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Uncle Ivan
Aug 31, 2001
For boat landings I always do a hand catch. Otherwise as the boat is moving and the drone is hovering still because of GPS, it will slam into whatever part of the boat hits it first.

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Uncle Ivan
Aug 31, 2001
Yeah it's definitely more annoying than useful. I mean chances are I'm going to upgrade my drone every 2-3 years anyway. There's no way that there would be a meaningful decrease in battery capacity from storing them charged, unless you literally only fly your drone 3-4x per year. But there's a very meaningful increase in my forgetting to charge that poo poo and then having no battery when I grab the drone to go somewhere.

Uncle Ivan
Aug 31, 2001
Problem is it doesn't cover loss, which is most likely what's going to happen in risky situations. Although I did get my money's worth out of the coverage accidentally slamming my first OG Mavic into a bell tower while filming an orbiting shot. This is for the DJI insurance, I actually have my drone insured through my renter's insurance as well, which SHOULD cover loss -- haven't had to use it yet though.

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