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    Cafguy reacted to pedz's post in the thread Flying close to water??? with Like Like.
    I have a Mavic 4 Pro and I want to do hyperlapses of sunrises skimming close to water. Here is an example but in this sequence the drone is 50' to 100' above the water. I'd like to be only a few feet but I have concerns about doing that...
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    Cafguy replied to the thread Flying close to water???.
    Staying a bit high over water is your friend. The movement of the water can sometimes confuse the sensors and you may get inaccurate readings for altitude from the controller. If you want to fly really low just be prepared. You may have to save...
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    Thanks I saw all of that. Really liked at least the quickest path home in case I think I'm too far with too low of a battery to make it. Hopefully they'll change this with an update? I'll play around with the new way a little and pay attention to...
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    Cafguy replied to the thread Not a threat to airplanes.
    I see your point but have you seen the aftermath of a drone hitting a plane, ...its not pretty. having said that I think the balloon would be a greater risk to aircraft than the drone. To be disastrous a drone would have to strike a certain spot...
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    Cafguy reacted to wco81's post in the thread Not a threat to airplanes with Like Like.
    A United Airlines flight was struck by an object when it was cruising at well over 30k feet. There was speculation that it was space debris but the operator of weather balloons said they believe it was one of their weather balloons. There was...
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