so ive been flying my avata 2 for about 8 months now and i still cant figure out a good rule for when to just pack it up and go home vs pushing through the wind. yesterday was maybe 18-20mph gusts and i kept going anyway and honestly the footage was garbage and i was fighting the sticks the whole time. not dangerous just... bad.

i know theres no universal answer but how do other people decide. like is it purely vibes or do you actually check wind layers at altitude before going out. i use windy app but even that feels like a guess half the time when youre flying in a valley or near buildings where the turbulence is totally unpredictable.

also separate but related ? does anyone actually practice flying in wind on purpose to get better at it or do most people just avoid it. feels like id learn a lot if i stopped babying my sessions

honestly for me its a combination of the drone's specs and what im actually trying to do. if im just out messing around and practicing I'll fly in stuff the manual would probably tell you not to. but if im shooting something that matters i cut myself off around 15mph sustained because even if the drone handles it the footage tells a different story ? horizon drift, micro stutters, all that.

the windy app altitude layers are actually pretty useful once you learn how to read them, the 10m vs 100m wind speeds can be really different especially if youre in hilly terrain. i had a session last spring where surface wind was calm but at 80 meters i was getting slapped around. learned that the hard way.

and yeah i do practice in wind deliberately sometimes. fly slow figure eights in a field when its gusty, try to keep the nose tracking smooth. its genuinely good for your muscle memory and you start to anticipate corrections instead of reacting to them. takes a while but it works

18-20mph gusts on an avata 2 sounds about right for being a bad time lol. i had a similar situation with my mini 4 a few weeks back and just gave up after 10 minutes. the drone was fine but i kept overcorrecting and it looked like the camera had hiccups the whole flight.

i dont have a hard rule honestly. if the trees are bending a lot i usually just dont bother. very scientific i know