A few days ago my H+ crashed into a tree over pavement while executing a return home and was smashed to bits. Happened so quickly with so little room to spare that I couldn't cancel in time. I was finishing up a real estate lot shoot in dense trees, but I was hovering over a clear spot at 20 feet - because I knew I was pushing the battery and assumed the drone would simply lower itself and land immediately in a critical battery situation. Instead, having very little power remaining, it quickly climbed to just below the height of a nearby tree and then started a horizontal return to the home point about 100 ft away. This was, in itself, wrong because my RTH height was set to 250 ft and well above trees and structures in my area. It never did RTH before at that low an altitude.
This seems like faulty programming because why would the drone attempt a power hungry and lengthy RTH on critical battery? It didn't even climb to the correct height. I really liked this system and was considering buying another (once I win the lottery!) but this kind of thing is making me reconsider.
This seems like faulty programming because why would the drone attempt a power hungry and lengthy RTH on critical battery? It didn't even climb to the correct height. I really liked this system and was considering buying another (once I win the lottery!) but this kind of thing is making me reconsider.