zaqman said:I was flying it straight forward until I couldn't see it, so I could get some cool footage. I then put it in failsafe mode for it to come back to me, which had worked just minutes before, and it never came back. I'm pretty sure I know the general area of where it is. Today I went out to my neighbor's house across the street to look in the woods behind their house, but no luck so far.
tonym206 said:The return to home failsafe scares the crap out of me. I agree that should be an absolute last resort. Good luck man!
Post before you was from Jan 2014I have always been somewhat skeptical about Fail Safe mode because it is programmed to raise the bird's altitude to only about 66 feet (if it was below that...otherwise it returns at whatever altitude you were flying at). Lots of trees around here above 66' tall.
The fliers code calls for keeping your RC craft in visual range. I know, a lot of pilots don't think that this applies to them.
Same for stop signs and red lights, etc.
But my suggestions for the future. Don't use Fail Safe. Use Home Lock and pull back on the pitch stick. It'll head back to you. Yes....it works if the bird is working. Also, as I found out today, it's really nice to have the OSD information. That way you can adjust the altitude to whatever will actually clear the tall trees.
I have always been somewhat skeptical about Fail Safe mode because it is programmed to raise the bird's altitude to only about 66 feet (if it was below that...otherwise it returns at whatever altitude you were flying at). Lots of trees around here above 66' tall.
The fliers code calls for keeping your RC craft in visual range. I know, a lot of pilots don't think that this applies to them.
Same for stop signs and red lights, etc.
But my suggestions for the future. Don't use Fail Safe.
Check the manual there are many choices such as height , return to home and land or just land where it's at etc. manual has a lot of good info.
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