RC Sailboat vs. DJI Mavic Mini Drone ~ Teaching my cousin how to sail

It was late in the day and I had been planning to chase my Dragonflite 95 remote control sailboat on the lake with my DJI Mini drone. My cousin Billy was free but really doesn't know how to sail. I decided to just go for it. We got set up on the lake and I gave him a seconds of pointers on how to sail and then I took off with the drone low over the lake.

My DF95 is a pretty quick sailboat and I've sailed at Cerritos many times. You just have to point the boat in the right direction. I think if we tried again, I could get him sailing pretty good.

My display on the DJI Mavic Mini was giving me prop speed error notices and I should have landed. Not shown in the clips was the end of the flight, right after my fly away, it would not climb up or maintain altitude but was slowly dropping so I had to clear the make and stay out of the trees and put her down on the other side of the lake. At least I was on the shore. A few tense moments with my $400 aircraft and I was happy to scoop it up out of the grass and we went home. ~ William Flying39