r.powell
Second Officer
Flight distance : 124180 ft
Canada
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I;ve been following along with this thread as I was fuzzy on RTH after signal loss, I too had a close call, flying out of a clearing, surrounded by 20-40' trees, (I know a setting for disaster!) & lost signal, I waited for bird to do the RTH, but, panicked & hit button, like I was trying to confirm bird was coming home, not realizing I had just cancelled RTH! I have maybe 2-3 minutes estimated battery time left, sweating bullets & a couple comes into the clearing yelling, HEY, there's a drone hovering over there! I move maybe 10 ' & I can see, through a break in the trees, my bird. slowly decending into thick forest, about 100' away.
Thank God for Marco polo tracker, I found her in 15 minutes sitting on the forest floor, how bird settled on the ground in the only clearing in the forest is just plain luck! If you are sourcing trsckers, do check out the marco polo, no fees, no signal required, Cost more upfront, but that's it. I fly in areas with little or no phone service, so the M.P. was the right tracker for me.
Great thread ! |
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