Hello everyone, I'm new to the world of RC flying and drones and really enjoying the reads here on the forum.
I've recently purchased a new PV2+V3 and am really pleased. I had my only mishap so far on my very first flight, where I hovered a little too long under a tree in my back yard. I guess she lost a few too many satellites and initiated a RTH and got tangled up in tree limbs on the way to the minimum RTH elevation. Broke two propeller guards, but otherwise all was well.
I build bridges for a living and one of the reasons I purchased the Phantom was so that I could get pictures of hard to see places on completed structures for estimating purposes. I figured that since I knew what would happen in GPS mode once I flew under a bridge deck, that I could simply fly under the bridge in ATTI mode and all would be well.
Does the phantom need satellite coverage to fly even in ATTI mode? I've gotten about 30 flights in without incident, and feel fairly comfortable with my piloting abilities in ATTI mode, and I know that in ATTI mode the Phantom does not gain the horizontal/lateral stabilization provided in the GPS mode, but will I be able to launch & operate the phantom with little to no satellite coverage, under a bridge, in ATTI mode?
Thanks for any insight y'all might be able to provide.
John
I've recently purchased a new PV2+V3 and am really pleased. I had my only mishap so far on my very first flight, where I hovered a little too long under a tree in my back yard. I guess she lost a few too many satellites and initiated a RTH and got tangled up in tree limbs on the way to the minimum RTH elevation. Broke two propeller guards, but otherwise all was well.
I build bridges for a living and one of the reasons I purchased the Phantom was so that I could get pictures of hard to see places on completed structures for estimating purposes. I figured that since I knew what would happen in GPS mode once I flew under a bridge deck, that I could simply fly under the bridge in ATTI mode and all would be well.
Does the phantom need satellite coverage to fly even in ATTI mode? I've gotten about 30 flights in without incident, and feel fairly comfortable with my piloting abilities in ATTI mode, and I know that in ATTI mode the Phantom does not gain the horizontal/lateral stabilization provided in the GPS mode, but will I be able to launch & operate the phantom with little to no satellite coverage, under a bridge, in ATTI mode?
Thanks for any insight y'all might be able to provide.
John