Litchi app GS/Waypoint question:

[DroningInNC]

I have been looking and can't find the exact answer i'm looking for. My question is, using Litchi GS/Waypoints and assuming unlimited battery life, could I (theoretically) fly to waypoints 20 miles away and have it come back to me without worrying about it? I did a waypoint flight around my neighborhood. Shortly after I took off, I lost connection. P3S continued mission successfully and returned to me and I thought that it was the greatest thing going. That got me thinking, could I fly to the next town and back or say, have it fly to a friends house far away?

 

[Mark The Droner]

Yes, that's correct. It doesn't RTH with signal loss. It continues its mission.

However, flying to your friends house might be a little tricky. Once it gets there it will hover and wait for your command. And I believe it will hover until battery life gets low, then it will RTH. And if battery life gets critical, it will auto land.

 

[DroningInNC]

all hypothetical but thanks for the reply

 

[JickMagger]

Of course remember Litchi will forecast how long the flight will last, anything or 15 minutes or so makes me very nervous about battery life, especially if it's windy. I usually go 10 minutes max.

But yeah, as long as battery and GPS stay good, the P3 will keep flying.

 

[JBG]

I have been looking and can't find the exact answer i'm looking for. My question is, using Litchi GS/Waypoints and assuming unlimited battery life, could I (theoretically) fly to waypoints 20 miles away and have it come back to me without worrying about it? I did a waypoint flight around my neighborhood. Shortly after I took off, I lost connection. P3S continued mission successfully and returned to me and I thought that it was the greatest thing going. That got me thinking, could I fly to the next town and back or say, have it fly to a friends house far away?

FYI - Waypoint missions are limited to 10-12km

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[DroningInNC]

although I was speaking hypothetically, that's still 7 1/2 miles

 

[happydays]

Also note that the first and last waypoint must not be further apart than 2000m. Me and a friend were planning a mission to map a shoreline and to follow the phantom by car, but we had to split it into a few sections and edit the clips together.

 

[jiggyb21]

Of course remember Litchi will forecast how long the flight will last, anything or 15 minutes or so makes me very nervous about battery life, especially if it's windy. I usually go 10 minutes max.

But yeah, as long as battery and GPS stay good, the P3 will keep flying.

20 minutes and 4 miles is my standard. That's at 15mph and very light wind. Sometimes it returns with 50% battery but usually mid-30s, hasn't been lower yet.

 

[DroningInNC]

...and i'm assuming you lose all coms with your drone?