So I had to upgrade my vote as this happened again. Rather scary as I was just having a very quick session in moderate+ wind and little clearance, and was looking for a good spot for a panorama. At 43 meters (in the woods about 25 meters above the trees) I found myself with no gps, dropping from 17 satellites with no visible interference (and all bars filled).
As I was standing on a path with limited sight (about 6-7 meters side-to-side with trees cutting the sight on both sides) getting caught by the wind was rather nerve-wrecking. I lowered the drone to just above the trees trying to minimize the wind-drift and was off by some 23 meters when it regained reception 20 seconds later. I am certainly not happy with this recurring error and would consider vlos a absolute must for now.
One thing is for sure, I need to improve my atti skills in case this happens again.
At the very least, I got this one just before I lost control (I cancelled the panorama this time).
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