K6CCC
Captain
Flight distance : 651683 ft
United States
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I have recently done several intentional flights where I flew until the drone lost signal. I am in the RF congested Los Angeles metro area, so WiFi interference is always the reason for loss of signal. I have the Mini set to RTH on loss of signal, and RTH height is set to 127 feet - plenty high enough to be well above anything in my area. In all cases, I had video recording so I could review what happened after the fact even though I could not see the video live. I have have subtitles enabled so when I watch the video in VLC, I can see the height, speed, etc on screen. Of course I was paying attention to wind speed and direction and battery, so running out of power was never an issue.
In ALL cases, when I watched the video after the fact, it was obvious when the Mini lost signal. It would stop and hover for around 10 seconds, and then initiate the RTH. In most of the cases, I was above the RTH height, so it stayed at that height until it got home, but in one case, it was a little below the RTH height, so sure enough when the Mini decided it was time to RTH, it first climbed to the RTH height and then flew home.
BTW, I can tell you that there is a serious pucker factor between the loss of signal and the return of signal on the way back home! Amazing how long 30 seconds or so can take!
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