First, hello. Newbie here. Please forgive this long post. I simply would like to explain. I have flown various drones for nearly 20 years. I only recently found myself in a position to fly commercially so it's off to take the test next week. I have flown in many areas, states, cities, counties, etc. In this time I have had one crash that was 100% my fault, and a heart breaking failure of a Phantom 4 pro. My most recent purchase of the Air 3, a spectacular piece of equipment I might add, has provided a modern tool to the fullest extent, for consumer use at least. I loved my Phantom 4 Pro but on a perfectly clear day, as I flew it out to about a half mile in the forest it completely dropped the connection, the screen went dark, and to my horror, it never returned to home. I walked through the thick woods using the GPS and found it broken on the ground exactly where I lost the signal. It simply shut down and plummeted to the earth. I never figured out why. I checked everything and even sent the data to Houston,TX but never found out why.
So, when I took my new drone out for its 4th flight, testing the distance in wooded areas you can imagine my horror when the same thing occurred. During the flight, I had a really great signal even flying in a very wooded area. It easily surpassed my older drones abilities in distance but after only one signal warning it abruptly dumped the connection. OH NO! I climbed up on the bed of my truck to increase my height in hopes it would reconnect and after 35 seconds of terror, bam, there it was. I checked the flight data to see if it was returning home but there was a gap in the data of about a tenth of a mile so I am not sure. Due to the loss of my PH 4, I am really nervous about trusting these drones to return in case of a loss of signal. One would assume the technology would be there now, but after what happened, I am highly skeptical.
I would like to know if anyone out there has had similar incidents as I had with the PH 4 and if anyone has had to rely on the newer Air 3 to return home own its own.
So, when I took my new drone out for its 4th flight, testing the distance in wooded areas you can imagine my horror when the same thing occurred. During the flight, I had a really great signal even flying in a very wooded area. It easily surpassed my older drones abilities in distance but after only one signal warning it abruptly dumped the connection. OH NO! I climbed up on the bed of my truck to increase my height in hopes it would reconnect and after 35 seconds of terror, bam, there it was. I checked the flight data to see if it was returning home but there was a gap in the data of about a tenth of a mile so I am not sure. Due to the loss of my PH 4, I am really nervous about trusting these drones to return in case of a loss of signal. One would assume the technology would be there now, but after what happened, I am highly skeptical.
I would like to know if anyone out there has had similar incidents as I had with the PH 4 and if anyone has had to rely on the newer Air 3 to return home own its own.
