Forget for a second about the financial aspect of losing your Phantom setup.
If your Phantom was able to autonomously fly to waypoints far BVR, would you? I'm talking about getting it all set up in Ground Station, pushing GO, and letting the thing fly out of sight over a populated area for 15 minutes (roundtrip). It's one thing to have FPV where you can at least see where it's headed, but to just use waypoints and set the thing on it's way, go inside and have a sandwich, and come back in time to see it land... I don't know. Should you?
If your Phantom was able to autonomously fly to waypoints far BVR, would you? I'm talking about getting it all set up in Ground Station, pushing GO, and letting the thing fly out of sight over a populated area for 15 minutes (roundtrip). It's one thing to have FPV where you can at least see where it's headed, but to just use waypoints and set the thing on it's way, go inside and have a sandwich, and come back in time to see it land... I don't know. Should you?