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    Max distance reached error then could only control altitude over water on a yacht! Saved by fishermen!

    Hey Boblui. Thank you kindly for your analysis. I got pritty lucky I would say but yes as per my comments to Meta4 at the time adjusting the max distance and updating the hompoint didn't come to mind. Il be on the yacht again this weekend...... Il keep you posted and yeah thanks for your input.
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    Max distance reached error then could only control altitude over water on a yacht! Saved by fishermen!

    Wow Meta 4, Thank you for your analysis. I have no doubt there was certainly a lot of magnetic inteference around the take-off at the stern of the yacht. I would say I got seriously lucky this time round without serious flyaways. Yes thinking of it now that would have been the fix, adjusting...
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    Max distance reached error then could only control altitude over water on a yacht! Saved by fishermen!

    Thanks Meta 4. Yeah i know that much is clear but quite strange picking up the YAW error and then compass error. Certainly not the first time iv flown from a moving object. Rally car, 4x4, speedboats, yachts, four-wheelers etc and im sure iv travelled just as far if not further... Quite possible...
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    Max distance reached error then could only control altitude over water on a yacht! Saved by fishermen!

    Yesterday I launched from a yacht in what I thought in the moment was ATTI mode. Everything was fine for about 8minutes, capturing various angles of the yacht, the wind was relatively light and no hassles. Suddenly I get a maximum distance warning of 1000m Distance but I can clearly see my Mavic...