I would like to pick the brains of MP fliers here...
For reasons unrelated to drone flying, I have got into the habit of turning off location services on my cellphone.
On my first flight with it off, there was maybe a little less assuredness (I can't be any more specific than that) in flight performance. The second time I flew, I crashed. Damage was minimal, one badly mangled prop, the others scuffed a little. No damage to the airframe whatsoever.
Clearly, the drone hit something, but for the life of me, there was nothing to hit, it simply dropped from sixty feet onto soft grass..
My question is, if you don't use smart return home, is it still absolutely necessary to have GPS enabled on your phone (I will, anyway, now, for superstitious reasons, if nothing else)
For reasons unrelated to drone flying, I have got into the habit of turning off location services on my cellphone.
On my first flight with it off, there was maybe a little less assuredness (I can't be any more specific than that) in flight performance. The second time I flew, I crashed. Damage was minimal, one badly mangled prop, the others scuffed a little. No damage to the airframe whatsoever.
Clearly, the drone hit something, but for the life of me, there was nothing to hit, it simply dropped from sixty feet onto soft grass..
My question is, if you don't use smart return home, is it still absolutely necessary to have GPS enabled on your phone (I will, anyway, now, for superstitious reasons, if nothing else)