In his original statement, he said: "However, its maximum speed seemed to be reduced by about half even when I was trying to fly forward at full speed. A few minutes later, when the Phantom was about half a mile away (it would have been home at that point if the max speed was not reduced), the battery ran down so far that it auto landed. I tried to recover it but was unable to find it."
His power dropped and he got the error message. He was attempting to fly home. After getting the message and attempting to return home, the bird was--at that point, after a "few minutes later"--still a half mile away from its point of origin.
That does not sound to me like flying within LOS. Just going by the information provided as I understood it.
P.S. Half a mile is 2,640 feet. One would think a Phantom at a distance of 2,640 would be an indistinguishable dot at best.
His power dropped and he got the error message. He was attempting to fly home. After getting the message and attempting to return home, the bird was--at that point, after a "few minutes later"--still a half mile away from its point of origin.
That does not sound to me like flying within LOS. Just going by the information provided as I understood it.
P.S. Half a mile is 2,640 feet. One would think a Phantom at a distance of 2,640 would be an indistinguishable dot at best.
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