On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 5:28:52 PM UTC-4, Tony wrote:
Twice in my FES career I have not been able to make it back home
during a self retrieve....

Hasn't happened to me yet in Antares in over 1200 hours.
Did my first trailer retrieve recently in Uvalde; wall of water between
me and home, plus no confidence it would clear before dark...
Only once previously did I land out (again T-storms), but after the
storms passed I dried it off, took off, and flew home. Really annoyed
the other pilots that landed with me ;-)

Lowest I've ever had the battery pack was around 25% after
a long self-retrieve.

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