Recent content by Jackslinger

If return to home was triggered the Mavic would have ascended to the specified height and flew to the home position. I thought about that one too... But it just went down, seems more indicative of the auto land function. I suppose it will remain a mystery :/ Thanks again for the help

Yes, and this is why I hovered within reach for 30 seconds before flying off. To make sure everything was ok. And it was until moments after I started climbing. This is reflected in the healthy drones analysis.

Thanks for posting that, I was trying to figure out how to retrieve that data on datcon. Was hoping to find out at least something regarding the VPS system near the end of the flight. I suppose you did find something, unfortunately that something is nothing. Perhaps the VPS system kicked in...

In that case did the remote continue functioning properly?

Guilty as charged. Ive read briefly that airplane mode is a good idea but I havnt heard why Samsung and Android are bad?

Thanks, yes there is a small airport nearby. These screenshots show my approximate location and the airport. I though about that but I fly near there often and never had any issue before. But perhaps theres something to the theory.

Hmm, I appreciate you having a look. I have had the phone crash during flight before and was still able to fly LOS with just the remote. So while your guess of the app disconnecting may be true it still does not explain why the drone would stop responding to my inputs. And of course with the...

No I wasn't, but hopefully a crab passing by made a new friend

Hi all, my first post here I've been reading around the forum and am so impressed with the amount of help people provide on here. So thanks in advance!! Description of the disaster: Feb 13 On my third flight of the day I took off from my kayak a little ways off shore. Used auto takeoff and...