Powerful App, But Not Really Autonomous

This AutoFlight app is powerful in its features. Its ability to focus the camera on specific points is exceptionally remarkable. You can create very professional grade results with this product if you learn how to use it. I would have given it five stars if it was truly autonomous in its flight modes. Unlike the similar, but less sophisticated and less costly LITCHI app, AutoLogics App will initiate a return to home (RTH) whenever it loses connection with the quad copter remote control....and will then fly directly to your preset home point...I dont like this because there could be unpredictable consequences...like obstacles. Conversely, the LITCHI app will continue to fly its waypoint mission even if it loses communications. The waypoint mission actually gets uploaded into the copter. The copter will return to you using the waypoint route you programmed....that route might safely take you through a valley whereas an automatic RTH might take it into the side of a mountain whilst trying to fly a bee-line directly back to you when communications are lost. I always make my last waypoint at or near my home point location, so worst-case scenario is that the quad copter flies back to where it started while using the safe route you planned..and hovers at my assigned altitude at the last waypoint (if you have it set to "hover" at the last waypoint.) From hovering at the last waypoint, I take over manual control of the copter by flipping the flight mode switch to P and land manually. I feel much safer flying a pre-planed LITCHI mission, especially when pushing the limits on variable terrain like mountains. Just take your time, triple check your altitudes, always adding a healthy safety margin for the first flights of a given waypoint mission. You can always reduce the altitudes for follow-on missions once you do a visual review of the first flights.

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