Hahaha, very good Barry, you are paying attention...
But seriously. I did not carelessly try to break the 400' guidelines just to prove a point.
First of all I did this in a remote area with no air traffic or airports, had two extra spotters just in case.
Also there was a very good reason why I took the bird to 700'.
As a commercial pilot, we are actually allowed to fly much higher than 400' feet in certain situations. For example, inspecting a 700' tower. In fact in this case I would be allowed to fly 400' above the 700' tower.
I needed to test and see if how the bird would react and/or perform in a safe place before I would be comfortable taking the Autel up this high in real live situation.
I wouldn't want to find out that something went wrong on the job..
BTW, I figured the Autel would be able to go a little higher than 700' without signal loss. Maybe I had my antennas positioned incorrectly. Will need to contact Autel support and see what they say.