So I took the P2 out to try the Ground Station operation.After watching several videos I felt comfortable with how it operates. I went to a big open area at one of our schools parking lots that overlooks a large grass field. Downloaded the map and set my way points. What I missed was the return way point to have the P2 return to me. I saw a line automatically drawn from point 2 back home and mistook that to mean it would return on its own. I pressed Start and off it went. Got to point 2 and then just kept going. I should have pressed home but instead I toggled SW2 and tried to manually bring it back. I start loosing connection. By this time I couldn't tell where exactly I was at by the FPV. I guess I could have gone back to the Ground Station map view and seen where it was headed but didn't think of it I was beginning to panic as my P2 was not lost somewhere over the north side ot town. The thought my P2 had just flown away was sinking in and not feeling good.
I finally went back to the map and could seethe last flight path so I jumped in my truck and head to find the location. Aftera bout 10 minutes I found the street and zoomed in to find the last known location. I looked all around the houses where it showed as the last location and nothing. I search the big trees thinking it might have gotten caught in the top of a tree. No luck. Just as I was about to give up I thought maybe it had flown further than the last mapped location so I drove around the block and sawit in the front yard of a house. What a relief that was. Here is some picture of the map from my phone.
This is the over view.
The red X is where I found it.
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