Well, a lot of VLOS safety concerns are fully valid let's not forget, so it is at least partially about the safety, and there is very little we can reasonably say to counter the 'can't avoid what you can't see (or see too late)' argument. Even...
But we're back to the point that an RTH maximum altitude setting doesn't exist.
The issue you're describing is related to the Max Altitude setting. The drone shouldn't go higher than that set limit once it climbs to the RTH Altitude and starts...
Nowhere did I say that I do this myself. I don't, but not because the over-reaching law tells me no. I won't do it where I am in the UK because of Medivac and army traffic, but not everywhere has that to worry about.
Neither did I mean to convey...
Not everyone who occasionally doesn't follow the rules to the letter is an idiot or necessarily reckless. The sheer amount of people who DO successfully fly their UAVs out those sort of distances, and back should tell us that the capability and...