Rth settings

Sid nguyen · Dec 26, 2016

default is 82ft. If you are flying at 100ft will it go down to 82ft? Or does it climb another 82ft? I saw rewind box. If that isn't checked does the solo rotate around? Wasn't sure what that option was for.

Thanks-Sid

Don H. · Dec 26, 2016

Yes, it will drop to 82 feet. It goes to the programmed altitude. Rewind backs the Solo up from its last flight path then returns to home. So, let's say you are flying 100 feet away from you and you decide to make a right turn and it flys another 30 feet then goes into RTH on its own. It will stop, back up 30 feet make a left turn proceed appx another 30 feet or so then climb to the RTH altitude and fly home. It may not be exact. I didn't like it when they had that option defaulted to "on". It scared me the first time it happened. I thought something was seriously wrong and attempting a flyaway. Once I realized what it was doing I was ok with it. In a later app update they removed the default "on" selection.
I don't recall if it rotates around though.

pyrate · Dec 26, 2016

I personally don't use rewind, and I set my return to home altitude to well above anything in the area

andrew.baker.142 · Dec 26, 2016

I believe during an RTH the quad will remain at its current altitude unless it needs to climb to the RTH altitude. I don't believe it will descend if it is alrezdy above the RTH altitude.

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Pedals2Paddles · Dec 26, 2016

It will not descend to the RTH altitude if you are above it at the time. It will maintain current altitude if above the RTH altitude. If below the RTH altitude, it will climb to that altitude first.

YOU MUST SET YOUR RTH ALTITUDE TO BE HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST OBSTACLE IN YOUR AREA OF FLIGHT. Otherwise, you run the risk of it flying into a building or tree or whatever happens to be in the way when it tries to RTH.

Rewind is not part of any failsafe. It will not rewind when you lose signal. That was the original intent, but the idea was scrapped in beta. Rewind only happens manually by long pressing the pause button. No other circumstances initiate rewind.

Sid nguyen · Dec 26, 2016

Pedals2Paddles said:
It will not descend to the RTH altitude if you are above it at the time. It will maintain current altitude if above the RTH altitude. If below the RTH altitude, it will climb to that altitude first.

YOU MUST SET YOUR RTH ALTITUDE TO BE HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST OBSTACLE IN YOUR AREA OF FLIGHT. Otherwise, you run the risk of it flying into a building or tree or whatever happens to be in the way when it tries to RTH.

Rewind is not part of any failsafe. It will not rewind when you lose signal. That was the original intent, but the idea was scrapped in beta. Rewind only happens manually by long pressing the pause button. No other circumstances initiate rewind.

I believe you are correct about the rewind. When I loss signal I was in the middle of a orbital shot and sure enough the drone popped up and almost hit the building. If it would have taken the return path i would have been a whole happier camper.

Sid nguyen · Dec 26, 2016

So if that is the case is there any reason not to have the drone pop up to 200 ft and come
Home for 99% if the time? I was 8000ft above sea level when I launched and it was 22f degrees outside. The moment i hit about 50% of the shot the drone lost signal. I had the antenna pointed down and couldn't believe that happened so quickly. Maybe it was environmental reasons.

Don H. · Dec 26, 2016

Pedals2Paddles said:
It will not descend to the RTH altitude if you are above it at the time. It will maintain current altitude if above the RTH altitude. If below the RTH altitude, it will climb to that altitude first.

YOU MUST SET YOUR RTH ALTITUDE TO BE HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST OBSTACLE IN YOUR AREA OF FLIGHT. Otherwise, you run the risk of it flying into a building or tree or whatever happens to be in the way when it tries to RTH.

Rewind is not part of any failsafe. It will not rewind when you lose signal. That was the original intent, but the idea was scrapped in beta. Rewind only happens manually by long pressing the pause button. No other circumstances initiate rewind.

P2P are you sure about that? I could swear mine descended when I was above the RTH altitude.
I'll have to try it agn this week in the desert.

Don H. · Dec 26, 2016

Okay,
I just searched the manual. See page 33, Case 1.

If above the RTH altitude and it goes into RTH then the Solo will ascend 10 meters and then return to home.
Yes, I was incorrect on that.
Thanks for the clarification.

Toiletbowl · Dec 27, 2016

mine always use 40 meters altitude

SARDG · Dec 27, 2016

Toiletbowl said:
mine always use 40 meters altitude

I suppose that's because you have it set to 40M.

Pedals2Paddles · Dec 28, 2016

Sid nguyen said:
So if that is the case is there any reason not to have the drone pop up to 200 ft and come Home for 99% if the time?

Nope. Not at all. I have mine set for 130ft because there is absolutely nothing higher than that around here. So I do not need to worry about adjusting it before every flight. But if I travel elsewhere, it is on my to-do list before flight.

Sid nguyen said:
I was 8000ft above sea level when I launched and it was 22f degrees outside. The moment i hit about 50% of the shot the drone lost signal. I had the antenna pointed down and couldn't believe that happened so quickly. Maybe it was environmental reasons.

The temperature and altitude have no effect on signal. That will certainly reduce your battery life though. Did you have the antennas angled out, or pointing straight down? How far up and how far away? Obstacles?

Sid nguyen · Dec 28, 2016

Pedals2Paddles said:
Nope. Not at all. I have mine set for 130ft because there is absolutely nothing higher than that around here. So I do not need to worry about adjusting it before every flight. But if I travel elsewhere, it is on my to-do list before flight.

The temperature and altitude have no effect on signal. That will certainly reduce your battery life though. Did you have the antennas angled out, or pointing straight down? How far up and how far away? Obstacles?

I was up 75 feet. 4000ft altitude. 240ft away. Antenna down and side. Circling a temple. Temple was in the way.

pyrate · Dec 28, 2016

well the temple might have had something to do with it

Pedals2Paddles · Dec 28, 2016

Ya. Putting the solo behind a building would indeed block the signal. That's a no brainer.

SARDG · Dec 28, 2016

Sid nguyen said:
So if that is the case is there any reason not to have the drone pop up to 200 ft....

I'm with P2P, I don't set mine higher than what I need to clear localized obstacles. Just not really necessary. If the battery gets low, and it initiates an auto RTH, and you don't have manual control, it may take it's last bit of battery to climb to 200' and you still have to get it down - painfully slow if not in manual or stabilize.