okay so this happened last weekend and i still kind of cant believe i got it back. was flying out over a lake near my parents place, nothing crazy, maybe 200 meters out and about 40 meters up. beautiful morning, calm water, the kind of day you just want to get some footage of.

somewhere around that distance the video feed just went gray and the controller started beeping. i've had minor signal hiccups before but this was a full disconnect, the map froze, everything. i just kind of stood there for a second not knowing what to do and then remembered that RTH exists and just hit the button and waited.

longest 90 seconds of my life watching that little dot on the map barely moving and then finally it comes crawling back over the treeline and lands about 3 feet from where i was standing. footage was fine, drone was fine, i was not fine lol.

think it might have been interference from something? there were some power lines maybe 100 meters to the north. anyway just wanted to share because i always read about people losing drones and it was a terrifying reminder to actually trust the failsafes and not panic

power lines will absolutely wreck your signal, especially if you were flying with them kind of between you and the drone. the electromagnetic interference is no joke. glad RTH did its thing though, thats exactly what its there for. i had a similar scare with my Mavic 2 Pro a couple years back near a substation and same deal ? full signal loss, RTH saved it. after that i started being way more intentional about where i position myself relative to anything that might cause interferance before i even take off

this is why i always do a quick mental check of my RTH altitude before every flight. caught myself a few times where it was still set from a previous location and wouldve clipped trees on the way back. your home point altitude setting is so easy to forget about