How to set Return Behaviors on your Skydio X2E

Set a Return Location and Home Point:

Step 1 - Select the Return to Home icon 

Step 2 - Set a return location as either the Launch Point or your current location (Phone)

Step 3 (optional) - Select and hold a point on the map to create a Home Point or move the existing Home Point

• • You need to set your return location before each flight—Home Points are not saved between flights
  • Skydio X2 will automatically return to a set Home Point if the communication link is lost unless otherwise specified in the waypoint settings
  • Selecting a Home Point on the map will give you the option to fly to that location immediately or to remove it from the map

Set Return Behaviors:

Step 1 - Select the Settings icon 

Step 2 - Select the Drone tab

Step 3 - Select Return Behavior

The Return Behavior menu allows you to set:

• • Return Type
  • Return Height
  • Height Behavior
  • Drone Looks
  • Return Speed
  • Low Battery
  • Lost Connection

Step 4 - Set Return Type to GPS or vision

Visual return for flight in GPS-denied environments 

• • requires returning to the Launch Point

• • setting a Home Point or your Phone/controller as the return location requires GPS

Skydio X2 returns based on Return Type

Step 5 - Select Return Height

• • set the height the drone ascends to before returning
  • set height from 0 - 400 ft (122 m)
  • default return height is set to 66 ft (20 m)

Step 6 - Select Height Behavior

Absolute - ascends to the specified Return Height above the launch point before returning

• • For example, if the Return Height is 32 ft and the drone is at 20 ft when the return is commanded, Skydio X2 will ascend 12 ft before returning.

Relative - ascends to the specified Return Height above the current position before returning

• • For example, if the Return Height is 32 ft and the drone is at 20 ft when the return is commanded, Skydio X2 will ascend 32 ft and then return at a height of 52 ft.

Step 7 - Select Drone Looks

• • set Skydio X2 to either look toward or away from the return destination while flying

Step 8- Set the Return Speed

• • using the slider from 5 - 22 mph (8-35 km/h)

Step 9 - Set the Low Battery behavior

You have two options when selecting a Low Battery Return Behavior:

• • Always Ask (default) - when the battery is only sufficient to return and land, you will be asked to select the return behavior
  • Return to Home Point - If you have a Home Point set, your drone will automatically return there when the battery is only sufficient to return and land
    

Step 10 - Select Lost Connection Return Behaviors to choose how your want your drone to behave if the signal to your controlling device is lost:

• • Return when Disconnected - toggle Off to disable Return when Disconnected and the Lost Connection menu. Skydio X2 will not return if it loses connection—it will hover until it reaches low battery and land.
    
  • Wait Before Return - Specify the amount of time that you want Skydio X2 to wait before it initiates a return flight, allowing time to reconnect.
  • Land Once Returned - When enabled, Skydio X2 will return, hover for a specified amount of time, and land.
  • Wait Before Land - Specify the amount of time between 0 to 300 seconds (default - 240 seconds) that you want Skydio X2 to wait before landing. Only available when Land Once Return is toggled on.