so ive been flying my avata 2 for about 8 months now and wind is still the thing that messes me up the most. like yesterday i was out at this open field and it was probably gusting to maybe 18-20mph and i kept trying to push through it but my footage was just trash, horizon all over the place and the drone kept getting shoved sideways mid-shot which looks terrible even after stabilization

my question is really more about technique i guess. do you guys actually learn to fly in wind or do you just accept that theres a ceiling and call it a day when conditions are bad. i feel like im supposed to be getting better at compensating but honestly it just feels like fighting the aircraft and losing

also noticed that flying into the wind on the way out and then letting it push me back actually helped smooth some of the shots? or maybe i imagined that. anyone else do stuff like that intentionally

yeah the into-wind thing is real, youre not imagining it. a lot of cine guys plan their whole flight path around wind direction for exactly that reason. flying into it gives the bird something stable to push against, coming back with it you get that weird floaty look which can actually be nice depending on what your going for

for me personally i draw a rough line at sustained 20mph for anything i actually care about. gusts on top of that are the real killer because the fc cant react fast enough and you get that momentary jerk before it recovers. sport mode helps a little because the control authority is snappier but then your fighting the inputs more yourself so it kind of evens out

honestly the best thing i did for wind flying was just going out in bad conditions on purpose with no pressure to get usable footage. like fly a whole battery just messing around in 15mph wind and getting a feel for how much preemptive input you need. takes a few sessions but your hands start doing it without thinking

18-20 gusting is rough for an avata tbh, those lighter cinewhoops just get knocked around. i had the same frustration until someone told me to slow everything way down in wind ? like your natural instinct is to fight it with bigger inputs but smooth tiny corrections actually track better

also what ND filter are you running? i found going one stop lighter in wind helped because the shutter was a bit faster and the motion blur from the wobble was less obvious in post. probably a bandaid fix but it helped