How to set Return Behaviors on your Skydio 2/2+ Enterprise

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 2/2+ 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

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 2 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 2/2+ will ascend 32 ft and then return at a height of 52 ft.

Step 7 - Select Drone Looks

• • set Skydio 2/2+ 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)

Low Battery - when enabled and a Home Point is set, Skydio will automatically return to your Home Point when the drone's range will soon exceed the battery's capacity to return home.

• • Always Ask (default) - you will be asked to select a low battery behavior when your drone only has enough battery to return and land
  • Return to Home Point - the drone will automatically return to the set Home Point adhering to the return settings.
    

Step 9 - 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 2/2+ 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 2/2+ to wait before it initiates a return flight, allowing time to reconnect.
  • Land Once Returned - When enabled, Skydio 2/2+ 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 2/2+ to wait before landing. Only available when Land Once Return is toggled on.