new antenna wow

lougil · Feb 21, 2017

New to the solo drone,I just got the fpvlr antenna and flew it down the beach at Wildwood Crest NJ took it to 8000 ft. and I sent it home, upon coming home I turned it around at about 5000 ft. so the camera would face me. It got disconnected I freaked out turned off the app and turned it back on twice got reconnected and flew it home. Will the solo still fly home when disconnected? I could have taken solo even further but wow this was over a mile and half and had 11 satellites , pretty amazing

andrew.baker.142 · Feb 21, 2017

By default the Solo will return to where it was armed if connection with the controller is lost. Of course as the user you can configure it (with Mission Planner) to do pretty much whatever you want it to do.

Rex Barlow · Feb 21, 2017

lougil said:
New to the solo drone,I just got the fpvlr antenna and flew it down the beach at Wildwood Crest NJ took it to 8000 ft. and I sent it home, upon coming home I turned it around at about 5000 ft. so the camera would face me. It got disconnected I freaked out turned off the app and turned it back on twice got reconnected and flew it home. Will the solo still fly home when disconnected? I could have taken solo even further but wow this was over a mile and half and had 11 satellites , pretty amazing

Yes, it happen to me all of time! Always RTH,

Bilge · Feb 21, 2017

Remember to fly your drone VLOS......( Visual Line of Sight ) ....and you won't get freaked out....& know the orientation of your aircraft...

Pedals2Paddles · Feb 21, 2017

The app is not required at all. Turning the app off and back on did nothing at all.

CanadianSolo · Feb 21, 2017

Remember its a good idea to check your RTH settings and change the altitude, to where your flying. It flys home as the crow flies, so if you went over the trees / hill it could fly through the trees/hill. I always set my RTH pretty high. That way it goes up first to altitude set then flies home and lands. Once your bird is back in RF coverage area you can press the FLY button or the Pause button and then you can resume control. No need to shut off the APP!! Enjoy fly safe!