Update Home Point | This Can Save Your Drone!

If you fly your drone while walking, hiking, biking, running or even fishing (in a boat) - any activity where you may change locations during flight - you need to know how to update your home point. This simple action can save having to recover your drone or even worse. In this video I share a story and a couple of tips to help you make sure you come home with your drone every single time!

NOTE: In the video I say that Find My Drone was not available because I could not establish a connection to the drone. This is not accurate. Find My Drone will have the last known location of the drone before it went dark, which could be useful in narrowing down the search area. You will not have the ability to make the drone flash its lights or make sounds though. Sorry for the mistake.

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[phillalonde]

Yes a very helpful tip.
Also if your on a bike or a boat the auto return to home is based on battery and Distance so you may feel you have lots of battery but the drone wants to go home many miles back anyway so NOW reset your home TO YOUR LOCATION ASAP.

[GlenB]

OMFG, this is the single best tip that I have gotten. I get my mavic 3 classic to follow me down creeks and small rivers. As you could imagine, I don't want it going home after a 20 minute flight, run low on battery, and try to land on the water. Thank you so much. I'm subscribed now. ❤

[perrypelican]

The best feature for an app that has menu diving issues is a custom menu that lets you put anything you want in it. 2 taps to get anything. When you want to get to the home point page, just drop down the custom menu and tap the "return to home" and you will be there Instantly. I used to create software in another life.
Excellent video. Thanks.

[ferdronemedia]

Good to know we can update the home while it's returning... Very usefull! Thank you Steve

[kiwiadventurer]

Having been in that position deep in remote South Island of New Zealand, I emphatically agree with you. I never want that horror feeling in my gut again. I like your easy presentations.

[Blueskyver]

Thank you so much Steve, for sharing your experience with resetting the RTH. Glad you were able to recoup your Mini 2 intact. Greetings from Montreal.

[noonespecific]

I just learned several things about updating the home point I didn’t know. This was for sure a tip I can put to practical use. Another perfect video!

[nclivin]

Good video. Didn't need the story just the info but it was entertaining either way. Thanks for your time

[kiwiadventurer]

A good story and a vital piece of information, thanks Steve

[CaminoAir]

As a rookie drone flyer, I would prefer if Reset Home Point was one of the Fn button options. Thank you for an excellent and important video.

[cammc]

Thanks Steve. Great video. Very useful. Brisbane, Australia

[stefanhimmel]

Very good video. Going on a sailing boat soon and need to update home point to remote controller when launching the drone👍

[whatskevindoing]

Thank you. I just learned how to update the home point.

[robertlorusso]

I just found you Steve, so glad I did. Great Videos so far. I have the Air 2 S and just getting the new RC controller... I will be looking for new videos from now on. great job.. Robert

[Risankaan]

Invaluable advice for beginners like myself.

[SaikanthKrishnaVlogs]

Very useful information:) Recently I had to fly my drone from a moving boat, and I was 2 kms away from my home point and forgot to update it:P

[simoncooper]

I totally agreee in that the home point reset should be more quickly accessable and not buried like you say, when panic can set in, it just seems to me to it be a natural addition to screen next to the take off and landing icon ~ Many thanks and enjoyed your vid and insight for an improvment, from a newbi with a newly purchased mini 3 drone.

[ShakiShan]

Damn. Should have watched this before I landed my drone on the bottom of a fjord in norway....
great video, thanks!

[returner]

Outstanding. Many thanks for this video. On the basis of our previous exchanges, I have bought a Mini 2 and am now getting some flight time up. You might remember that my main use-case will be as a pilotage aid when sailing, and so the ability to update RTH to the RC's location (and not the original launch point) is a super major plus..! Again, thanks.

[vhsopdvd]

5:44 YES you CAN use 'Find my drone' when disconnected. Especially in this case when your drone was allready landing and close to the ground when you lost connection, so the recorded last position of the drone would be as accurate as could be.