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    I fly P4 Pro V2 for living and develop software for sharing aerial maps.

    I watched a video on YouTube a couple of weeks ago about how and why the date line makes its strange zig-zags. It mentioned the Fiji islands issue. The "time travel" scenario was very interesting. Having lived on Guam and in Japan, I've crossed over that line many, many times. If I lived in your...
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    Mysterious loss in speed

    I just checked the Litchi waypoint values and somehow the cruising speed values had changed! I haven't looked at this route since last year. The drone was flying exactly as it should have. It was all my fault. Sigh...
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    Mysterious loss in speed

    You're right of course, RTH was never triggered. I was just grasping at straws. I had read another thread on Smart RTH quirks and it made me wonder if that could have been the problem here.
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    Flying over Grand Canyon

    Yes, I knew where you were going. How do I satisfy myself that I won't conflict with other traffic? As I stated earlier, I've studied all of the flight patterns in my area and that includes reviewing the approach and departure plates for McCarran airport. One thing Las Vegas has in its favor is...
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    Mysterious loss in speed

    I was reviewing a Litchi waypoint mission flown with my P4 yesterday when I noticed the speed dropped well below the 12.5 mph cruising speed I had set. I created this mission using a P3P last year and it flew the same route at a relatively constant speed. I don't understand what's happening here...
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    Flying over Grand Canyon

    I knew this question would come up and I admit the answer is a difficult one. But you're asking for my opinion on which I am to be judged and I can only say that I try to stick as closely to the law as possible. I don't revel in breaking the rules. That is not my intent. I'm not a thrill seeker...
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    Flying over Grand Canyon

    I said nothing about free speech and no one is advocating breaking the rules. Perhaps your screen is malfunctioning.
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    Flying over Grand Canyon

    It is solely your opinion that people who post comments that cross over the line do so in a need to feed their ego. I'm sure we all know the adage about opinions. But put nicely, opinions are only truly meaningful to the person expressing them. If you have NEVER broken a single law in your life...
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    Flying over Grand Canyon

    In addition to permanent flight restrictions, you also need to check for temporary flight restrictions (TFRs). There is an excellent weather app called MyRadar (Android and iOS) that provides TFR overlays on the map. Clicking on one will show you the altitudes, its purpose, and the duration of...
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    WTB: Phantom 4 (not Pro or Advanced)

    Is this still available?
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    Calif. tourist fined $20K for out-of-control drone that landed at airport in Las Vegas flight in 2018

    Your perfect scenario can't be applied here due to the nature of the location. The only way it can be valid is if he wasn't flying at all. The area above and around The Strip is immensely busy. Common sense should have prevailed. This is the 3rd incident in the past 18 months or so where someone...
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    Calif. tourist fined $20K for out-of-control drone that landed at airport in Las Vegas flight in 2018

    That was excellent work! I had it eyeballed landing a bit more to the northwest between the first two taxiways. Personally, I hope he never flies again.
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    Calif. tourist fined $20K for out-of-control drone that landed at airport in Las Vegas flight in 2018

    Ah, I missed that one somehow! Thanks for pointing it out! That guy was nuts & lucky at the same time. The Strip is an extremely busy helicopter route. Good thing he was flying during the day.
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    Calif. tourist fined $20K for out-of-control drone that landed at airport in Las Vegas flight in 2018

    I missed the local news on this one. Was anyone able to play back the flight using the log file referenced in the article? The longitude/latitude data makes no sense. It shows the drone was only 900 feet from home point but it landed between two taxiways on the far north end of our N/S runway...