herein2021
Well-Known Member
The mini will drift indoors if you let it, particular when it loses GPS, however if you stay ahead of the aircraft (e.g. stay in control, anticipate its drift, vs constantly reacting), it can be quite stable. And yes, with no OA, mini does not try to do things that an OA/AI enabled aircraft might try to do. Speaking of which, while OA is handy even indoors for projects, its also handy to turn it off indoors and outdoors if you dont need it. Granted, it puts more responsibility on the operator to see and avoid, however it also relieves the operator of having to counter OA when not needed.
I was referring to the constant lack of stick control and the crash that @tvwxman mentioned. Controlling drift indoors is a piece of cake, I used to fly RC helis, nothing comes close (maybe FPV drones) to the level of control you need for that.
In this particular video OA absolutely needed to be off, the space was way too small for OA to do pretty much anything except lock up the aircraft. I have experienced the same thing when trying to bring in the EVO II to land in tight spaces; its pretty much impossible until I turn the OA off; nothing more annoying than trying to land with OA while surrounded by obstacles and no way to turn off auto landing. I miss the P4 days where I had 100% control over the drone 100% of the time, the inability to turn off auto landing is another pet peeve of mine.
For the large commercial spaces that I film, OA would be useful indoors, but would still need to be turned off for certain detail shots or tighter spaces.