Hi there to all Phantom Pilots,
I purchased a pre owned Phantom4 several weeks ago which was in perfect condition ie no cracks, scratches etc.
Being a new Phantom Pilot, I began reading many posts on this forum from Pilots who had tremendous knowledge and experience and very willing to share information and advise.
On my first flight, and eager to try much of the DJI Go 4 settings, I was very impressed in the performance of the drone, this was until I activated the "RTH" function, instead of performing this feature, my drone elevated from a height of 10m to 90m and just hovered at this altitude. Panic quickly set in as the drone was unresponsive to any commands, I was waiting for the battery to exhaust at which point thought the drone would fall with fatal consequence.
Fortunately a quick search found that I could cancel the "RTH" function at which point I regained control and safely brought the drone back to terra firmer.
After further flights, experienced the same "RTH" issue and was about to contact DJI advice.
After checking previous posts on "PhantomPilots" I read that this was a reasonably common occurrence with Phantom4s that had upgraded Firmware to 02.00.0810, I eagerly checked my current Firmware and yes my drone had the 02.00.0810 Firmware installed which was a strong possibility of causing the "RTH" issue.
Many thanks to this Forum, I back loaded Firmware version 02.00.0700, fortunately this ended my "RTH" problem, in the future I may upgrade Firmware back to 02.00.0810 and see if DJI have made any changes to prevent the "RTH" function.
If the latest Firmware caused such a widespread issue, one would have expected DJI provide a statement and assistance to support its many customers who without "PhantomPilots" would have been in the dark.
It just proves how valuable your Forum is, in providing drone assistance, I cannot speak highly enough of "PhantomPilots" and eagerly read the regular posts pertaining to Phantom4 drones.
Keep up the good work.
Regards,
John Grace (Melbourne Australia)
I purchased a pre owned Phantom4 several weeks ago which was in perfect condition ie no cracks, scratches etc.
Being a new Phantom Pilot, I began reading many posts on this forum from Pilots who had tremendous knowledge and experience and very willing to share information and advise.
On my first flight, and eager to try much of the DJI Go 4 settings, I was very impressed in the performance of the drone, this was until I activated the "RTH" function, instead of performing this feature, my drone elevated from a height of 10m to 90m and just hovered at this altitude. Panic quickly set in as the drone was unresponsive to any commands, I was waiting for the battery to exhaust at which point thought the drone would fall with fatal consequence.
Fortunately a quick search found that I could cancel the "RTH" function at which point I regained control and safely brought the drone back to terra firmer.
After further flights, experienced the same "RTH" issue and was about to contact DJI advice.
After checking previous posts on "PhantomPilots" I read that this was a reasonably common occurrence with Phantom4s that had upgraded Firmware to 02.00.0810, I eagerly checked my current Firmware and yes my drone had the 02.00.0810 Firmware installed which was a strong possibility of causing the "RTH" issue.
Many thanks to this Forum, I back loaded Firmware version 02.00.0700, fortunately this ended my "RTH" problem, in the future I may upgrade Firmware back to 02.00.0810 and see if DJI have made any changes to prevent the "RTH" function.
If the latest Firmware caused such a widespread issue, one would have expected DJI provide a statement and assistance to support its many customers who without "PhantomPilots" would have been in the dark.
It just proves how valuable your Forum is, in providing drone assistance, I cannot speak highly enough of "PhantomPilots" and eagerly read the regular posts pertaining to Phantom4 drones.
Keep up the good work.
Regards,
John Grace (Melbourne Australia)