I only have two months of droning experience so every new, unforeseen situation comes with dozens of thoughts racing through my head. Since I couldn't get a visual fix on the approaching UFO (looking too high I guess), and I could hear it rapidly approaching, I was afraid to go up or in any direction but down. My spotter saying 'it's going to be a head on collision' over and over didn't help...
I was never expecting something this low and fast. Fortunately once I did see it I had the drone 6' off the water and shielded by the dock.
Sport mode evasive maneuvers are definitely something I am going to do obsessively starting today! I am thankful I have been practicing a lot without the screen and can fly VLOS pretty well at this point. It was very helpful for my nerves that I was in complete control of the drone without looking at the screen so I could search the sky.
Most of the gyrocopters I've seen so far don't have any windshield at all!! Just a dude wearing
goggles. That was a really nice one. My biggest fear has become hitting one of them in the head! I am glad they stick to the shoreline and don't go out over the open ocean where I do most of my flying and can see threats coming from miles away with plenty of time to think about what to do.
I am really thankful for this forum and the members extensive experiences I've read about since this hobby comes with so many hazards you would never consider before taking to the sky.