Desending below home take off.

[Hark]

When I get close to take off alt. it goes into landing mode. I usually fly 30 to 50 feet below take off. I have to hold the stop landing mode button and descend at the same time. When I do manage to get below take off altitude I can fly there till I go back above it. It has just started this about a couple weeks ago.

 

[slup]

Hi there & welcome to the forum ?

What model of DJI craft?
Have landing protection on?
Have VPS sensors on?

Usually DJI drones activate the autolanding when it sense ground beneath closer than 0,5m & you hold the throttle down for more than 3sec.

 

[old man mavic]

welcome to the forum ,it should not go into landing mode if you fly out over a drop and then descend
as @slup said we need more info to be able to help you with your question

 

[Steel63]

Greetings from ? Florida

 

[Hark]

When I try to descend below take off I'm usually 20 to 60 feet above ground or anything that would activate the censors. Some times I can fly fast and descend at the same time to get below take off altitude.

 

[CactusJackSlade]

When I try to descend below take off I'm usually 20 to 60 feet above ground or anything that would activate the censors. Some times I can fly fast and descend at the same time to get below take off altitude.

Which aircraft are you talking about?

 

[dirkclod]

Welcome to the forum.
I hope you will find our site helpful and look forward to any input , photo's/video's you might post .
Don't be shy and ask anything if you can't find it by searching. ?

 

[Thomas B]

Welcome to the forum from the deserts of Arizona! Enjoy.

 

[mrjohnc1]

Welcome from Ohio!

 

[MA2 317]

Hello from the Hoosier Heartland Hark.

Welcome to the Forum. ?

 

[Meta4]

When I get close to take off alt. it goes into landing mode. I usually fly 30 to 50 feet below take off. I have to hold the stop landing mode button and descend at the same time. When I do manage to get below take off altitude I can fly there till I go back above it. It has just started this about a couple weeks ago.

As usual more information and recorded flight data is required to work out what's going on.

Go to DJI Flight Log Viewer | Phantom Help
Follow the instructions there to upload your flight record from your phone or tablet.
That will give you a detailed report of the flight.
Come back and post a link to the report it gives you.
Or .. just post the txt file here.

 

[wjkrysak]

Welcome to the forum. We look forward to your participation and your view of the world.

 

[anotherlab]

Welcome aboard @Hark and greetings from Albany, NY!?

 

[eaglesurfing]

Welcome to the forum and enjoy.

Please share your pictures, videos and knowledge about your drones.

 

[A.O.]

Welcome to the forum!! I have an MA2 and it does the same... sometimes, and sometimes not, not sure as to why. The first time I was over my pond and when it said LANDING I almost had a heart attack!! Just pushed the left joystick up and all was well... scary.

 

[Deleted member 133794]

Welcome and enjoy ? from the ??

 

[Mavikhan]

WELCOME ABOARD!

 

[tlswift58]

Flown in several gorges / valleys that were well below - a good 200-500 feet - below take-off AGL with no such activation.

If you take-off in an area that the drone cannot connect to enough satellites, it will not set a RTH spot until it does make contact with the satellites. I encounter that a lot when droning waterfalls in Western NC / N. GA / and Upstate SC - due to trees / obstacles / or sitting in a valley. The drone will not go above the 98 foot level, so I take it there and it can usually make a connection and then sets RTH at that spot - which can be quite far from where I took off. You simply have to be aware of what is going on with the drone at take-off and if it does not set an RTH fairly quickly and the satellite icon in upper right corner of your screen is red - then there is not a good connection.

As everyone prior has stated - more info is needed to figure it out. What FlyApp version do you have, drone model, and what is the firmware version for the drone?

 

[Laborous]

Welcome to the forum from the beautiful woods of Maine!

 

[cgmaxed]

It's strange that the person having this problem has not responded to any of your questions. What aircraft? what app? etc. All I know is, none of my mavics do that (M2P,M2Z,MA2,MavMini). All my firmware is up to date. I fly off bridges often and then fly below my take off point. The drone acts perfectly normal, giving me a negative altitude reading. It only attempts landing if it senses the ground below it.