Last night I had a weird encounter while flying. I had my P3P and other 2 series drones in the air at the same time. I used my phone for the 2 series (P2V) which I havent used for a long time. The app on the phone (Litchi for P2) was not setup properly that I recall). My tablet was being used to fly the P3P.
Not sure how to explain, but my P2V lost video feed or total signal not far from where I was over open water. I was recording the screen on the tablet for the P3P when I was playing it back, I saw the message across the bottom "connected to Phantom wi fi...." a couple times which seemed odd since I was using the "Go App" and had the USB plugged into the P3P controller. I was using my phone to fly the vision so i guess both devices were trying to pick up the WiFi at the same time. By the time I got the connected message it was almost 10 minutes into the flight. The relay drone was still up in air.
I was able to get the flight data from Litchi up until the signal loss. Altitude was 250 and lowest was 185. All over water.
All I can recall, is on my phone in the settings for Litchi "go home on low battery" was NOT selected. But it was set properly on my tablet, even though it was not used for this flight, but still picked up wi fi signal.
My guess is it stopped and hovered when it lost signal and stayed there until the battery got to low and landed in the lake. I did a data reset on my phone 2 months ago and didnt go into the apps to re configure the go home settings since I normally dont use my phone for flying anymore. It was my last minute decision to fly using both tablet and phone since I had a second person with me. OH well..
I guess I will be getting a PLUS model to use with my relay drone. In the meantime, I plan on taking my boat out on the small lake and try to snag my other drone with a Deep sea rod and large treble hook.
Not sure how to explain, but my P2V lost video feed or total signal not far from where I was over open water. I was recording the screen on the tablet for the P3P when I was playing it back, I saw the message across the bottom "connected to Phantom wi fi...." a couple times which seemed odd since I was using the "Go App" and had the USB plugged into the P3P controller. I was using my phone to fly the vision so i guess both devices were trying to pick up the WiFi at the same time. By the time I got the connected message it was almost 10 minutes into the flight. The relay drone was still up in air.
I was able to get the flight data from Litchi up until the signal loss. Altitude was 250 and lowest was 185. All over water.
All I can recall, is on my phone in the settings for Litchi "go home on low battery" was NOT selected. But it was set properly on my tablet, even though it was not used for this flight, but still picked up wi fi signal.
My guess is it stopped and hovered when it lost signal and stayed there until the battery got to low and landed in the lake. I did a data reset on my phone 2 months ago and didnt go into the apps to re configure the go home settings since I normally dont use my phone for flying anymore. It was my last minute decision to fly using both tablet and phone since I had a second person with me. OH well..
I guess I will be getting a PLUS model to use with my relay drone. In the meantime, I plan on taking my boat out on the small lake and try to snag my other drone with a Deep sea rod and large treble hook.
