Yes that is how I have to do it. However, if the boat is moving a lot holding it up makes the moving worse which will cause an unsteady unable to take off message. This will also help me land the drone back on my boat!
This is good news for me for takeoff but does it work in landing also? I operate my drone from my boat occasionally and it will not takeoff from the deck.
I still can't update and renew my drone. I keep getting the error message about an invalid serial number. I have looked at the Skydio App to verify the serial number.