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Any ideas why it took a minute or so to come home?
 
I will guess you put the sticks at mid point when you lost the signal. I will guess the signal was not actually lost, but intermittent.

I will guess you mashed the RTH button, but your AC never got the message because the signal was intermittent.

I will guess the AC continued to hover because the signal was intermittent.

I will guess it hovered and awaited your command.

Finally it completely lost signal and RTH'd.

When in this situation, you can eliminate guesswork by turning off your controller completely. The AC must then RTH.
 
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I will guess you put the sticks at mid point when you lost the signal. I will guess the signal was not actually lost, but intermittent.

I will guess you mashed the RTH button, but your AC never got the message because the signal was intermittent.

I will guess the AC continued to hover because the signal was intermittent.

I will guess it hovered and awaited your command.

Finally it completely lost signal and RTH'd.

When in this situation, you can eliminate guesswork by turning off your controller completely. The AC must then RTH.
Or what about throwing the S2 switch twice. That still doesn't explain why it said RTH failed, why would it fail?
 
Yes, I like all of the above,

As @BourgeoisSJC said,
"I am betting the AC never received/confirmed the RTH command hence the app said "Failed...."
Yes, and no,
Received, flight log should show this.
Confirmed, I say 100%

The app didn't receive data from the Phantom, that the RTH actually was started. The app has to return a response (True or False) there is no maybe.

@Vince O,
Check this thread out.
Best Method to RTH?

If you won't to learn more upload your flight to LogViewer.

Here is another discussion related to data, Remote and Phantom.
Question about Radio, uplink, downlink, frequency, & telemetry

Another on RTH, started as loosing video not remote.
Lost signal (but not really)

I have many more.... ;)

Rod
 
Yes, I like all of the above,

As @BourgeoisSJC said,
"I am betting the AC never received/confirmed the RTH command hence the app said "Failed...."
Yes, and no,
Received, flight log should show this.
Confirmed, I say 100%

The app didn't receive data from the Phantom, that the RTH actually was started. The app has to return a response (True or False) there is no maybe.

@Vince O,
Check this thread out.
Best Method to RTH?

If you won't to learn more upload your flight to LogViewer.

Here is another discussion related to data, Remote and Phantom.
Question about Radio, uplink, downlink, frequency, & telemetry

Another on RTH, started as loosing video not remote.
Lost signal (but not really)

I have many more.... ;)

Rod

yep
difference is in which signal is truly lost...
video stream vs control
if first it will sit until told what to do
if second it will RTH for real....
 
yep
difference is in which signal is truly lost...
video stream vs control
if first it will sit until told what to do
if second it will RTH for real....
Yes, I like all of the above,

As @BourgeoisSJC said,
"I am betting the AC never received/confirmed the RTH command hence the app said "Failed...."
Yes, and no,
Received, flight log should show this.
Confirmed, I say 100%

The app didn't receive data from the Phantom, that the RTH actually was started. The app has to return a response (True or False) there is no maybe.

@Vince O,
Check this thread out.
Best Method to RTH?

If you won't to learn more upload your flight to LogViewer.

Here is another discussion related to data, Remote and Phantom.
Question about Radio, uplink, downlink, frequency, & telemetry

Another on RTH, started as loosing video not remote.
Lost signal (but not really)

I have many more.... ;)

Rod
The flight log said RTH failed like 3 times from me trying to RTH then finally about 1 minute later it said Signal Lost, Aircraft Returning to Home. Surprisingly it have no log entry when I actually did lose signal. Mybe I should have tried flipping the s2 switch twice instead of using the app.
 
The flight log said RTH failed like 3 times from me trying to RTH then finally about 1 minute later it said Signal Lost, Aircraft Returning to Home. Surprisingly it have no log entry when I actually did lose signal. Mybe I should have tried flipping the s2 switch twice instead of using the app.

Yep on the switch!

if the video stream/app connection is lost and or droppingin and out
the app button command most likely is not transmitted to the AC.

the RC usually still will work at that point though!
good luck and have fun flying!
 
Yep on the switch!

if the video stream/app connection is lost and or droppingin and out
the app button command most likely is not transmitted to the AC.

the RC usually still will work at that point though!
good luck and have fun flying!

Thanks, I'll use the switch from now on.
 

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