DNR 1
lvl.3
Flight distance : 1689478 ft
United States
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Thanks for sharing this.
I thought you could set the RTH altitude to any height you wanted. If you go over the legal limit of 400 ft., I thought you get a warning saying you are going over the limit, but that doesn't stop you from setting it higher.
The issue here, I think, is that you did not have a safe RTH area, even if you set the altitude higher. So, in that case, yes, hover would be a better choice. The drone does not usually immediately land but ascends to either the default height or the height you set, or descends if it is already at that height, and will come down, I believe, within 65 feet of the home point. I guess the takeaway is if flying in an area that doesn't really have a safe RTH spot, then set to Hover. But more important is the cardinal rule to always keep the aircraft in line of sight. I almost always consider a RTH a bad thing and something I want to cancel asap if it happens. But you make a good point about Hover. |
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