So I just came in from a very scary episode in which I felt completely helpless. I took my Phantom out for my first flight of the day (air temp 35, wind 13). I did all the preflight items I always do and waited for homelock and gps lock. I took off, switched to atti mode and went exploring.....when I was about 3600 ft away I started to lose picture then all of a sudden my phone said dynamic homelock can not be changed and then it stated that it was landing. As I am looking down in disbelief trying to take control again I noticed that my distance immediately changed from 3600 ft to 6600 ft (wtf) . I could not regain any type of control (tried switching back into gps mode) nothing was responding so I just shut my controller off and said a prayer to the Phantom God's hoping that they weren't unhappy today. So I waited for a several minutes and couldn't spot anything in the sky then all of the sudden I heard the faint sound of the propellers off in the distance a minute later and I was able to spot my Phantom. I turned back on my transmitter and looked at the display and it stated that it was in RTH mode I still had a little over 50% battery and 11 satillites (only had 8 when I took off) . I considered letting it come all the way but I became anxious and took over controls and brought it in for a landing.
Has anyone ever had this happen before? What might have been the cause? Is the Phantom still safe to fly?
I have lost video before and when it happens I just reverse direction and wait for the video to come back. I have never seen the "cannot change dynamic homelock" warning before and cant come up with a reason the distance changed all of the sudden.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Has anyone ever had this happen before? What might have been the cause? Is the Phantom still safe to fly?
I have lost video before and when it happens I just reverse direction and wait for the video to come back. I have never seen the "cannot change dynamic homelock" warning before and cant come up with a reason the distance changed all of the sudden.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks