IF..... the iPad dies during a flight ?
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RTH works great. You also see your drone while flying, so there is no problem. I had a crazy phone that would cut out on me. I just kept flying and brought it home early.
Give it a try so you know what to expect, my blooming tablet similar when phone rings,,its like I'll call you back I'm flying and app comes back after phone call,,drone behaves well and just sits there ,I know not sposed to take calls but it happens,
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Your iPad doesn't control the drone .. the controller does.
The iPad just gives you the view from the camera and telemetry.
Easy to check for yourself by hovering your drone close where you can see it ... say 20 feet away and pull the cable from the iPad.
The drone will continue hovering.
Then use the controller a bit and fly around.
Plug the cable back in and it's back to normal.
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While you’re flying turn on “Do Not Disturb” on iPhone and/or iPad. It’s the crescent ? moon icon in the Control Panel.
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To be fair, when calls come in on the latest iOS, it only puts a notification at the top of the screen instead of taking over the entire screen like it used to, but I agree - DND on any drone-related device.
Post number four. Send it off somewhere, then hit the rth button.
But only if you know the the home point was recorded at takeoff.
But only if you know the the home point was recorded at takeoff.
If in LOS just bring the Drone back visually... If not hit RTH button
on the Transmitter and it will come back to LOS range.
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on the Transmitter and it will come back to LOS range.
Jerry
If it´s a Phantom then use the RTH button if the RC has. If not then turn off the RC and the RTH will be kicked in.
Tested on my P3S.
Tested on my P3S.
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And don't forget what your RTH altitude is because the drone will climb to that before returning!
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You do not need an App to fly the drone, but it's a nice thing to see what the drone sees! In the UK you are supposed to keep the drone in sight all the time so again, you don't need the App.
FWIW, most of my initial test flights are done sans tablet. Coming from the old Phantom 1 days, the tablet is a luxury...<;^)
And I agree with the Moderator that you should test and learn how to use the RTH function sans tablet. I'll double down on that by asserting that you should practice flying sans tablet.
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And I agree with the Moderator that you should test and learn how to use the RTH function sans tablet. I'll double down on that by asserting that you should practice flying sans tablet.
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If you want to be pedantic and talk about specialised apps used for programmed automomous missions, It's still the controller that controls the drone.
You can use a mapping app to load a programmed flight into the drone's internal memory.
But the controller still is connected to the app and at any time the flyer can resume control by flicking the flight mode switch to atti and back.
If you want to be double pedantic, if the iPad is controlling the controller, and the controller is controlling the drone, is the iPad not indirectly controlling the drone?
True. But that's not using the iPad AS the controller. In that situation, the app can completely crash and it will have no effect on the mission. I actually experienced this just 2 days ago on a job. The app crashed, but I let the drone finish its mission umimpeded.
And ATTI mode (AKA: The panic button) takes the drone out of ANY intelligent flight mode, INCLUDING RTH. So while your statement is technically true, it goes without saying and proves nothing regarding what the iPad is or isn't doing.
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Really?
Since you can unplug your iPad and continue flying as if nothing happened it's hard to see what you are getting at.
Nope. Talking in circles here. It was already established that IF the APP is controlling the drone, unplugging the iPad or crashing the app will stop the mission dead in its tracks. I use these apps every week. Some apps upload waypoints to the FC so the drone can fly autonomously sans iPad, and some apps control the drone in real-time, in which case the iPad must stay connected and the app must stay running. They are two completely different situations. Other apps do BOTH.
In a third scenario, some apps can fly "connectionless," in which case even the controller becomes superfluous, in that if the drone loses connection with the controller, it WON'T RTH, but will instead continue its mission. I fly all 3 scenarios all the time. I actually flew all 3 scenarios just last Wednesday the 24th.
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