Hey guys.
I'm a new pilot. This morning I had my mini on the sea shore over the water: about 10 meters away from me and about 2 storeys high. Wind was a very light westerly- coming from behind me. I had the prop guards on too.
Anyway when I tried to return it back it wouldn't come. I panicked a bit and ended up pressing RTH which then started landing it on the water. I freaked and jammed up on the stick and while it didn't seem too happy to be doing so, it started to climb and I managed to get it back over the beach.
I need to figure out what went wrong. Wind is the obvious one but it was very light.
Apart from wind, what are the other common offenders? And I assumed RTH was already set automatically?
Thanks
I'm a new pilot. This morning I had my mini on the sea shore over the water: about 10 meters away from me and about 2 storeys high. Wind was a very light westerly- coming from behind me. I had the prop guards on too.
Anyway when I tried to return it back it wouldn't come. I panicked a bit and ended up pressing RTH which then started landing it on the water. I freaked and jammed up on the stick and while it didn't seem too happy to be doing so, it started to climb and I managed to get it back over the beach.
I need to figure out what went wrong. Wind is the obvious one but it was very light.
Apart from wind, what are the other common offenders? And I assumed RTH was already set automatically?
Thanks