Sorry for asking a stupid question
No such thing in my book as to a "stupid question" - just dumb answers sometimes - which I will try to avoid - lol....
I always fly with the camera facing the direction I want to fly..........here are some tips to practice with understanding orientation while flying
I saw the following tips once quite a while back and made a note of them so I could practice over an over until correcting the orientation of the Phantom to my liking was second nature!
This works as long as you are willing to put in the time to practice it - well worth while.
When you are up in the air - take it out to a distance where you can still see it - do some maneuvers till you know you need help with orientation to bring it home to you - then do this....
1. Let go of the sticks and let it hover for a few seconds (stay in GPS mode)
2. Move the right-hand stick to your right - if the drone moves towards the right, you know the front of the Phantom is facing forward (away from you)
3. Conversely if the Phantom moves to your left with the stick pushed to the right --- the Phantom is facing toward you.
4. So now - if the Phantom moves right when you push the stick right - let got of the stick and now pull it backwards (toward you) and the Phantom is now flying toward you (backwards orientation).
5. If the Phantom moves left when the pushing the stick right - again put the stick back to the middle and push it forward (away from you) - now the Phantom is flying toward you (frontward orientation)
Note: Once you have completed the above moves and you can't determine whether it goes left or right with the proper stick moves - then it is very likely that neither the Phantoms front or rear is facing you and it is sitting up there facing either left or right (sideways orientation).
If that is the case, push the stick forward to see which way it goes (left or right)
Moves right -- then push the left stick towards the right briefly (a second or two) - as this will turn (yaw) the Phantoms front either toward you or away from you as described in steps 2 & 3 above.
Moves left -- then carry out the above in the opposite directions
Once you have completed the above moves to get the Phantom facing toward or away from you (or close to that direction) - then carry out steps 1 - 5 above to bring her home to you (flying frontward or back ward facing)
Keep in mind when you are bringing your Phantom back to you - it is very likely it won't be flying in a straight line toward you but as it gets closer to you - you can adjust the sticks to straighten her up now that you know the orientation it is flying.
Of course the easiest way is to look at your radar map on the device screen - I used that in conjunction with the exercise above in order to see how I was doing without the radar! The small red "paper aeroplane point is the direction you are flying and the front of the Phantom.
Best of luck............I know how you feel as I did also at one time!