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Last week I recovered a flyaway (strong wind) drone that landed 3 miles from me. When you lose your Phantom for whatever reason, panic has already taken over you. If your screen says lost connection this is what will happen. The Phantom at some point will auto land itself. The last contact your remote had with your drone will show as an arrow on your screen. Calm down first, not easy. Go get in your car while everything is still turned on. Drive to the general location of the arrow. If this is over water, stop reading any of this. While you are driving you will see you as a moving dot on the screen.
drive as close as you can to the arrow and then get out and walk towards the arrow. Not always easy to do this. Your goal is to get your dot right under the arrow. Then look up. and around. If after 15 minutes you have not found it, it is somewhere else. The arrow is showing the last location at which it lost connection. Doesn't mean it came down there. Remember, the battery is very low at this point. Now, turn off remote and DJI Go app. Then turn them back on. I did this and the arrow moved about 1/4 miles away. When the phone app came back on, it sent a signal to the drone and they reconnected. It said "Weak signal". I knew I had connected. Drove over to the new location. Got the dot right under the arrow and looked up. The was my Phantom! I believe the arrow is accurate to a foot. So try to remember all of this the next time you lose your drone. Remember though you have to find it before the battery dies. I was down to 1%. So get moving.
drive as close as you can to the arrow and then get out and walk towards the arrow. Not always easy to do this. Your goal is to get your dot right under the arrow. Then look up. and around. If after 15 minutes you have not found it, it is somewhere else. The arrow is showing the last location at which it lost connection. Doesn't mean it came down there. Remember, the battery is very low at this point. Now, turn off remote and DJI Go app. Then turn them back on. I did this and the arrow moved about 1/4 miles away. When the phone app came back on, it sent a signal to the drone and they reconnected. It said "Weak signal". I knew I had connected. Drove over to the new location. Got the dot right under the arrow and looked up. The was my Phantom! I believe the arrow is accurate to a foot. So try to remember all of this the next time you lose your drone. Remember though you have to find it before the battery dies. I was down to 1%. So get moving.