Flying around for a few minutes yesterday and decided to go for my first longer distant flight. Not far by most standards but first time for me so a little scary. The direction I was flying was at a higher elevation than were I took off from so I kept gaining altitude to stay above the trees. Eventually turned around and made it back safely. But then I realized that had something gone wrong and RTH had been initiated, by me or automatically, my RTH height was not set high enough for this situation (Turn around point was well above my RTH height). Obstacle avoidance may have saved me, but I would not want to have counted on it.
Lesson learned. Plan, plan and then plan some more before taking off on any flight. I will now try to think of all scenarios and have a solid Flight Plan before attempting any flight.
Lesson learned. Plan, plan and then plan some more before taking off on any flight. I will now try to think of all scenarios and have a solid Flight Plan before attempting any flight.