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Recent content by DLittle

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    VLOS rule makes flights boring - do you follow it?

    I try to maintain line of sight. Sometimes a tree or hill can get in the way while you are looking at the screen instead of staring at the drone itself, sometimes the angle of the sun makes it impossible to see the drone and you have to assume you are still in line-of-sight, or you may have to...
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    Illegal Drone flying kills 3000

    I was flying near some cliffs and noticed ravens following my drone, checking out my every move. I noticed they have nests in the nearby cliffs. They stuck around after I left.
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    Warning that says : "Aircraft in Geo Zone. Unable to take off"

    If your house is big enough, go for it. I hear you should be careful near walls, ceilings, coffee tables and etc due to the backwash making it hard to control. I don't know how to get around a Geo Zone warning.
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    100 ft limit????

    You know I have had very similar height and distance issues but only on occasion. Just yesterday I thought to check the firmware on the batteries, and found that one of my three batteries had a different update. I updated it to match the controller and didn't have a distance issue after that...
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    New Pilot, new Member, New Drone!

    New pilot, new drone here too. I noticed the same thing. I too notice that the drone height appears to be based on the take off point, and not where the drone is.