This picture is of my house taken from about 4 km away , I estimate the model to have been at 600m . The mountain peak in the middle stand about 240m above its surroundings.

I lost sight of the model twice , several seconds at a time , the second time i shut the throttle completely , but it still wouldnt come down . I paniced a bit at that stage , but after I trimmed the elevator for a bit nose down it slowly started to descend.

I finnished the the 14 minute flight with about 15 power left in the batery , so i must have had a lot of help from thermals.