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mereflyer · Apr 27, 2021

RichardNoggin said:
Hey guys,

I just got my first drone Air 2s last week and had this happen to me over the weekend. In a wide open field, nothing around me and it kept climbing to 175 feet (high enough for my 5th flight lol). Not being comfortable with it, I brought it back manually as I could still see it. Failed 3 times on Saturday and worked maybe 3 times, all in the same location. I will try the suggested fix with calibrating the sensors.

Looking forward to hearing the results - If it works for you, it might be the answer for others who also experienced the same or similar problems!

RichardNoggin · Apr 27, 2021

mereflyer said:
Looking forward to hearing the results - If it works for you, it might be the answer for others who also experienced the same or similar problems!

I connected the Air 2s yesterday to the assistant and tried to recal the sensors and it failed both times. I took it out for a test flight in the back yard anyway. However, I tried to RTH from the side yard to the back yard, and it wouldnt go over my house, it just hovered. Even though the setting was enabled to avoid obstacles not "break." Still need to further test it. Ill try to do that this evening.

mereflyer · Apr 28, 2021

Do you have the correct assistant? search again and make certain you have the correct version for your machine - It is imperative to get those sensors working properly.!

RichardNoggin · May 3, 2021

mereflyer said:
Do you have the correct assistant? search again and make certain you have the correct version for your machine - It is imperative to get those sensors working properly.!

Yeah I made sure it was the correct assistant. The sensors seem to be working fine even though the calibration said it failed. I havent yet had the RTH issue since updating the firmware while hard wired to the assistant. Although, I am still nervous and hesitant to trust it completely. I feel like I still need to do more testing to draw an accurate conclusion.

RichardNoggin · May 10, 2021

mereflyer said:
Do you have the correct assistant? search again and make certain you have the correct version for your machine - It is imperative to get those sensors working properly.!

Another update, it seems to be working correctly now... Im also wondering if the error was that I wasnt familiar with some of the settings. I went to the same location as the first "error/ failure" and I set the RTH altitude to 88 feet. It came back with no issue. I noticed while I was in that setting it was defaulted to 200 feet altitude. So im wondering if thats what it was trying to do the first time. I panicked and manually took over as I didnt let it hit the 200 feet. It got to about 170 and I took over. So it could have been a newby mistake on my end.

mereflyer · May 11, 2021

Happy for you Richard. Guess you have learned the importance of those preflight checks, one of which should be to make sure the RTH altitude is set sufficiently high enough to clear any obstacles in the return pathway. I too learnt much from the mistakes I made in those important first flights and continue learning with every new flight. (The challenge is always there)!...

RichardNoggin · May 11, 2021

mereflyer said:
Happy for you Richard. Guess you have learned the importance of those preflight checks, one of which should be to make sure the RTH altitude is set sufficiently high enough to clear any obstacles in the return pathway. I too learnt much from the mistakes I made in those important first flights and continue learning with every new flight. (The challenge is always there)!...

Ha! Good to know Im not the only one. Thank you for your help and support on this matter. I will definitely make that part of my pre flight checks from now on