That's a bummer, what happened to your
P4P? I haven't been in the air much as the KP Index has been hovering around 4-5 but I see sorties picking up moving forward. I've had her on a couple maiden flights but I'm a little trepidatious about letting her go! I'm thinking about picking up a Mavic as a backup and for it's portability. Just to hold me over until I grab my business-use unit (either a Matrice 210 or a Yuneec H520) having trouble picking between the 2 as there are many pros and cons with each...
Long story short re:
P4P, I was stupid. Classic example of why ADM is so important as a string of mistakes in judgement led to
P4P meeting tree branches just enough to then 15' fall to the ground. My own post-incident review was painful - but better to face the mistakes and learn from them than pretend they did not happen and repeat them.
I love everything about the Mavic (except the camera!). I mean, it is a great camera for a consumer drone, but as a photographer it is just good enough to be a tease of what it be, espec. after using the
P4P camera which compares favorably to even my Canon 5DMKIII in some metrics. But otherwise it is such a wonderful little drone, and is pretty big for its size in terms of performance! It's held up just fine getting hit with high 20s mph gusts, the range is fantastic, biggest benefit by far, though, IMO, is it is so much quieter. I did some testing with a DB meter after I got the
P4P b/c it was so much louder. - at takeoff it was ~12db quieter, at 150' directly overhead it no longer registered on my db meter (bottomed out at 50db), whereas the
P4P never came close to that even at 400'. There are times I will fly the Mavic I wouldn't fly the
P4P b/c of the noise/disruption the latter would cause.
Would love the M200/210 with an X5S, personally. As a photographer the larger m4/3 sensor and interchangeable lens options would be great. The far broader support with 3rd party software apps like Autopilot etc would be nice, too. Then again we're at probably 2x the H520 + E90 price point already with that so that's probably a consideration, too.
Not sure I could justify any of them until they improve their camera capabilities further, though, since that is my main usage. Not just specs but software stuff, like adjustable bracket spacing?
Oh, you may know this but a higher KP index is only going to be an issue for the GPS. Worst case just failover to ATTI mode. With a KP of 4/5 I wouldn't hesitate to fly personally, though I might hesitate to fly to a distance where I couldn't instantly see the drone and its orientation. If you haven't got a ton of time on drones, though, one other suggestion is to pick up a mini drone. I have a Hubsan X4, paid like $35 for it, little tiny thing, indoor only, but it's great for getting lots of stick time w/ a low "worst case scenario" threshold!