Establishing a New Home Point

[pdmike]

When you use auto-takeoff and the quad is hovering, after a few seconds, it will establish its home point and the screen will tell you that. Then, you can use RTH to get back to that same spot. I get that.

Is there any way to establish a NEW home point during the same flight? In other words, let's say I am on an empty baseball field and I begin my flight with the home point at home plate. I take off and fly around for a bit. Now, I want to hover over second base and establish that as my new home point. Can that be done?

 

[RENOV8R]

Yes, you can have a fixed home point that can be changed according to location and one that's your transmitter location

 

[pdmike]

Yes, you can have a fixed home point that can be changed according to location and one that's your transmitter location

I realize you can change your home point from flight to flight. What I'm talking about is changing your home point during the SAME flight. I take off, establishing the home point as the place where the quad takes off originally. Now I'm flying all over the place. Now, while still flying, I want to change the home point to a different location. Can I do that? If so, how?

 

[RENOV8R]

Home point is the first setting you see in Go 4 app. Click on the 3 dots in the top-right corner for main controller settings and the first in line is basics settings. The first thing you see is home point settings with 2 tabs. When you click on the first tab it records the home point as where the P4P is sitting and will always return to this point. So to answer your question, if you wanted to change your home point you'd have to land the P4P and click on the tab to record the new home position. BUT this is where the second tab comes in! When you click on it, the home point is now your controller, not where you took off. This is useful if you are moving instead of standing still so if you were say in a boat or riding a bike it would come back to YOU, not where it originally TOOK OFF. Hope that helps

 

[pdmike]

Home point is the first setting you see in Go 4 app. Click on the 3 dots in the top-right corner for main controller settings and the first in line is basics settings. The first thing you see is home point settings with 2 tabs. When you click on the first tab it records the home point as where the P4P is sitting and will always return to this point. So to answer your question, if you wanted to change your home point you'd have to land the P4P and click on the tab to record the new home position. BUT this is where the second tab comes in! When you click on it, the home point is now your controller, not where you took off. This is useful if you are moving instead of standing still so if you were say in a boat or riding a bike it would come back to YOU, not where it originally TOOK OFF. Hope that helps

Well, it does - in a way. I understand you can make the home point a spot on the ground or your controller. Right now, I'm not interested in making it the controller; only a spot on the ground. So you have to LAND to set up a new control point, right? Where is the tab to record the new home point? Are you talking about the tab that is opposed to the tab to make the controller the home point? Because that tab should already be activated. What - do you click on the controller home point tab and then go back to the home point on the ground tab to reset it, once you have landed?

 

[RENOV8R]

Well, it does - in a way. I understand you can make the home point a spot on the ground or your controller. Right now, I'm not interested in making it the controller; only a spot on the ground. So you have to LAND to set up a new control point, right? Where is the tab to record the new home point? Are you talking about the tab that is opposed to the tab to make the controller the home point? Because that tab should already be activated. What - do you click on the controller home point tab and then go back to the home point on the ground tab to reset it, once you have landed?

Of course you do. Do you want a home point somewhere up in the air???

 

[pdmike]

Of course you do. Do you want a home point somewhere up in the air???

Don't think so. Thanks for your thoughts here - have been most helpful. Sometimes, in this high tech world, the knowledge that you just can't do something is quite valuable. Saves you a lot of time knocking your head against that old, tech wall.