<p>It was the maiden flight of our Skydio X10, a sophisticated "police-grade" drone priced at roughly $25,000. As an unmanned aircraft systems coordinator, I've logged many flight hours, but that afternoon by the lake, I decided to demonstrate the aircraft's most basic safety feature: the autonomous return-to-home function.</p><p>One press of a button should send the drone safely back to its takeoff point. But on the X10, the "return-to-home" command sits next to the "land now" command on the same interface.