I was determined to advance my skills as a drone pilot while I was in Utah. The learning curve is not trivial. My skills did improve, although not as much as I expected.
On day one, upon taking off, I got confused about the controls, lost sight of the drone, and the screen got messed up in a way that I could no longer see what the drone was seeing. Finally I saw the drone several hundred feet away over an inaccessible rock field. There are two buttons which trigger an automated landing. The button I intended to push brings the drone home and lands at the spot that it took off.
I suspect I pressed the wrong button, instructing the drone to land at the spot directly below its current position. I panicked because I did not know how to abort the landing. I was saved by on onlooker pilot who hastily showed me which button to press to abort. That done, we were able to bring the drone back and the day was saved - an inauspicious start! I almost lost my drone that day.
By the next day, I was brave enough to launch the drone again. Day 2 went much better than day 1. Here is one of my excursions.
On day 5 at the Silver Spire, I had another chance to fly. However, the situation did not allow for me to have sufficient one-on-one time with Caryn. Furthermore, two drones belonging to our group had already crashed that day, and were damaged beyond repair. I chose to take lots of still photographs instead. What follows is a video created by Caryn.
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