I have somewhere over 30 autonomous flights on my quad with apm2.5, with no issue. Last weekend we programmed a fairly simple flight path at aprox 200 feet, roughly 1 mile in length, all in a large pasture with no obstructions. Had a little bit of a time getting gps signal , huge storm was rolling in , I assume cloud cover was the issue.
Finaly got gps signal, began flight. Quad flew to first waypoint about a half mile away, the rest of the flight path was to simply turn 180 and return to launch. At the first waypoint the quad turned aprox 90 degrees, tilted forward aprox 30 degrees and started flying away. I let it fly alot further than I should have just hoping it would eventual return to the programmed flight path. After it was well off our farm and out over the forest I took control and started piloting back , batt died, quad fell from sky.
now to my question , what should the quad do in the event of lost gps signal? And how do I choose what the quad should do in this instance? Is it possible to have it enter loiter mode if signal is lost?
Thanks
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In this case, your best failsafe would have been Land or RTL - sounds like your battery was only half full at lift off, or you have a very short flight time?
A half mile out and back should only take a few minutes.
Ok I guess if its lost gps loiter mode will not be possible, But what does the system do by default when gps signal is lost during an auto flight?