I've practiced both RTH and Failsafe landings with my bird and have to agree they sure come in hot. When I see my P3P racing across the sky I think it's going to overshoot the LZ every time! As it approaches "Home" (overhead) it seems to be at full speed, and then suddenly throws out an anchor and within 10 feet is hovering and then descending. Very impressive indeed.
I agree with you it does look like it may be lost as fast as it is at the landing point. But in looking at the .csv file flight data it does actually reduce speed once with in a close point. I believe the RTH is around 20mph.
So has anyone tried doing this yet?