Return to home

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For me, the "nightmare" is that I can no longer see my model, this has happened to me several times. When the thermals are very good - maybe the air is a little cloudier in the beard / a swarm of insects or something similar - I didn't notice that this was happening The model in the beard was moved up and far so quickly that I suddenly couldn't see it anymore. Just for this emergency situation I was looking for a solution to get the model back into my field of vision.

With the “intelligent fail-safe mode” and GPS included in the Assi anyway, a “return to home” should be easily possible. As long as these weren't fake reports, Graupner also offers this in new receivers, so Jeti can't be fooled. I also can't understand why we don't have this in the Jeti system yet, when every drone today, no matter how cheap, has it as standard.

In my opinion, the "Return to Home" control belongs in the receiver so that it works in "fail-safe mode" even in the event of a radio loss.

I've been using a PitLab Dedalus (unfortunately no longer available) behind the Assist for a few years now - it really does what it's supposed to do. When testing on the ground, the ailerons went into severe deflections, so I thought it was malfunctioning. In flight, the model then obediently returns to the starting point and then begins to circle there. You could still control the motor so that the model maintains a specified height - I don't use it with the glider. From full oncoming flight it dives a bit in the first corner, maybe I can change something in the settings. Then he comes at you so closely that you have problems finding him.

I would much prefer it if this return to home, which the model aviation associations now expressly support, was offered by Jeti and did not have to be obtained from distant countries: "DMFV Brochure Guide 2022: Supporting systems such as gyro/gyro or RTH ( coming home) are permitted and serve for safety."
Greetings Martin

Have you seen the GPS MavSense Sensor and app? Paired with a Jeti Assist receiver it can theoretically guide you back home. The MavSense app was developed by an engineer that used to work for Jeti. Not exactly an autopilot that will bring the model home but a very nice tool indeed.
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Any function requests for the GPS Lua App?