Recent content by BigDuke6ixx

High load on the servers.

There are all sorts of things you could have done wrong, so I suggest you upload a video of what you're doing.

Nope, standard operating procedure.

Did it ask you to check the Home Point Me on the map? When it became obvious it was flying away why didn't you hit pause and try and get LOS?

People need to make an effort to understand things like wind gradient. But regardless, don't fly downwind if you don't need to, and if you must then stay LOS. These are simple operating procedures yet time and time again people don't apply common sense.

You should know the wind speed and direction before even taking off. As for airspeed, you don't need it because your frame of reference is with the ground, so groundspeed is what you need to know. Airspeed derived from anything other than a pitot system is likely to be highly inaccurate, not...

. Why would the pilot need to know the airspeed?

Did you wait until you had enough GPS sats connected before you took off?

Bar steward

Well I never fly without due regard for the winds aloft. But why are people wanting airspeed?

Why do you want to know your airspeed?

In terms of airspeed, the only accurate way of measuring it is with a pitot system. Wind speed could be measured by letting the drone drift with the wind whereby the ground speed would equal the wind speed. Really you should know what the wind is doing anyway and airspeed isn't all that useful...

How can the Mavic measure airspeed? There's no pitot tube.

Why don't you order a landing pad and stop wrecking your props?

If they give a bit longer flight time and/or are less noisy then I will get a set.