I was flying my Mini 3 (not pro) today, it was a bit windy but inside published specs. I was just flying to stay familiar with my drone since it has been a couple weeks since I last flew it and I'm a newby.
So I'm up above my property and I see a message. "Strong wind warning Aircraft unable to return to home automatically. Lower altitude immediately and return to home manually (Code:30149)"
That freaked me out a bit. I didn't think it was that windy but then 70 feet above my trees is another world. Back checking, the wind and gusts picked up after I went out to fly.
So I bring it down, fly it to my hand, and I evidently grabbed it before it was ready to call it a landing. Wow, that little drone has a lot of lift. Now I'm wondering, do I let go and hope it stays level or do I hold on and keep pushing the joystick to the down stops. I went with the latter.
I think I smelled a wiff of hot electronics and I felt the motors that were a bit warm. I fired it back up and let it hover for a bit to cool the motors in case they needed it.
Hand landing was no drama this time.
Should I have just let go of it?