Recent content by Cyclist922

Yes. I meant to say compass. Misspoke.

I stopped a flight to change a battery. When I attempted to take off after the change I received a message to calibrate the gps. I tried a couple of times but still received errors. Finally I gave up, shut it off, and pulled the battery. I reinstalled the same battery and everything worked fine...

It’s not more dangerous. It’s equally dangerous. The risk of a multi-car pile up due to an object dropping from the sky onto traffic is essentially the same in both scenarios, relative to traffic volume and speed. The rules, as I interpret them, do not distinguish between the two. Note the...

Very nice! Thank you for sharing. As a newbie, I’m curious about how you managed timing against battery life. How far in advance of the scheduled time did you launch?