Watching the video and the autoland feature... It is in that pond, or very close to it. Go get it
Good luck!
How did you sign up for that? The insurance companies I have spoke with either said they won't cover it or they have to classify it as an "aircraft". Basically nobody knows wtf they are talking about wherever I call.
Ok, it's called a ...hang on, gotta look it up, ok it's a "Personall Asset Risk Policy" Sinisalo.
I've since raised mine from 400' to 200 meters yeah yeah it's over the Guidelines, but in a lost bird scenario, getting control trumps an arbitrary BS guideline as far as I am concerned. And your right too about possibly taking it further away, but I think for the most part height will help and does
It's also a temporary elevation that rarely actually reaches the full RTH setting, because you usually regain control long before then. Then you can descend until signal starts degrading again, or bring it closer, or change the aircraft orientation, or move away from the obstruction causing the signal loss, to improve the control signal and FPV stability. Sometimes even flying backwards away or sideways away from you will improve video stability, because the location of the transmitting video antenna on the aircraft may cause it to to be blocked by the camera or the body of the aircraft in high wind.
I have a known spot, right next to this huge resort about 4000' from me, the problem is I have a treeline 10' from me on my neighbors property, so when I go that way, I can change direction to get better signals, because it's thru the trees, and some spots get thru better, but what I've been doing is flying backwards like you say, so when it gets too bad I just fly toward lol.
Flying backwards has its own set of problems, which can bite you in the a** literally, as you can't see the power lines, tall trees, tethered advertising balloons, and buildings that are easily seen and avoided while flying forward. I keep having to turn around to "peek" to make sure nothing is coming up along the flight path! The "Big Boy" Itelite will certainly make a difference, but helps less with the FPV, which really needs more power output from the aircraft. However, I got 5.8 miles away with the P4 with just with the DBS-02 with 4.0A boosters on a GL300A remote. Had to turn around only because of the battery, not because of loss of signal!
Thanks for this very important post, try using a Trackr on your drone so that you can track it down when there is a total power lost. Trackr are 30.00 and are very good at locating lost objects like keys, ect.
