DJI Phantom, GoPro Hero3 Black, 2.7K, 30 fps, Fat Shark Attitude SD FPV Goggles. 3rd FPV flight, flew behind house about 400 meters and completely lost FPV signal. Best watched 1920 x 1080p HD.
00:13 Take off, 6:00 PM overcast conditions winds SW at 2 MPH gusting to 6 MPH.
00:29 GPS hover.
00:36 Everything looks good increase altitude to ~250 feet by line of sight.
01:08 GPS hover slowly climbing and safe above trees time to put on FPV goggles.
01:22 Goggles on.
02:08 Wow things certainly look different from above.
02:20 Starting to lose FPV signal flying behind house and many trees.
02:23 Rotate Phantom to see if FPV signal improves.
02:35 No improvement in FPV signal.
02:50 Goggles fogging and getting brief scratchy FPV images.
02:54 Turning Phantom to see if FPV signal improves.
03:03 Turning signal worsens.
03:15 Ok lets switch into home lock mode and pull back on position stick but I accidently switch into course lock mode!
03:25 Phantom sounds like it is moving further away.
03:45 Completely lost FPV.
03:55 Brief FPV image and I'm losing altitude.
03:56 Increase altitude.
04:44 Can barely hear Phantom and it is definitely moving further away.
04:53 Home lock not working, serious pucker factor, almost five minutes into flight and I
have completely lost FPV. Time to initiate return to home, transmitter off!
05:30 Phantom is getting louder.
05:40 I can see Phantom by line of sight!
06:04 Phantom in position for Pigeon return to home decent.
06:12 Phantom starts self decent.
06:38 Phantom is solid red flash indicating low battery! Taking over control, turn transmitter on in GPS mode with 0% throttle, increase throttle to 50 %, switch to attitude mode and back to GPS mode, now have complete control of Phantom landing.
07:25 Safe return home :)
