Recent content by ojigwan

Unfortunately no we were not near an airport, a few miles offshore completely away from anything.

Sorry I meant have max distance unlimited or as you said not have max distance enabled. I looked at the flight log and it was close to 5 minutes from when I started the drone to when I took off, I was waiting to launch the drone until it seemed stable, but it kept wanting to fly at an angle I...

I do have it set to hover. I will see if I can recover the flight logs, it sounds like that would be the most useful/helpful thing I can do. As for a next time it sounds this is is probably the best plan. 1. Manually update home point right before takeoff 2. Take off in GPS mode 3. Have max...

The one really strange thing was that it seemed I lost control of the AC. IT didn't RTH and I could still see the video feed, but for a few terrifying minutes I was unable to control it at all, that is when I turned the boat around and it started to work again. Just wondering if the distance...

That is very helpful, thanks for sharing. I will be honest, I have practiced hand launch and recovery from a stationary boat and from land, but this was the first time to add moving into the mix and it was a whole different animal. Everything happened very quickly and it was difficult to...

I am sure this has been beaten to death, but let me ask a slightly different question. I am using a Phantom 3 Advanced. 1. I race and film sailboats so this is a must. I realize it would be better to do this from land and if from a boat then the boat should be stationary. That is not possible...