How Accurate is the DJI Return to Home Feature?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มี.ค. 2017
- Have you ever wondered exactly how accurate the DJI Return to Home is? I test in this video multiple times to find out! It wasn't as accurate as I once believed...
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Just another typical drone video for y'all :)
Hey this is kind of a noob question but when your trying to lower the quad copter, will it shut off the motors when you pull the left lever all the way down into the locking position? I have been afraid to do that because when I'm close to the ground, it will shut off the motors because it knows its going to land.
Only if your touching the ground but if your in the air it make you decrease altitude a lot faster
Huddy Buddy no only csc will shut the motors midair (both sticks down and towards eachother)
Great video! I would like to see you try this again but further away from the structure. I think you may have been getting some multipath error from the GPS signals bouncing off of the garage door. That way have caused some of the positioning error you were seeing.
did when you take off did it say home position set
I wouldn't care so much as long as came back to me!!
True:)
clack1971 I would hope it's as accurate as possible, I live by a bunch of trees and power lines. My takeoffs and landings happen in a small space
Cody Werther tilt the gimbal camera all the way down and just steer using right stick,or just cancel RTH then ctrl manually to land or hand catch
10 feet really isn't too bad. It's pretty much common sense to have an open area for take off and landing. It was actually more accurate than I thought. Cheers!
That's true! I just wanted to see for anyone who may not have that big of an open space haha
I think DJI says it will return home within 20 feet of Home point...I'll take it. Better than a fly away
Very true
Reggie Bass exactly paying 475 $ I rather it return home then fly away
Reggie Bass mine didn’t. It was about 50 feet in the air and it went straight up and zoomed sideways like 150ft away and hit a tree
thank you! very informative!
Hi mate.. can you change the speed of RTH in p3 adv? Mines too slow coming back!!
Subscribed,great info
nice video!!
Im looking at a P3 on ebay right now and considering to buy it, would it be good to record and chase RC planes?
Thanks Carson. I'd say those that have a P3S like myself have seen this. Mine has come back very close but generally it's off by 5 to 10 feet. Do you think the electrical line across the street my skew the GPS data?
No problem Dale! Also to answer that question...possibly it might interfere as many other commenters have asked the same question but I haven't ever really noticed them interfering with the drone before but it definitely could be the cause.
Can the GPS be affected by the clouds (seems like it was a very cloudy day in your vdo)? I heard soneone mention sonething about flying on a cloudy day and the drone may not be very accurate in keeping a steady/solid hover?? or it may not be able to pinpoint its exact position ?? True or false pls someone? Cheers.
from your opinion....since yours runs on wifi do you recommend that or lightbridge
Compass calibration is critically important . I notice nearby there are Power lines , Electric light fittings on your garage . Possibly even steel garage doors . All of these can influence your phantom . Incidentally having your hand over the top centre of your phantom while calibrating can also interfere with the gps location . A good and informative channel Carson . Keep up the great work !
btw i also have the P3 standard it will return home to within about 3 feet of launch . Greetings from New Zealand .. ;-)
Nice video man
Thank you random person xD
Hi mr C my RTL will not work! it lands Where ever it is located ! Let’s say I was 20 Metres away and I used the app RTL It will just land Any ideas thanks MrG
When I click RTH on my second flight the drone landed somewhere else away from me I don't know if me being on a roof play a part
hey carson, can you cancel return to home mid way? say if the drone returned to my area and i can see that it's not directly above where i want it to land, can i cancel return to home and land manually?
Absolutely! You can do it via the app by pressing the red cancel button for RTH or do it from the controller by switching the S1 switch to another position and then moving it back. Hope this helps you!
thanks carson!
Did you calibrate the compass before doing this?
Great videos for me to start with.Q is altitude set in meters above start position Q dose the return to home work when in follow mode and if so will it return to its take off point .Ie is there a return to controller position mode.might seem like silly questions but it is all new to me
I love your videos. I have p3 standard too
Thank you so much:) I'm always happy to know people enjoy the videos I'm putting out!
nice vid ! i have a phantom 3 standard too
Thanks and nice:)
Hey Carson miller should I try to get a phantom 3 standard or a GoPro hero session
Hmm I honestly would get the DJI Phantom 3 Standard as I love drones but if you are looking more into taking action shots and having a really nice camera to take videos that don't require the drone, then definitely get the GoPro.
Carson Miller ok thanks I problably will try to get drone
If you take aircraft to 10- meters or 33-feet before you go from home point it should be very close, I have a mavic and it does very good if I do this before leaving the area. It will land within 2-feet depending on wind.
The Mavic actually uses the VPS cameras in order to land which I hadn't known in this video but do now because of some commenters :)
Return to home saved me twice last week. Lost sight of it had no idea where it was at? Looked at screen and still in the air.was way to windy to fly. so I hit return to home and a few minutes here it comes...so nice to have return to home.
I agree!
hello I read yesterday and seen here on your page if the drone will return home about 10-20 feet not bad but I found out that if you reset your home port then hit the return home on your cell that the drone will yes will return were you set it I seen it happened 3 times work great maybe you can try this and let us know thanks
Thats what many people have been saying! Soon I may make a 2.0 of this video just to test everything that everyone is suggesting:)
Carson miller I saw the comment that said can you try out how accurate the return to home mode is, and u replied that that was a good video idea
Q : I don't know why I can't recording or snapping pics what's wrong can u help me ?! Thanx
It's more than likely being caused by either a micro SD card not being in the drone, or the micro SD card in the drone is full to it's capacity!
Have you ever tried the other controller software...Litchi? Wonder if it's any better?
Carson Miller our drones don't have the vps of the more expensive dji quads so it won't land in the same exact place as it uses GPS only. I love mine
Haha yeah...at the time of making this video, I didn't even know the higher-end DJI drones had that capability xD
***** cool yet expensive still. Im flying my later on today
Carson... Watched another video recently, where another DJI pilot tried a similar thing with his drone. He found that during the initial lift off, you need to go directly up (34') from your start point, for the drone to get an accurate picture of where it needs to come back to. He did what you did, take off and fly away. Results were the same as yours. With the initial 34' climb over the spot, drone returned to within a foot of the take off point. Just something to file away in the FYI file. Of course you may not see this response, given the date of your posting.
you are making very nice video
Thank you Tasim!
could you do a dynamic return to home video/test!? love these vids
As in moving around and changing the RTH point after each take off? Maybe:)
This is an example of accuracy vs precision. The return to home isn't accurate, but it is precise :)
Very true:)
Greg Johnson pool
The new mavic pro has image positioning where it takes a picture of where it took off so it can land within inches of the takeoff
Hmm I didn't know that...that's great information to know thank you:)
Does it automatically set home point every time you land and takeoff again?
Yep it does. At least, it should...make sure the volume on your phone is up though as it does prompt you with a message saying that the home point has been set:)
Thanks for your fast reaction!
Thanks Again Carson
It's Sooooo Cold Here In Detroit Can't Fly Mines But Yaaaaay 4 1st Day Of Spring Here
No problem! Also yes:) the spring weather is when it's a perfect time to fly
i had that issue till i recalibrated compass and IMU now its dead on within 1 ft of homepoint also change settings of homepoint to location of drone not contoller. so far 10 out of 10 times it hasnt failed me yet. also make sure you calibrate your compass on iphone if using an iphone or similiar android.
Close enough. Love the RTH feature. It's a relief seeing it come home when you lose orientation of the bird and use that function to see it RTH. As its landing, simply control the bird to a better landing spot.
That's typically what I do...I just wanted to see how accurate it was in this situation just in case you ever lost connection with your controller and had to rely on the RTH working well:)
Notrre Dame do u live close to them bc I live next to the stadium
yeah it says that the accuracy of the GPS for Phantom 3 Standard is
Horizontal: ±1.5 m
so if the drone returns about 1.5 m from the home point it is due to GPS :)
Like someone else said, civilian use of the GPS has a built in inaccuracy. How do you get such a clear picture of your screen? I've put a shield and a "glare resistant " coating on my i-pad mini and, if the sun is shining, I can't see my screen.
I think the steel reinforcing in your driveway is skewing your home point. If you launch from your yard, it will return to the same spot.
That may be true, but most people only ever take off and land on paved surfaces rather than grass areas as it’s safer to do
Excellent point though. Lots of steel rods under most cement pavement.
I subbed because you reply to most people
:)
Carson Miller I can't find the modes like follow me mode they changed the app around can you upload a turtorial on how to get there
Did u calibrate it because that changes it a lot
I set my home point and whenever i clicked the RTH button it decided to just land where it was at. Why is that?
have to be atleast 60m from home point first
You should set it 10ft to the right of the land pad and see if it then lands in the land pad.
You should set up a drone obstacle course to test the limits and dexterity of it!
does the dji phantom 1 have anything like this like headless mode or anything?
What?
DOES THE DJI PHANTOM 1 HAVE HEADLESS MODE ?
I'm sorry but I don't know what "headless" mode is :/
lmao u gata be kidding me well nvm then btw is your phantom doing a kinda loud whistle sound?
Lol I dont think the problem was that he couldn't see what you wrote, no need to use caps lock here :)
Headless mode means the drone has no front or rear, front is where you are heading when you take off.
Your more concerned about your drone being a few feet out id be more concerned about the electric lines above. Mines come back to around a foot from where it took off everytime so maybe your not setting home point properly. Ive got a P1 and a P3 they are both amazing and im looking forward as im waiting for the P5 to come out. Thankyou for your video it goes to show how amazing these things are..... Cool Video ATB
I don't think u set the home point
The home point sets itself/updates automatically each time you take off...there's no need to set it manually
Just wondering mate, did you set the compass ? Love your videos, really easy to follow.
Minecrafttian 1411 plays you should set the home piont if you let it sit a few mins before take off it should set itself and it lets you now home piont updated . abby mode means lose of gps sats
Perhaps it needed a fresh calibration or not enough satellites.
my mavic pro lands it self within 1 or maybe 2 meters but no more i always use the precise landing and with that function it raises at 6 meters slowly and in that time it takes picture of the ground correlated with the gps positioning so i guess that's why it never lands more then 2 meters away from home point, and for the record i use a self made very bright yellow landing pad :)))))))
Yeah many other commenters have told me how the newer DJI Drones help with the landing due to the cameras and I didn't know that before xD. I really wish my Phantom 3 Standard had that ability :(((.
actually spot point is like near to 3 till 5 meter of right point and thats why people are not doing that near to the water
How many satellites does this drone connects to?
It's fighting the wind
At the standard model, you're not paying for these features. On the more expensive models, they land a LOT closer.
Fun fact: if you return to home inside 20m it will land straight away, and not go to where you took off from!
Honestly im just happy it has that feature cause I had this other cheap $80 drone before that would sometimes fly too fast and end up going out of my sight and I would have to go out and look for it.
The RTH feature must be a gift to you then now haha
drone accuracy is improved A LOT on the newer models like p4 and p4 pro
Yeah that's similar to what another commenter said...I hadn't known this because i've just been stuck with the DJI P3 Standard for the entire time of me knowing drones xD
You mistakenly assume that non-military GPS is pinpoint accuracy. 10-15' of error is perfectly normal and in fact pretty awesome if you think about the problem being solved.
i think the phantom 4 and higher have 2 or more gps antenna and phantom 3 has only one gps antenna
Yeah:/. Stupidly while making this video I hadn't known this and so I didn't mention it in my video because I didn't even know it was a thing! If I make another video (as in a 2.0) of the video, then I'll definitely make sure to include that information:)
Carson Miller ok
GPS as comes in to land loses GPS maybe a couplr of sats depends where you are
When you take off you need to take it up to 10 meters before you start moving away from the take off/home point. Then it will land at exactly where you took off from.
If you didn't; ensure you do a compass calibration, then let it hover for about 10 seconds to ensure a stable home point. You took off and started flying forward almost immediately. My p3s will land within 3-4 feet every time I use RTH (primarily use it to train my son for the business).
Noooowww, go over to the P4P (my breadwinner and baby). She'll land within inches everytime (as long as you have a landing surface with character - I have a landing pad). It does this because of improved GPS, the VPS sensors and the fact that when you let it hover for a few moments it will actually record a sensor image of the take off spot directly below it and will realign itself with that upon using RTH.
The p3s will still get you back home versus being lost though.
Maybe its a bit off because of the power lines? Just a thought
Possibly...I haven't really ever had any other experiences with those interfering with the flight
Power lines. Metal objects.
the gps will not let companies get more accurate than that...They claim they do not want it used to deliver weapons...And I noticed you lost signal a few times..It is probrobly the real high emf from those power lines...great videos and information..
Makes sense
Doesn't really make sense to me at all. If you land a bomb within 10 feet, that's going to still do just about as much damage.
The drone propeller GRAZED the electric rope
do u live in Middlesex county or canada
? I don't know where that is haha but I live in the US
lol sorry
It's all good😂😂
I am ten do u think the controller would be too big for my hand
I mean it depends it may be a little big...
Carson Miller ok thx
Once my phantom 3 lost connection at a really low altitude, around 30 to 35 meters up and the auto return flown the drone in to a tree so that whas 400 euros repair cost
What was with the audio
I currently don't have an external mic and I record with with an iPhone 6s/7+...so when that wind came along it sure did get picked up by the phone:/
1:35 uhh is that supposed to be blurred out?
Carlson could you please explain the process of RTH step by step..
You need to take off and go up 10mtrs above ur take off point then continue your flight, then return to home will be accurate, try it
waiting till xmas for one of these :/
:/ It will be well worth the wait though if you get a good drone:)
Did u get the drone?
I've had mine be about 30 feet from where I took off, but it's better than nothing
That's true especially if it's out of sight and need it to RTH
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when You start the motors You have to Wait a little bit and then take off
Yeah that's true however, you don't have to wait foreverrrr in order to take off
you can turn of the beeping off
At least if you do lose it it will come back to you, Granted not in the same place you first took off but you will still get it back.
I consider anything within about 20 ft of the exact takeoff point a win.
10ft is pretty accurate for a commercial GPS signal.
True
If you just set te home point 10 feet to the right XD!!!!!!!
Lol if only
I got really good results with my drone
I never use the return to home button. So mine literally flew straight up and zoomed up my street into a tree. I had to ship it for repairs
It might be not landing there because your not using the auto take off not sure
if you put the left stick all the way down, to where it clicks would it stop flying if you were in the air. because I just avoid putting the stick all the way down because I'm scared it would stop flying mid flight
Nope...it doesn't shut off the motors I put the left stick down all the way until it clicks all the time when I'm impatient to get the drone to the ground😂. However, if you put both sticks to the bottom center that is the "Emergency Off" sequence that does shut off all of the motors even if you are far up in the sky. Hope this helps you out:) If you have any other questions feel free to leave another comment!
GPS isn't precise. With power lines nearby, it is probably not as precise as in other places. I don't think you can blame DJI for the quality of the GPS signal; I am sure the drone came back to the location it believed to be home, from the signal it was receiving. Though it is a bit odd it came back to roughly the same wrong position. I'd want to run the test a couple more times though before believing that wasn't just coincidence.
not bad mine was not this accurate once. it was gonna land in the middle of river.
when I take off I hover above takeoff spot for 10 seconds to make sure I have good GPS lock. 9 times Outta 10 the Drone will be more accurate if you do this on its return home spot
Should i step over to big gps drones r just keep it bij the small drones... cause they are lot cheaper😅😅😅
close enough
:)
Yup I’ll take 10 feet as long as that thing comes back I’m happy
The Earth is rotating yo :P
Haha true
But so are the satalites
Planet rotation
hello. from Notre dame Jakarta, indonesia
I think you are being a little harsh as within 10 feet still seems reasonable. Thanks for the video though.
Im happy if it comes home lol
Even my Hubsan H502E desire is way more accurate and it costs around 130€ !
Many people suggested that I need to calibrate the drone prior to this and to make sure everything is calibrated and that would more than likely fix it:)
The beeping sounds like when you click your life alert. lol
IT DOES GET REALLY ANNOYING SOMETIMES
Take off from grass. There's rebar mesh in the driveway concrete.
First of all GPS has an error factor put in it so that you can't use it for a guided missile or something, The P3S only has gps, the models above the standard have both GPS and Glonas satellites so it will be far more accurate and if you shell out for a Matice with the pro upgrade and 3 GPS antennas it will be more accurate again. If you land within 20' of where you took off your doing good
I didn't know that...thank you for the information:)
+Caine Phlegar Yeah I do I just didn't see the comment until now
I want a drone but can't afford it
I would highly suggest the DJI Phantom 3 Standard that I flew in this video :-)
400$ best dollars spent at Walmart ever :))))