Solo randomly begins homing and beeps while doing so. Does not land were it took off, and crashed into my house.

jabbajavva · Mar 23, 2025

I was flying my solo in my backyard, and it was going fine for a few minutes, and the drone was at 75% battery. The drone was only about 40 feet away from me when it suddenly began to home and I couldnt stop it. I thought it would return to where it took off, but instead it kept going and hit my house, breaking all of the props and possibly bending the frame. I did not have the camera in, so I don't have to worry about that. The battery also fell out when the drone hit the ground, and one of the stands/landing gears broke off and snapped. What caused this? This is not the first time this has happened, but this is the first time it has hit something on the way down. There is no error message on the srceen when iot does this, and the battery was around 75%, so i dont understand why it would randomly decide to land and destroy itself. Is my drone suicidal?

CharlieKeck · Mar 23, 2025

jabbajavva said:
I was flying my solo in my backyard, and it was going fine for a few minutes, and the drone was at 75% battery. The drone was only about 40 feet away from me when it suddenly began to home and I couldnt stop it. I thought it would return to where it took off, but instead it kept going and hit my house, breaking all of the props and possibly bending the frame. I did not have the camera in, so I don't have to worry about that. The battery also fell out when the drone hit the ground, and one of the stands/landing gears broke off and snapped. What caused this? This is not the first time this has happened, but this is the first time it has hit something on the way down. There is no error message on the srceen when iot does this, and the battery was around 75%, so i dont understand why it would randomly decide to land and destroy itself. Is my drone suicidal?

If using an original Solo battery, it's very likely it failed in flight. These old batteries are not safe to fly as they can appear fine under no/light load. The Solo probably entered RTH for low battery.
Seriously, a weak cell can fail without warning under a heavy current draw. Consider a battery rebuild from JB Mod Parts | Home and in any case, please read this:

A quick tutorial on Solo battery maintenance.pdf

drive.google.com

If a Facebook user, check out "JB'S Solo Owners User Group" for everything Solo, and lots of info regarding batteries. This is a very active group of Solo enthusiasts...Best Luck

CharlieKeck · Mar 23, 2025

I should have mentioned that JB's FB Group is semi-private. Being a Solo owner you'll be in.
Best luck! Stick with your Solo...

jabbajavva · Mar 24, 2025

CharlieKeck said:
If using an original Solo battery, it's very likely it failed in flight. These old batteries are not safe to fly as they can appear fine under no/light load. The Solo probably entered RTH for low battery.
Seriously, a weak cell can fail without warning under a heavy current draw. Consider a battery rebuild from JB Mod Parts | Home and in any case, please read this:

A quick tutorial on Solo battery maintenance.pdf

drive.google.com

If a Facebook user, check out "JB'S Solo Owners User Group" for everything Solo, and lots of info regarding batteries. This is a very active group of Solo enthusiasts...Best Luck

Thank you for the advice!