Can I follow my drone and control it from a car?

[elijahallen]

We are in peak color up here in Michigan and I thought it would be cool to sit in the passenger seat and follow the drone down a covered colorful road. Will this mess with this work or will it go into fly home mode or do I just have to fly in manual mode?

 

[Damon]

Its been done a time or two. Even watched a video on here with a long range run, I believe 10 miles. Ironically the end of flight was a pretty hard crash from complete battery drain.

You can over ride the RTH if it occurs.

 

[derrickduff]

I've done it, traveled about a mile and back no problem in GPS. As long as you're close enough to retain a good connection between the phantom and tx it won't initiate RTH. Keep in mind you're in a mostly metal box so the signal won't be as strong as normal.

 

[Meta4]

or do I just have to fly in manual mode?

Have you ever tried manual mode?
I don't think that's what you want.

 

[SteveMann]

Maybe you're thinking of this flight?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBj3ntfzCxg

It ended at ten miles because he had set the limits to ten miles and when it hit that limit, it landed.

 

[Fyod]

You could reset home position multiple times to overcome any limit.

 

[seeuhome]

I had my wife dry the car as I was flying....

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eWAUW4j4N0[/youtube]

 

[shadowband]

You could reset home position multiple times to overcome any limit.

The new DJI Vision App has a mode where the current location from your GPS enabled smartphone is sent to the phantom every 2 seconds as the new home point.

 

[un hombre]

I had my wife dry the car as I was flying....

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eWAUW4j4N0[/youtube]

Yep, I will try this this weekend. I hope my love will be driving and me controlling the quad from the rear seat...