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Returning home: Smart RTH
• Returning home implies ANAFI Ai has set a “home point” for itself. This is achieved with the first GPS fix
of the drone. In consequence, Parrot recommends ANAFI Ai pilots to check that their drone GPS icon is
green before they take-off – as on the next screenshot.
• If no GPS fix is possible from the ground, pilots must fly ANAFI Ai in a straight upward line over their
take-off point until the drone synchronizes with enough satellites to turn the GPS icon green: this
ensures the home point is directly over the actual take-off point.
To bring ANAFI Ai back to its home point, press the button on your Parrot Skycontroller 4.
ANAFI Ai rises to 50 meters over its take-off point – or to the altitude you have set, through FreeFlight
7, between 20 and 100 meters – and flies back over its home.
Refer to the “ADVANCED SETTINGS – Safety” section of this guide for instructions on RTH height
configuration.
Low battery Smart RTH
ANAFI Ai features a Smart RTH capability: considering its altitude and its distance from its home point, the
drone computes in real time the power it needs to return home – or to the pilot (refer to the “ADVANCED
SETTINGS / Safety / Advanced RTH settings” section of this guide for additional details on this feature). When
short on battery power, FreeFlight 7 alerts you that it will enter Smart RTH mode.
If you feel confident you can bring ANAFI Ai back to its take-off point or if you wish to land it at a different
location, you can cancel the Smart RTH directly from the alert pop-up.
Ecosystem link loss Smart RTH
ANAFI Ai features a seamless connectivity switch capability, between Wi-Fi and 4G. It is therefore
exceptionally equipped to avoid any complete link loss between the elements of the ecosystem, however
difficult the flight environment – refer to the following screenshots for an example of behavior of the
ecosystem, facing strong interferences.
Both GPS icons are green
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RTH position set