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I've had my Phantom 2 Vision Plus V3.0 for about 2 weeks now and have had many good times so far and a few scary moments. The first scary moment was over the weekend when I made a bad judgment on a waypoint altitude and hit a tree. It was about 1200 feet away from me but the "find my phantom" app worked great and luckily it landed upside down. Broke two props and not another scratch on it. I was flying again within an hour after a short drying period due to the snow. The second happened last night when my phone died during a ground station flight. I then did not know where my Phantom was and feared the worse. I decided to turn my transmitter off to initiate failsafe mode. I could not hear or see it after a minute and panicked. When I turned my transmitter back on I didn't notice that the throttle stick was in the back position where it would normally shut the props down. At this point I figured it just fell out of the sky and I was getting ready to go look for it but after another minute I heard the swarm of bees above me and there it was. I was never so relieved. Here are some questions:
1. Does the Phantom look at it's altitude before actually shutting down with the throttle stick? Just curious if it knows it's 200 feet in the air and knows not to shut down.
2. Do any of the switches initiate a return to home if your phone does die or do you have to shut the transmitter off to do this?
3. I read that you are to cycle the batteries after so many charges. I do not see the steps to do this. How is it done?
Thanks in advance for any answers.
Scott Ebersole
Duncansville, PA USA
1. Does the Phantom look at it's altitude before actually shutting down with the throttle stick? Just curious if it knows it's 200 feet in the air and knows not to shut down.
2. Do any of the switches initiate a return to home if your phone does die or do you have to shut the transmitter off to do this?
3. I read that you are to cycle the batteries after so many charges. I do not see the steps to do this. How is it done?
Thanks in advance for any answers.
Scott Ebersole
Duncansville, PA USA