Yes. In my case I was on pretty level ground. I realized just as it hit I was too low. It was a stupid place for a follow me flight but thought the trees would add something. It sure did! A costly fix.
Just checking: you guys realize that the altimeter reading is relative to your Home Point location, not the elevation above ground of where it is currently hovering, yes?
Just checking: you guys realize that the altimeter reading is relative to your Home Point location, not the elevation above ground of where it is currently hovering, yes?
This is not that. This is merely performing a CSC, engine start, and straight up to 6 feet right at home position with no lateral deviation via stick. After a few moments the AC will begin to descend slowly with unpredictable slow drops in altitude until it is back on the ground. The altimeter does not change.
Showing an altitude reading relative to the home point makes no sense at all, and based on my experiences it's not true. I hand-caught my P3A at the home point yesterday and the app showed it at 14.1 feet. If I was that tall I'd have played in the NBA. I want to know the altitude of where the bird is at so I don't crash into something or hit the ground. I just can't believe they would engineer it that way. Would you want to fly in an airplane that did the same thing?
Airplanes must adjust their altimeter based on barometric pressure. One day, the airport may be at 2900' while the next day it may read 2940'. It's difficult to get an absolute altitude reading as the barometers pressure changes.Mine does this also, although I've never let it go long enough to to see if it would return to the ground. Showing an altitude reading relative to the home point makes no sense at all, and based on my experiences it's not true. I hand-caught my P3A at the home point yesterday and the app showed it at 14.1 feet. If I was that tall I'd have played in the NBA. I want to know the altitude of where the bird is at so I don't crash into something or hit the ground. I just can't believe they would engineer it that way. Would you want to fly in an airplane that did the same thing?
I have always wondered why they don't do some sort of correlation between barometric altitude and GPS altitude while in P mode.It doesn't get altitude from GPS satellites.