I have owned my P3S since Christmas and only have flown it for about 40 minutes until today. I went out to my friend Johns golf course which is out in the country without people, power lines, WIFI or obstacles over 150 feet high.
I flew a couple of quick test missions to be sure that my GPS and RTH were doing their thing and she landed within a couple of feet of where it launched from. I decide that it's time to see what she can do.
I launched the AC straight up until the max altitude alert came on over my headphones at 394 feet. I took a look at my tablet and all systems were good. I flew around the golf course and took some nice pics and videos and thoroughly enjoyed myself knowing that unless I do something really stupid, everything will be fine.
As my battery was reaching 30% and my AC was 600 yards out, 400 feet above the 8th green, John stepped out of the clubhouse to see how i was doing. I hit the RTH and let the RC dangle on the neck strap while i talked to him. He asked me where the drone was and I pointed to the northwest and said it was coming. He raised an eyebrow and asked me if I should be paying attention to it. I said "Nah" and pointed to the spot where it took off from and said "watch this." Like an obedient dog the AC landed right where I had pointed and shut the propellers down.
I think that John is going to get a Phantom of his own.
Tobby
I flew a couple of quick test missions to be sure that my GPS and RTH were doing their thing and she landed within a couple of feet of where it launched from. I decide that it's time to see what she can do.
I launched the AC straight up until the max altitude alert came on over my headphones at 394 feet. I took a look at my tablet and all systems were good. I flew around the golf course and took some nice pics and videos and thoroughly enjoyed myself knowing that unless I do something really stupid, everything will be fine.
As my battery was reaching 30% and my AC was 600 yards out, 400 feet above the 8th green, John stepped out of the clubhouse to see how i was doing. I hit the RTH and let the RC dangle on the neck strap while i talked to him. He asked me where the drone was and I pointed to the northwest and said it was coming. He raised an eyebrow and asked me if I should be paying attention to it. I said "Nah" and pointed to the spot where it took off from and said "watch this." Like an obedient dog the AC landed right where I had pointed and shut the propellers down.
I think that John is going to get a Phantom of his own.
Tobby