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    Near miss...

    Hmm... This article was passed to me by 'the Boss (Wife)' but with hindsight and a little more reading I have to agree that there are a few inaccuracies and dubious statements in the article. Quote: "The near miss at Stansted saw a drone fly over the Boeing 737 by about 16ft, as the aircraft...
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    Near miss...

    "I wonder how many of these are actually drones though...." Sadly, we may find out after they extract the remains from what first appeared to be a 'bird strike' and then it will be too late.
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    Near miss...

    I have to say, it will not be long before someone buries Drone flying... Drones involved in near misses at UK airports - BBC News
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    DJI GO Hates Me

    I'm assuming you have the Go App and Litchi installed on the same tablet. You will find that you will need to go to System and Apps and force stop the the Go App to use Litchi and vice a versa as each app will get hold of the USB connection and refuse to let it go.
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    Samsung Galaxy Tab 4

    I have a Galaxy Tab 4 7" and I have had no issues other than the video is definitely laggy. Yes, brought a Nvidia Shield K1. No problems.
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    Phantom 3 advance range uk

    Trees will absorb the radio signal a lot more than buildings,
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    On a lighter note - I'm going flying tomorrow in the UK

    Woohoo, sunny day! Light winds, bit cold but gonna go play... :)
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    Lost mine today, RTH failed.

    You can get 'harmonics' 1st harmonic is 25 hz. 2nd harmonic is 50 hz, 3rd is 100 hz and so on.
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    Lost mine today, RTH failed.

    Compass bearings are surely for 'our' benefit. A quadcopter can and does fly in any direction in its reference frame. Forwards, backwards, left and right are surely for our FPV orientation benefit. If the quadcopter is instructed to relocate to a different GPS point from its current position...
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    Lost mine today, RTH failed.

    That is some post but very, very useful. Thanks
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    First flight tomorrow

    Hey, video looks good. Eeek!! uncontrolled people detected... only joking :) Certainly shows the weather we have been having... until the end, nice sunset.
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    First flight tomorrow

    Hmm, :) this getting... busy! We'll be organising a 'fly in' soon...
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    First flight tomorrow

    More like you go NW, I'll go SE and meet over Doncaster area, oops, no congested area, no overflying!! :)
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    First flight tomorrow

    Hi there! I'm over in Huddersfield (Wet Yorks - yes, 'wet). You should be ok flying on Friday (New Years day). The wind is forecast for 6mph gusting to 10-12mph. Don't go mad, stick with beginner mode and you'll be fine. :)