching pad i made that sticks out from my balcony, clearing the awning above my head. This pad is a long plastic bin cover with a dumbell on one side for weight to keep it from tipping. This sometimes becomes unstable or wobble, but if I calibrate the Atom's compass the IMU will usually behave even with some movement. Not sure if this would work on a boat, however.
That's a good idea to build out a launch pad. Is it wide and long? When the drone flies back home on its own, and you don't watch it, it might miss the mark by a couple of feet. 🙂 I was on Cat Ba Island in Vietnam when I wanted to fly the drone off a dining terrace of my hotel. It was a big terrace, big enough for emergency landing. The only problem was, there was the metal frame of an awning over my head. I wouldn't be a happy camper I lost connection with the drone and it decided to fly back on its own, but life is more fun when you take some chances. 🙂
@@ToysStewy hahaha, thats why i called it a launchpad and not a drone pad or landing pad xD when i return the home, I cancel landing at 100ft and land it into my extended hand off the balcony, adjusting its position with the right stick during landing :)
@@Robert-lx8ur 🙂 BTW, I had wanted to fly my drone off my balcony too but I'm next to railway tracks. It's a no-no here. 😞