On Aug 26, 2020, Joe Makowiec wrote
(in 6.35.198):

On 25 Aug 2020 in rec.photo.digital, Savageduck wrote:

The smoke around here had eased up, and the temperature was a bit
more tolerable this morning, so I got out to fly my Mavic Air 2, and
to share a little different part of California. This is along the
San Antonio River, just North of where I live.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-7543LGJ/0/4b40ee55/1920/San%20Antonio-2-1920.mp4

Interesting to see the landing. Does the drone automatically look down to
see the landing site?

I had moved the gimbal to look down to check on position, but there are some auto functions.

When you take off the drone uses GPS and ground mapping to establish its “Return to Home” (RTH) point. Then you have several options, either a full manual return to home & landing, an automatic RTH enabled from the controller & manual landing, an auto RTH & auto controlled landing. If the camera is aimed down for landing, it will rotate back to horizontal & level when close to the ground so that the lens is clear of the ground, and less likely to be damaged.

Then there are emergency responses, if for example there is a problem such as a loss of signal between the drone and controller where you can set up to auto RTH & land.

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Regards,
Savageduck