I get the seriousness of controller orientation being critical.
I was in an online discussion the other day, with a Phantom owner much more experienced than myself.
I was questioning why "compass" isn't a part of IOS Litchi, while it is with Android.
He said he always flies long distance parabolic, and uses the Map for orientation. He says it's just as good as compass for orientation.
But I recall another guy awhile back that said he ALWAYS uses compass for orientation... and hadn't used Map in ages.
What gives? Who is right? Of course, I'd like to see IOS Litchi compass for extended waypoints.
Am I wrong to assume Compass is better than Maps, strictly from the orientation issue?
On another note, I was flying a short distance higher altitude test flight the other day. Close to 1000 feet quicky.
I was surprised that I got a signal loss as such close distance, approx 550 feet.
Perhaps I lost signal because of the parabolic, near distance, and high altitude making antenna orientation difficult (unless I was holding the RC over my head? LOL)
Also, an "auto land" suddenly appeared nearly putting her into a tree, tho no such thing was programmed. I always set RTH.
Maybe I hit the HOME button too close to home point forcing the land command, but I thought I had no signal at that point. Maybe it had just re-acquired?
Also, I guess once you have a loss downlink, all subsequent flight data goes unrecorded until signal is back?
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