Okay, here's the scenario, you've flown behind something and the Phantom has lost connection with the controller. What will happen? If what I have learned is correct, it will initiate RTH (Return To Home).
Well, that's just fine and dandy unless there is an obstruction (which caused the break in communications to occur) between you're controller and the Phantom.
What's your bird going to do? It's going to initiate RTH. Well, that just sucks if the Phantom just flew behind an obstruction which is 100 meters higher than your Home Point.
Wouldn't it be great if the Phantom could be programmed to return to a "pre-programmed" point/time (like 30 seconds) before it lost contact with the controller. Once it reaches that point, it could pause and wait for your input and/or somehow notify you that it has returned to "that point" and it has been reconnected.
What would be even better is if it would let you know that it is awaiting new instructions. If you do not input new instructions within a predetermined amount of time, it will initiate RTH.
The simple version...
My Phantom flew behind an obstruction. OMG what do I do?
"Problem solved"
Contact is lost the bird stops, backs up, and awaits further instructions or (depending on what you have chosen in the programming choices), initiates RTH from that predetermined point it has returned to "before" it lost contact with the controller.
I'm thinking anyone smarter than me can program this into the Phantom.
Well, that's just fine and dandy unless there is an obstruction (which caused the break in communications to occur) between you're controller and the Phantom.
What's your bird going to do? It's going to initiate RTH. Well, that just sucks if the Phantom just flew behind an obstruction which is 100 meters higher than your Home Point.
Wouldn't it be great if the Phantom could be programmed to return to a "pre-programmed" point/time (like 30 seconds) before it lost contact with the controller. Once it reaches that point, it could pause and wait for your input and/or somehow notify you that it has returned to "that point" and it has been reconnected.
What would be even better is if it would let you know that it is awaiting new instructions. If you do not input new instructions within a predetermined amount of time, it will initiate RTH.
The simple version...
My Phantom flew behind an obstruction. OMG what do I do?
"Problem solved"
Contact is lost the bird stops, backs up, and awaits further instructions or (depending on what you have chosen in the programming choices), initiates RTH from that predetermined point it has returned to "before" it lost contact with the controller.
I'm thinking anyone smarter than me can program this into the Phantom.