So... my third day of practice flying...
I went up 200 feet the day before and got great footage of an approaching storm-front. So the next day, after some practice figure-eights I decided to go up again for a look around. I pressed up on the left stick and didn't crane my neck to watch it. My phone screen showed all was ok. Then I looked at the height. It said 75 feet and went up to 80 feet, but then started coming down again. At 70 feet, I pushed up harder on the stick, wondering why it wasn't rising.
Then I realized I was watching the distance away, not the height. Looking at the height, it said 357 feet. OMG!
I panicked a moment and brought the stick down, hoping to get it down quickly. It came down about 30 feet.
Then the feared lost communication displayed. All I could do was hold the antenna higher and pull down again. I regained communication again, but only briefly. Then, as I held the stick down, the screen finally told me that my Phantom was returning to home. Hoping that I had done everything properly, I let go of the sticks and watched apprehensively. It moved over to where home was, descended slowly, landed and switched itself off. ...phew...
I went up 200 feet the day before and got great footage of an approaching storm-front. So the next day, after some practice figure-eights I decided to go up again for a look around. I pressed up on the left stick and didn't crane my neck to watch it. My phone screen showed all was ok. Then I looked at the height. It said 75 feet and went up to 80 feet, but then started coming down again. At 70 feet, I pushed up harder on the stick, wondering why it wasn't rising.
Then I realized I was watching the distance away, not the height. Looking at the height, it said 357 feet. OMG!
I panicked a moment and brought the stick down, hoping to get it down quickly. It came down about 30 feet.
Then the feared lost communication displayed. All I could do was hold the antenna higher and pull down again. I regained communication again, but only briefly. Then, as I held the stick down, the screen finally told me that my Phantom was returning to home. Hoping that I had done everything properly, I let go of the sticks and watched apprehensively. It moved over to where home was, descended slowly, landed and switched itself off. ...phew...