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So I have 11 flights with my new P3P and all has gone extremely well. I have always brought the bird in as soon as battery level reaches 30%, though yesterday I decided to bring the bird close to me at the 30% mark but continue to fly in my general proximity until the battery level was closer to 20%. At 20% I get the bird directly overhead and bring it down for a perfect landing and even begin to shut the motors down when out of the blue my P3P spools up the motors and climbs for the sky in the general direction of the my take off home point. I would guess the take off and initial land spot were 40-50 feet apart. I did regain control of the bird and got it back on the ground but needless to say I was a little shaken up. After reviewing the data log, it was as I had guessed a RTH triggered by a low battery scenario. What surprises me is that it was triggered when my P3P was safely on the ground with a battery level of 17%. I think or remember reading at least one other post with very similar circumstances.
After doing a lot of reading I still can't find a definitive number/percent of battery level at which a RTH is triggered. Also why would the bird RTH when it was on the ground granted the motors had not completely stopped?
Thanks
After doing a lot of reading I still can't find a definitive number/percent of battery level at which a RTH is triggered. Also why would the bird RTH when it was on the ground granted the motors had not completely stopped?
Thanks