Perfect flying weather, early (for me) morning, dog was happy, park was deserted… So I select sports mode, pedal to the metal, what could possibly go wrong?
I’m now filling in my UPS forms for DJI 
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“Trees are dicks” - Ken Heron 
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oops!
damn those things can grow quick
I’m sure that you knew but it’s worth repeating for newcomers to flying that using Sports Mode disables the obstacle avoidance. If the Mini 3 is anything like my Mini 2 it won’t have sideways obstacle avoidance anyway.
And trees are magnetic. An open stretch of road near me has just two trees along its mile length. Yet when a typical RTI occurs (male driver aged 25 or under, no other car involved, after midnight on a Friday or Saturday) the car always hits one of the trees!
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Yeah! I saw the “collision avoidance disabled” warning, and was actually very careful to avoid collisions! However, those bl**** trees crept up on me from the side - I’ll be much more careful next time!
Ahh, in sports mode, I never move the drone sideways anyway and always keep the drone in sight.
LOL I didn’t knowingly move it sideways 
That’s the problem!
Hmmm something moved the drone sideways. Can you upload the flight data to Airdata ? That’ll show if there was any stick inputs. It’s easy to move the stick ever so slightly off centre when flying
Check out May 19th, 2024 06:57AM | General / Notifications | DJI Fly log 1.13.1 | United Kingdom | Airdata UAV - I’m not that experienced but I reckon it was user error.
Edit: it was user error looks like I’m gonna need a bigger field - with no trees - next time!
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The stick wasn’t slightly off centre it was 100% left. 
I know - really screwed up on this one 
Never mind, it’s easy to touch/ move the stick without realising you’re doing it.
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