DJI Fly Simulator - Skatepark

Let's move to the other scene available

with the RC2, the skate park, which was

already available in the previous

version. It is an urban scenario with

skyscrapers. It will be handy to test

the return to home functionality.

We notice other functioning indicators

like battery life and signal strength. I

noticed that when ostago like buildings

are between the aircraft and home point,

the signal indicator switches to yellow

or red.

On the bottom right of the screen, we

find the map. We can hit the small icon

on the bottom right for vision assist,

which is the view from the obstacle

sensors.

Let's try how return to home works. I

fly past a few buildings and is sent to

a low altitude. In the safety settings,

I choose the optimal mode. I hit the

return to home button and aircraft try

to find the shortest route to the home

point maintaining the same elevation and

avoiding all obstacles. However,

something goes wrong and the drone

crashes to the ground. This is quite

surprising. So, let's check the clip of

the crash to see what went wrong. As we

can see, the aircraft hits some electric

lights. I did not expect that. Let's try

again. This time, making sure no lights

are around.

The aircraft avoids all obstacles and

find the shortest line to the own point

for landing.

Let's try the other option for return to

home preset.

We can set the return to home altitude

further down.

The aircraft will rise to that altitude,

fly until the home point, and then

descend and land.

I select 70 m, which should be enough to

get over the buildings

and the drone can backs home safely.

During the flight, we can hit a pose

icon on the top left of the screen. A

menu will appear and we can switch views

for an unusual perspective of the

aircraft seen from behind

or we can hit retrieve to go back to the

starting point.

The new version of the simulator is not

only an excellent way to practice

different moves with a drone, but it is

also good fun when we don't have a

chance to go out flying.

The only major functionality missing are

waypoint and the three intelligent

flight modes of focus track, spotlight,

point of interest, and at the track.

Maybe they will have them with future

upgrades, but they're not really missed.

As a simulator, it's very helpful to

produce all the moves manually.