UAV Forecast and Number of Sats Locked

[Zanotti]

I often get the message, "not good to fly", due to a low number of Sats Locked. I know it can be adjusted, but the default is like 12.

How many are really necessary to safely fly within line of sight?

 

[old man mavic]

i would not set to much store ,from the info on the app, it is based on predictions ,whats important ,is the no of sats locked at the location you want to fly at when you power up the drone

 

[Nonprophet]

I've basically stopped using the app as I found that I got way too many "not good to fly" advice because of it's prediction of low sat coverage, but, when I actually got to the location I was flying and either checked GPS sats with another app, or turned on my drone, I'd have 12+ every single time--and more often than not 20+