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  1. arctair

    Who's given a friend the beacon, flown with controller, and Skydio goes out of range. What happens?

    Unless I'm insane, I've done this. Fire up and launch with beacon, then turn on the Controller and it connects to the Skydio as well. Boom — you've just created an ad-hoc 5 Ghz network, as common as people who think Covid vaccines will turn them into aliens. So it may not be "supported", but I'm...
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    Lost my drone

    In the case of it taking off after a car, I'm sure you could RTH or put it in hover mode soon enough for it to return home, and if you're still just using the iPhone as a controller (which I'm assuming you are with just the 250' range — the Beacon and Controller boost it on paper to something...
  3. arctair

    Drone won't launch using controller

    Yes, of course. I sent-off a support message to Skydio on Fri, but for whatever reason, if you use use the on-screen takeoff button — same exact setup — it launches perfectly, case or hand. And after I got it in the air, I tested every controller function there is, and all worked flawlessly. So...
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    Drone won't launch using controller

    Today I tried to launch the Skydio for the first time with the controller. First off, let's talk about all the nonsense about having to turn your wifi on, then off, then plugging the cable in, then unplugging it, a few more wifi dances, some actual dances, before you finally have a connection...
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    Lost my drone

    It's my understanding that 1:30 could be anywhere from 5 min to three seconds. The immediate landing choice (though why it didn't do this on it's own is odd; possibly because you were still trying to fly it instead of letting it hover?) would have been the way to go (though by now you've...