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by prawn 2427 days ago
Can’t speak for this one, but I have the Mavic 1 and 2 and both can handle very high winds well IMO.
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The full size Mavik drones benefit from having much more mass holding them against the wind. The amount of drone surface that interacts with the air scales roughly squared, and the mass scales roughly cubic.

A simpler way of stating it is that when you have a heavy drone and a light drone with the same thrust to weigh ratio, the heavier drone will be able to hold its position much easier than the lighter drone in a gust.

Sure, but it's a super-lightweight drone targeted at Instagrammers mucking around with it. I think giving up performance against strong wind would be a given. Their demo shots all look reasonably close to the ground.

I was responding to: "Traditionally DJI drones have had very underpowered motors" - I'm sure there are tougher drones out there, but underpowered for what? I shoot video and photo for commercial purposes with mine and find that it handles wind very well, rain too. Incredible given the size means you can fold it down into a backpack and not lug around a Pelican case.