Ran Out Of Room

gunman · May 18, 2017

I was testing my new batteries yesterday and i started heading out pretty far. 1700+ feet then it stopped. Residential area. I tried calling it back, that didn't work. I ran about 1/2 block to reconnect. Flipped the home switch to be safe, then back to angle. Reconnected fine. I have some data on battery flight time also.
Factory battery1: 17:24. Flight was easy and took dual layer panorama photo. A lot of hovering.
UltraX 3A: 18:55. Flight was more intense and went out past 1700 feet.
UltraX 4A: 18:24. Tried follow me mode with obstacle avoidance on. Didn't quite like it. It seems to take a while how to navigate between 2 large trees.

Steve Carr · May 18, 2017

When you say it stopped, are you referring to the video feed?

gunman · May 19, 2017

From the videos, it looks like controls froze. Video keeps recording.

Steve Carr · May 19, 2017

gunman said:
From the videos, it looks like controls froze. Video keeps recording.

The video feed is a wifi connection and is the weakest link. You may see the screen breakup or freeze and it may show a message about reconnecting. Don't confuse that with the control signal. Even thought the video feed may freeze the aircraft is still under full control probably up to 5000' or more depending on conditions. Sometimes gaining altitude will allow the video to reconnect. If you have the RTH altitude set high enough to avoid hitting anything, just go to Home mode and wait until you can see it and then you can take over manually.