kleake.rapfire
lvl.4
Flight distance : 1361040 ft
United States
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Position 3 is manual for me. I can get failsafe by turning off the remote. I feel better knowing I can fly manual if I need to. And yes, I have practiced a little bit starting at about 200 ft up. It's definitely scary and things happen fast, but while practicing, if you get out of control you can turn it back to GPS and it will recover (At least it has for me, and it is impressive how quickly it does). I want to get good enough in manual that I can fly it if I want/need to.
That being said, I used it the other day. Was flying at 400ft, had went for a distance out and was on the way back when I realized I was at 20% battery. I know I would be cutting it EXTREMELY close, so I started descending. Well, it was only coming down at 4mph...... I'm not so sure I can get down before I run out of battery, so I switch to atti,,,,,, still 4mph........ Not looking good and I'm starting to worry (I was over trees, but still). I switch to manual, drop throttle and I am now descending at 20mph!!!! MUCH faster than I intended, but once I was at 200ft I switched back to GPS and landed with 8% battery. Yes I should have been keeping a closer eye on my battery level, but I was caught up in what I was videoing and lost track of how long I had been there. Anyway,,,, not the recommended method of descent, but in an emergency, I would rather lose some altitude quickly while I am still way up there instead of a battery shutting down at 100ft! |
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