I recently read a post where a member described problems associated with OA after initiating RTH when flying into the setting sun. I then realised that this could have been the problem I had during a recent flight.
I was flying in GPS mode, OA was activated and I initiated RTH. The controller displayed Going Home and the alarm was sounding but the AC didn't appear to be getting any closer. A bit of panic and after nearly two minutes the AC appeared overhead. At the time of RTH it was at 145m altitude and 78m distance. After RTH (and facing the sun) it flew a further 8m away and climbed to 169m. It then flew back to Home Point and continued to climb to 209m before orienting to the south and then landing at Home Point.
Shortly after takeoff I reached my Max Altitude of 30m and realised because I was recording a flight up a dam wall I needed to have a Max Altitude in excess of 120m so at that point in the flight I reset Max Altitude to 150m.
So my query is, on RTH when flying into the sun, will the OA cause the AC to continue to climb even beyond the Max Altitude setting?
I have uploaded the Flight Log to "msinger" and checked the viewer to see if it confirms that I had Max Altitude set to 150m but it doesn't appear to show this setting. Also the Flight Log shows a comment that Max Altitude of 209m was reached before descending to land. This makes it look like my error. However I can't believe I selected and odd number like 209 or that it could be a mistyping of 150. I did check the setting on the App before my next flight and it was set at 150m.
Also, I did not reset RTH Altitude and this would have been at 30m. Therefore the AC was not climbing to a very high RTH Altitude.
Look forward to your comments.
I was flying in GPS mode, OA was activated and I initiated RTH. The controller displayed Going Home and the alarm was sounding but the AC didn't appear to be getting any closer. A bit of panic and after nearly two minutes the AC appeared overhead. At the time of RTH it was at 145m altitude and 78m distance. After RTH (and facing the sun) it flew a further 8m away and climbed to 169m. It then flew back to Home Point and continued to climb to 209m before orienting to the south and then landing at Home Point.
Shortly after takeoff I reached my Max Altitude of 30m and realised because I was recording a flight up a dam wall I needed to have a Max Altitude in excess of 120m so at that point in the flight I reset Max Altitude to 150m.
So my query is, on RTH when flying into the sun, will the OA cause the AC to continue to climb even beyond the Max Altitude setting?
I have uploaded the Flight Log to "msinger" and checked the viewer to see if it confirms that I had Max Altitude set to 150m but it doesn't appear to show this setting. Also the Flight Log shows a comment that Max Altitude of 209m was reached before descending to land. This makes it look like my error. However I can't believe I selected and odd number like 209 or that it could be a mistyping of 150. I did check the setting on the App before my next flight and it was set at 150m.
Also, I did not reset RTH Altitude and this would have been at 30m. Therefore the AC was not climbing to a very high RTH Altitude.
Look forward to your comments.