The Saint
First Officer
Flight distance : 6260171 ft
United States
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i'm not "using" rth, i'm practicing with it so when i need it, it isn't new to me. i guess it is as simple as pressing a button but i think there's a little bit more to it to understand it better. i don't want to end up in a panic situation and rth is "new" to me.
so i guess when the bug was discovered where rth reset after every power cycle, just like to dji, this group thought it was no big deal, huh? that's probably what dji thought as well, since nobody really uses rth and it's obvious they didn't test it. imo, rth set at 15m without the flyer's knowledge is downright dangerous and is a disaster waiting to happen (even though i think it was just the display setting incorrectly). to be honest, i guess if you're flying vlos at all times and no farther than 100 yards, sure it really doesn't matter much but unfortunately that's not me. ;) btw, i "practice" disconnects weekly, usually not on purpose. ;)
imho (i'm not a new flyer but fairly new) rth is important and not to be taken for granted. it's not about flying home, we all "fly home" under our own power and nobody really flys around all day and then use rth to end their day, that doesn't make sense. like a car, you drive home when you are ready and you don't necessarily program the gps back to home. but sometimes you punch it in when you want to respond quickly to changing conditions. |
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