pdmike
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We ventured a little farther afield today, i.e., I lost sight of the sucker. (Shhhhhh ...) I knew I was going to - that was the idea. I figured when I wanted to bring her home, all I would have to do would be to execute a 180, using the camera and known landmarks, and move out on a straight line, back to the starting point.
Well, it didn't work that way. I got her out of sight, all right, but I did a bit more than a 180, and the quad went off in a "strange direction." After a bit, I was completely lost and couldn't see the quad at all. So I went from map display to ground display or whatever it's called - you know, where you are looking at houses and streets, etc.
I saw three things on the display, superimposed over the ground display. A red arrow, a blue dot and a yellow icon with H in it. I was pretty good at the yellow dot, but hat a lot of trouble figuring out how to point the quad toward the yellow dot. I assumed you do that with the red arrow but, somehow, it didn't seem to work. And what's the blue dot supposed to indicate?
So I ended up mashing the RTH button and pretty soon, here she came.
How about some thoughts on what to do next time I'm in a fix like that? Using RTH is for sissies. I want to bring her back into sight and onto the landing pad manually.
Well, it didn't work that way. I got her out of sight, all right, but I did a bit more than a 180, and the quad went off in a "strange direction." After a bit, I was completely lost and couldn't see the quad at all. So I went from map display to ground display or whatever it's called - you know, where you are looking at houses and streets, etc.
I saw three things on the display, superimposed over the ground display. A red arrow, a blue dot and a yellow icon with H in it. I was pretty good at the yellow dot, but hat a lot of trouble figuring out how to point the quad toward the yellow dot. I assumed you do that with the red arrow but, somehow, it didn't seem to work. And what's the blue dot supposed to indicate?
So I ended up mashing the RTH button and pretty soon, here she came.
How about some thoughts on what to do next time I'm in a fix like that? Using RTH is for sissies. I want to bring her back into sight and onto the landing pad manually.