Assumptions, we make them…
So I mentioned something about drones being witchcraft. Possibly wizardry. But turns out that I was overconfident in the magic - I have a Project, which requires me to map the back field at high resolution.
Maps Made Easy is one of those “this is witchcraft” applications that makes the drone, which is already magic, churn out high resolution aerial mapping in minutes. Draw the area on the phone, send it to the drone, drone lifts, does the camera work, returns and you just send up the files. Boom.
Anyway, long story short, turns out that the assumption I made about collision detection in this mode was, in fact, wrong, and I watched it gently glide into a tree.
The problem with the witchcraft of drones is that once the magic has evaporated, you’re left with an object with the aerodynamic property of a brick hanging in the air. The results were grimly inevitable, which is why I am once again cursing Ali Express’ UX designers who must hate their users so, so much.
Also, I don’t need one of these, but I do very much want it.