Drone camera detaches from aircraft

Version: Retail Version - 1.38.2.0

Frequency: Consistently

Severity: Low

Context: Default Aircraft, Drone Camera, Very high altitude

Bug description: When at very high altitudes, drone camera stops following (detaches from) aircraft and keeps rising in altitude.

Repro steps:

  • Place aircraft into slew mode
  • Slew up to ~45,000 meters
  • If you have Debug mode on, open “Debug | Display Position” window to monitor altitude
  • Select Drone camera: Showcase, “Camera Drone”, “Drone Follow Mode” ON, Drone Lock Mode “OFF”
  • Release slew mode (aircraft will fall)
  • After a second or two, drone camera will detach from aircraft, which will keep falling
  • You can keep pressing “RESET POSITION” button to catch up with the aircraft.
  • This behavior stops at ~35,000 meters, where it reverts to correct behavior, with drone following aircraft consistently.

I know this looks like a very unlikely flight scenario, but I am developing a MSFS202x space flight module, and this is turning out to be a bit of a showstopper. Please, anyone, let me know if you can reproduce this, before I go for a full sim delete and re-install. I can create a video of this problem if needed.

(This is not a controller problem, I disconnected all peripherals and the same thing is happening)

A quick update on this - one person performed the test, and they do NOT see the same behavior, which leads me to believe that the problem is somewhere on my side. I also removed ALL of my add ons, both community and official, but the problem still persists.

I would be really grateful if anyone would perform the above test and let me know what they observe.