Dji Phantom 2: WARNING Beware of Auto Go Home Feature!

[Makuloco2000]

If you have updated your Dji Phantom 2 software and enabled this cool new feature it may be a good idea to think twice about it and beware of what it can do. Please watch the video for details before you fly. Hope this helps!

 

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Are you sure it was return to home that kicked in and not a lose of signal? 5.8ghz does not do so well when objects are in the way to interfere with its radio signal. Unlike the older 1.2/3 ghz and even 2.4 ghz technology, 5.8 ghz will not bend around objects....Rather it will bounce off an object and cause a lose of signal, even if only a brief moment the DJI is designed to activate RTH once signal is lost. Now once you it regains signal you should and I believe do have the ability to take control back of your quad but being as it hit a tree...Well that just plain sucks :/

 

[Makuloco2000]

Are you sure it was return to home that kicked in and not a lose of signal? 5.8ghz does not do so well when objects are in the way to interfere with its radio signal. Unlike the older 1.2/3 ghz and even 2.4 ghz technology, 5.8 ghz will not bend around objects....Rather it will bounce off an object and cause a lose of signal, even if only a brief moment the DJI is designed to activate RTH once signal is lost. Now once you it regains signal you should and I believe do have the ability to take control back of your quad but being as it hit a tree...Well that just plain sucks :/

Yes it was as I was right behind it maybe 10-15ft straight shot clear line of sight I was following someone through the woods and I was following behind the quad. It just sucks but all fixed I guess. I will probably be posting a video of the are right before it took off you can see what I mean.

 

[hamz9561]

I thought the radio was 2.4 GHz with the video downlink on 5.8GHz.

 

[Makuloco2000]

I thought the radio was 2.4 GHz with the video downlink on 5.8GHz.

Radio is 2.4 on the phantom 2
This was a phantom 2 vision plus so radio is 5.8 and the video downlink is 2.4.

 

[hamz9561]

Going to 5.8GHz for the radio is a very bad idea. DJI should have stayed with 2.4 GHz for the radio and gone with 900 MHz for the video down link and then gone to a WiFi translator. A lot of hams that deal with fast scan video use the 900 MHz band and have no problems going 100+ miles.