How to Fly Safely Over Water With Skydio 2 - Full Uncut Flight
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- čas přidán 16. 09. 2021
- Flying over water should be avoided unless you are an experienced pilot and have a solid understanding of the way that Skydio 2 operates and interacts with obstacles. For example, if water is reflective enough, Skydio 2 may perceive it as open sky and fly into it to avoid a more solid-looking obstacle, so you must take every precaution when operating Skydio 2 in the environments. For an excellent example of how to fly safely over water, check out this video filmed by Skydio customer, Adrien Seguy, with some helpful notes added by TEAM SKYDIO.
The safest way to launch and land Skydio 2 for flights over water (especially autonomous and Beacon flights) is from the shore. Launching and landing from a boat should be reserved only for experienced Skydio pilots who are comfortable with hand launches and landings.
If conditions are windy and/or the boat is moving, you should avoid landing on the boat entirely in favor of the shore. Wind should always be considered when flying Skydio 2, especially over water. Skydio 2 can withstand winds/gusts up to 25 mph, and will warn you if winds are too strong to fly. If you are flying autonomously over a body of water greater than 40 feet across, make sure you have sufficient GPS signal at all times, enable the Height Floor, and head back to shore with plenty of battery just in case you need extra time to perform a safe landing.
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An informative and beautiful demonstration of an awesome drone. I leave for Sint Maarten in a month. I've got my Skydio2 and condoms (for, um, the beacon... yeah, that's it!) ready.
What a pro, stunning example from a skilled user!! Thanks for sharing
Background music added :)
Then Adrien:
0) The cellphone is no needed
1) High Floor enabled
2) Beacon in a condom
3) launch it while on land not in water
4) Set on fixed mode
5) Obtain visual + GPS tracking
6) Take your time
7) Drag an drop to don't disturb people
8) In the water if something happens take the beacon out of the water and continue moving.
9) Landing it while on land not in water
no cell - SO PHONE NOT NEEDED FOR VISUAL LOCK? During the video it said - it lost visual and is using GPS only. (okay) but it re-locks on when you get closer, without needing to click on the "+" sign to select a target? I thought phone had to track visually? But it can track without the phone? (I believe my mavic must have photo sight too). Not flown my Skydio 2 yet.
It's 22 degreew F here right now and sunny. NO THANKS. Sunny with SNOW.
@@ronkramer3476 no phone needed
0. if you use a phone to manually set home location, that could be a life saver in case beacon-drone connection is lost.
@@EntropyLoser Is true!
Thanks for sharing Adrien! Excellent skills!
Thanks dope the video breakdown. I typically film near water and this was incredible to see in action. I need one fasho
Very impressive! Both the drone flying and the kite surfing!
Great video !!! Very relaxing
OMG this video is perfect !! my next drone ! Thanks Skydio
Great footage. Very useful
Insane! Love this!
Awesome Video, Amazing Views 🤙
Aww inspiring... I've always wanted to learn how to kite board... this video just solidified that... I also love the Skydio 2 and will eventually work up to this. Thank you for the incredible share Adrien !!!
Appreciate your support, thanks for sharing!
Great explanation!
Beautiful video👍🏾👍🏾
Awesome video!
I did a YT search on flying this drone over water and this was the first result. 1. I suck at my job. 2. All the talk about that other drone maker, this blows that and every other drone out the water. 3. I am on the fence as I need to justify the cost then I see this. If the Skydio is this good, imagine what future iterations can do. Guess I need to rework my budget.
Excellent Skydio 2 Video!
Skydio Should Pay for your Trip to Palawan in the Philippines! 😉👍🥳
Great video
Thank you!
Sensational!
I'm a new owner fumbling around feeling clumsy. Man this is inspiring. One question, do you have the beacon on a tether or something? Top notch Adrien, beautiful video.
Many thanks for sharing the flight! I’ve learned a lot.
I would shrink wrapped the controller in plastic temporarily. I would have a secured wired attached to the controller and put it around your neck. Maybe then Velcro the secured shrink wrapped controller to you back left hand while you wear a Velcro half cut off gloves. You can have easy access of the controller and kite. It will be water proof and should be ready to be access by your right hand. 🤷🏻♂️
Throw a under water camera underneath your board while you are at it. 😂
Again thank for the awesome ride.
...brilliant...
great !
Excellent video, I asked skydio last year if it’s ok to fly over water and asked if the becon is waterproof and they were not encouraging on my buying and have seen a video of one crashing into water, after seeing this it gives me more hope, should I wait till, if they bring a skydio 3 version out. As battery only gives you 18 minutes from what I have seen on here 🤨🤨🤨
This video is outstanding.
Absolutely beautiful
Keith Kuhn
KK Motion pictures
Also on CZcams
I love it. What beach is this? tks.
Nice dark slide and dead man back roll idea :-)
Skydio: how is night flight with skydio 2+ ? With controller ? Any night shots ?
素晴らしい!
Adrien, wonder what is at the minute 3.29-3.30 something in frame at the bottom right corner? Propeller reflection?
Too cool.
Here is a full watersports review m.czcams.com/video/Mr5MVSJoAQ4/video.html
...so it CAN be done! LOL. I look forward to using mine.
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how interesting,, great video and good skills, I never though this drone would do so well, thanks for this video,, I think I will buy this drone
This looks like San Andres, Colombia!!
oh good !
Wow!!!
Wow!!!
What is the name of the background score? Its very relaxing and ideal for a trip to a serene lake..
Pretty incredible drone .. I would love to review it!
Buy one and do it
@@outkast187 nah! My TikTok is over 1 million subscribers. DJI sends me 2-3 products a year to review free of charge.
I have never been able to get that distance out of my Skydio. 200 feet out in the open on a mountain top and the thing loses beacon signal. I have the beacon in clear sight on my hand, not even in my pocked like in this video.
I lost my Skydio 2 today. I hopelessly watched it descending into the Atlantic Ocean, about 50 yards from the shore. If the "I" in AI stands for intelligence, then this being willingly committed suicide.
I have been using my S2 for shooting water sport many times now, kiteboarding, wing foiling, etc. It worked pretty well. I always launch it from the beach and land it on the beach, using kitchen plastic wrap (and rubber band) to waterproof the beacon and hang it behind my neck. Either motion tracking or fix track, it did what I expected.
I guess I became too comfortable with this method, and over-confident with its "intelligence". I set out kite foiling today, checked the main battery level, it was full. The beacon was still in the plastic wrap I used last time, so everything looked good.
On the beach, I launched the drone first, then the kite. Set it to fixed track mode and everything worked like before. In my mind, the drone is smart enough, that if anything goes wrong over the water, it will return to the launching point. Sadly, this wasn't true.
I tied the beacon to my shoulder strap and got into the water. The drone followed me initially, but after a minute or so, it moved away. I thought to myself, my body is blocking the signal, it will come back when I get on my foil. Oh boy, I was wrong.
When I didn't see the drone after a few more minutes, I returned to the shore. There I saw my S2 hovering above the wavy sea, about 50 yards from the shore, slowly descending into the water. It was a hopelessly sinking feeling that I'll probably remember for a while.
It turns out, the plastic wrap I previously used had worn out, it leaked water and the beacon died as soon as I entered the water. Instead of returning to the launching point, the drone decided it should just "land" into the Atlantic Ocean. All the respect I had with this "intelligent" product, accumulated over many months, now is greatly damaged.
I probably won't buy another Skydio drone, until:
1) They come up with a waterproof beacon, and
2) It doesn't commit water suicide anymore.
Not trying to start an argument but in all respect it’s not their fault the plastic bag has worn out I’m not saying it’s yours either because you can’t choose if it wears out or not tho
@@unlikelymass5626 Yes, I was definitely at fault not checking the waterproofing before going into the water. But being marketed as one of the best AI drone out there, this is very disappointing.
Besides water damage to the beacon itself, a lot of things can go wrong between the beacon and the drone, avoiding landing in the water should have one of the top priorities, because it means certain death for a drone.
@@jamesboatbuild no, unfortunately. I think it only covers 50 states in the US, not where I live right now.
Mantap
I love the Skydio and Adrian is an excellent kiter. Sketchy AF launch. Why doesn't Skydio have a RTH or low battery setting to RTH. So many things that could have gone wrong and then you have a drone in the water. But excellent video!
Thank you for the feedback!
Love how skydio ignores when people ask about rth feature that doesn't exist haha
Makes me wish I was younger and knew how to swim. LOL. PS, I would pay for an upgrade controller or at least a software update or whatever it takes to enable height- floor when only using the controller.
WOW this guy has it down pat. no wasted time all good footage. BUT...
1. was it always set to 8 ft min floor?
2. If it looses connection will it do what? (hover?) or land in water?
3. if battery gets super low will it? HOME and LAND or LAND IN WATER?
I'd like to know in any event - it would home to land unless that is aborted by the controller.
Wow! now I must take up another sport,, but first I must move to a much warmer continent. Ha!
So the beacon is waterproof??
is his beacon in a zip lock bag or something else? did I miss the part that showed that?
the beacon is inside a condom :) Excellent Idea my friend
@@DRONIXAR what kind of drone is this that we need to bring condoms to the party
jajajajajjajaja the kind of Drone we can enjoy
ist nen tolles Konzept aber die Musik ist echt super öde ,
I want to buy Sky Dio 2, but they are not sold in Turkey. Please help me. I'm tired of using dji. Please come to Turkey.
Is return to home (RTH) initiated automatically when battery levels drop below a critical point or do I have to land the drone manually on shore?
No, there is no automatic rerturn & RTH can not be initiated with the beacon either!
@@antonanon Thanks. That is an absolute No-Go. Very strange why this is not implemented?!
Awesome, only with a Skydio 2...
Blue Vanilla Lion
Is the beacon really in a condom?!
I am planing on flying on the Colorado River , here in Austin
Is the Beacon water proof?
Maybe watch the video again
Looks easy but it’s very inconsistent
He uses a what to protect the beacon 😅
I think I found my Drone
I enjoy having/using my Skydio 2 and I have had no issues with being aloft over water. Having said that ... the amazing part of this video is the nearly 15 minute flight time. I have been using my Skydio 2 for over a half year and getting 15 minutes of contiguous flight time is a challenge given the crappy actual flight time I have experienced. I wonder how much of this video content was sped up in editing prior to posting on YT.
Skydio has achieved a number of postitives in drone tech. But, two characteristics are total losers; real life battery life and real life range of the controller link. Hopefully, any Skydio 3 we may see fixes these stupid bummers.
0% of the video was sped up, but here's the original full flight file with no edits, just to humor you: drive.google.com/file/d/1SX63nnykzUAvhvmkYxFO1kAlFMbjEn20/view?usp=sharing
Enjoy!
@@Skydio That you for your reply and the additional video content. See my new Skydio video (just posted) at: czcams.com/video/YFQi7RKoBjY/video.html
To Ed’s point, I have not found battery life to be an issue, but I do hope the Skydio 3 has something like Occusync in it. I love my Skydio and the AI controlling it, but the range is often the limiting factor for me, so I always bring my Mavic Air 2 along as well. Love you Skydio! Keep pushing the boundaries. And thanks for the awesome inspiring video!
Why do you need to fly so far?, what’s the problem with the range? I love my Skydio and from my point of view is the best so far, I get aerial images really outstanding from high and also I can fly between objects backward or to the sides like no other can fly. In this way I can get unique footage please look at my channel an find how to obtain several things that only Are possible with Skydio.
@@DRONIXAR Range helps here in the US Pacific Northwest. The Oregon coast is rugged and it helps to be able to get the UAS out farther to capture the scene in totality. The wifi-based signal used in the Skydio system also has a degree of latency, producing occasional control issues and data feedback. I need real-time feedback on altitude from the AZ so that I remain within the FAA regs. There have been instances where there was a lag in this critical data. I am the PIC and I am responsible. But, the signal delay of a wifi-based system adds a hassle to piloting. Just saying.
This company can at least give us a new drone 😂
how do you keep the GPS device dry on you? in your pants it appears?
Read more about our water safety instructions here: support.skydio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042357494-Flying-Your-Skydio-2-2-Near-Water
You can just read the screen...they explained it
beacon in a condom is genius