I had a rather interesting flight yesterday. My Mavic Pro was at a height of about 370 FT and a distance of only about 110 FT from me when I hit the RTH button. My failsafe/RTH altitude was set at 30M which equates to about 100 FT or so. I am new to flying this, but my understanding is that the drone would turn accordingly first towards the homepoint, then cruise at an altitude of 370 FT to my home point (since I was well above the RTH altitude). It would then lower.
Instead, my drone quickly went UP to about 460 ft, well above the 120M limit I have set in the app. Interestingly enough, the warning that it had reached the maximum height did not go off. I cancelled RTH and brought it down to a lower height of about 250FT, I then hit the RTH again and it once again, went UP instead of down... I was concerned at that time because it was getting quite windy and I could hear the drone struggling.
The only thing I can think that caused this was when the drone turned back towards the home point, the Sun was in the West, closely to setting. Is it possible that the drone detected the Sun as an object and went up in an attempt to avoid it? Even above the maximum altitude allowed?
I also noticed when I tried to bring it home manually, the drone constantly stopped after going forward and said "BRAKING NOW! RETURN STICKS TO MIDPOINT". This is why I'm lead to believe that the Sun was what was creating all of this confusion with the drone because it probably had that in its view. I still don't understand why it would go up, exceeding the 400FT limit in my settings though. Does my rationalization sound valid? If the Sun is causing the forward sensors to disable the drone from certain functions, maybe in the evening conditions, I should consider turning that feature off?
Instead, my drone quickly went UP to about 460 ft, well above the 120M limit I have set in the app. Interestingly enough, the warning that it had reached the maximum height did not go off. I cancelled RTH and brought it down to a lower height of about 250FT, I then hit the RTH again and it once again, went UP instead of down... I was concerned at that time because it was getting quite windy and I could hear the drone struggling.
The only thing I can think that caused this was when the drone turned back towards the home point, the Sun was in the West, closely to setting. Is it possible that the drone detected the Sun as an object and went up in an attempt to avoid it? Even above the maximum altitude allowed?
I also noticed when I tried to bring it home manually, the drone constantly stopped after going forward and said "BRAKING NOW! RETURN STICKS TO MIDPOINT". This is why I'm lead to believe that the Sun was what was creating all of this confusion with the drone because it probably had that in its view. I still don't understand why it would go up, exceeding the 400FT limit in my settings though. Does my rationalization sound valid? If the Sun is causing the forward sensors to disable the drone from certain functions, maybe in the evening conditions, I should consider turning that feature off?
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