RTH Altitude

[thelaird1]

I was out with my Mini 4 pro today and was at an altitude of around 60 metres. I have my settings to rise to 120 metres to RTH.
However, when I did a RTH, it didn’t go to 120m before coming back to me. It just stayed at the 60m and returned safely.
Not sure why this happened

 

[Meta4]

I was out with my Mini 4 pro today and was at an altitude of around 60 metres. I have my settings to rise to 120 metres to RTH.
However, when I did a RTH, it didn’t go to 120m before coming back to me. It just stayed at the 60m and returned safely.
Not sure why this happened

Sounds like you were expecting the old original RTH method.
DJI has advanced and now offers other RTH methods as well.
Read about them from p50 in the manual here:

https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/DJI_Mini_4_Pro/20240627/DJI_Mini_4_Pro_User_Manual_ENI.pdf

... and select the method that suits your flying environment.

 

[thelaird1]

Thank you. Yes I expected the old method from my mini 2. I was already higher than all obstacles when I initiated RTH

 

[HoozierDroneDaddy]

Without reading the manual. As I remember from several years ago, and it may not be that way now, is if you are within a certain distance from the controller, it does not rise to the RTH altitude and flies directly back to the home point.
How far away was the drone from the home point? And does this rule still apply?

 

[thelaird1]

Without reading the manual. As I remember from several years ago, and it may not be that way now, is if you are within a certain distance from the controller, it does not rise to the RTH altitude and flies directly back to the home point.
How far away was the drone from the home point? And does this rule still apply?

I was just over 1km away from the drone.
I was flying at a safe clearance height from trees, so the RTH had no obstacles in the way. I was just surprised when it didn’t go to 120m to come home.

 

[HoozierDroneDaddy]

I was just over 1km away from the drone.
I was flying at a safe clearance height from trees, so the RTH had no obstacles in the way. I was just surprised when it didn’t go to 120m to come home.

Sounds like my theory would not apply then. Will leave it to one of the experts to help.

 

[Michael Ainsworth]

You probably had it set to the advanced rth which gives the optimum rth. Will rise above obstacles if any in the way.

 

[Capt KO]

Always best to set RTH hight for the local circumstances, where I live and fly in Florida there's little to nothing higher than 75ft except maybe a few beach condos. No need to waste battery power going any higher, especially in an emergency.