Smart controller disconnect during mission.

cheeseman · Sep 29, 2023

I experienced my first disconnect while flying a mission on my 640t v3. I had mistakenly not changed the default loss action from resume to go home, 2 minutes into my flight The controller disconnected from the drone but the drone continued to fly the mission. Panic began... I tried restarting the app with no luck but regained control after restarting the smart controller.

First time having a disconnect with this drone. But boy did it scare the crap out of me...

Anybody else experience disconnects in the smart controller like this?

Tlochi · Oct 1, 2023

Is this from going out of range, or is the app crashing?

For me, if the smart controller wifi is turned on, I consistently get app crashes in the middle of flight.

cheeseman · Oct 2, 2023

Definitely not a range issue, was 300ft from the drone. Wifi was on as I was attempting an rtk flight but never got a fix. The app didn't crash, just said aircraft disconnected. If it never happens again that would be great lol

ZikChil · Oct 3, 2023

I had this occur with the drone (640T) hovering overhead at 15'. I was working inside a large warehouse and just put the drone up and was doing control input checks when I experienced complete loss of input for approx. 30secs. Some workers were moving equipment which may have conflicted with my signal because after they passed, I regained control but yeah - for a brief eternity I was wondering if it was going to hover until the battery died, fly off and slam into a wall or worse.

cheeseman · Oct 3, 2023

ZikChil said:
I had this occur with the drone (640T) hovering overhead at 15'. I was working inside a large warehouse and just put the drone up and was doing control input checks when I experienced complete loss of input for approx. 30secs. Some workers were moving equipment which may have conflicted with my signal because after they passed, I regained control but yeah - for a brief eternity I was wondering if it was going to hover until the battery died, fly off and slam into a wall or worse.

Brief eternity is a great way to put it lol