My drone stopped and went into a hover mode in the middle of a mission.
This happened to me just today 10/2/18
Phantom 4 Pro
Samsung 6 phone. I tried using my Nvidia Shield tablet and it wouldn’t even connect even though I had the mission saved for offline use.
I had already flown through one battery. Brought the drone down, switched out the battery, continued the mission. Everything went as planned until I got part way into the 3rd or 4th leg and the drone just stopped. I could still see the camera view, no warnings came up, nothing. I finally just switched over to P mode and flew it back…turned off the drone, changed out the battery, and then continued the flight with no issues after that.
When I got home I uploaded my flight records to AirData and it shows Zero issues during that flight. No GPS problems or battery issues…nothing.
That happens. Could have been momentary interference.
I had it happen in one field at one place. Tried it with two different drones and they both stopped there.
I redid the flight plan to approach it from a different angle and they made it through there - although about an hour later - big field.
Thanks for the input, Gary. I’ve flown this same area on numerous occasions…never had this happen. After I brought the drone down and switched out the battery, it started right back up and didn’t have any issues at all. Just some sort of weird occurrence I guess.
Adam…thank you for your input. I made sure that all of the obstacle avoidance was off before I even started. I was flying between 11:30 am and 12:00 pm…so the sun was definitely not low in the sky. And I’ve flown this same location numerous times with no issues like this at all.
Must have just been a glitch in the system because I brought the drone down, swapped out the battery and it finished up without a hitch.