I think that there is a difference between what I'm willing to accept and what I am not prepared to accept
It's never closed, until we say it's closed!
It's only a problem if you persist in setting your RTH height lower than you are flying. Just raise your RTH higher than you will be flying, which is safer anyway, and you will never encounter the problem. That's your fix. You are welcome!
It's only a problem if you persist in setting your RTH height lower than you are flying. Just raise your RTH higher than you will be flying, which is safer anyway, and you will never encounter the problem. That's your fix. You are welcome!
It's never closed, until we say it's closed!
As previously stated, you should wait 6 months before buying any newly released product, if you aren't willing to help make it better.
It's only a problem if you persist in setting your RTH height lower than you are flying. Just raise your RTH higher than you will be flying, which is safer anyway, and you will never encounter the problem. That's your fix. You are welcome!
This is news to me. So, are you saying that if you have RTH set to 400 feet and activate RTH while at 100 feet, that the drone rises past your set RTH of 400 feet to the hard coded ceiling of 500 meters before returning home?
I agree. However, if you have read this thread, you now have a workaround. Anyone flying a new DJI aircraft knows that they need to follow these early user experiences here to know what bugs to avoid and look out for. They all have bugs of some sort at the beginning. It is unavoidable. DJI's one year warranty also covers all these well documented bugs, until they have been fixed in firmware updates.
I learned of the problem in this thread. I never fly above my set RTH altitude, and set my RTH altitude to 250 meters, as that covers all hills within 3 miles. Your RTH should always be set higher than you intend to fly. IMHO, it is pilot error and negligence to set your RTH to lower than your flight elevation. You chose an RTH lower than you were flying, without understanding the consequences.
It is almost impossible for me to actually experience this bug in real life situation since I a) almost never fly over RTH altitude, b) never use manual RTH, c) always cancel auto RTH as soon as I'm in control again, d) read the posts on phantom pilots. But I'm also aware that drone owners today are not only some geek looking enthusiasts but most of them are people which just bought them as their first RC and the only thing they did was casualty read the manual. At best. And since they probably still have their RTHs at 30m and they love to RTH, they are most certainly going to hit that 500m ceiling. And that is dangerous.
Agreed on all accounts. You and I and most experienced pilots all follow a) through d). The box may say "Ready to Fly," but that doesn't mean the "pilot" is ready to fly! Bugs are always potentially dangerous, but negligent operation is far more dangerous! This bug also requires negligent operation to be triggered. That is forseeable, so DJI is potentially on the hook, and fixing the bug is certainly a priority for them.
New Users: Set your RTH above the highest elevation you will be flying, and learn to fly before you manually use RTH!
You didn't know you could control altitude during RTH with left stick? I urge you to read the owners manual.
Also it is the pilot's responsibility to ensure the drone stays within legal limits, it is not the drone's responsibility.
The features such as RTH and obstacle avoidance are nice, but they should be failsafes, not primary use. You should fly the craft back manually and not use RTH. Or if signal loss as soon as you regain signal, cancel RTH and fly back manually.
