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I got into a situation recently that put the bird [upon checking in the app] 500' behind me for around 4 minutes during a flight. It was a combination of being very focused on filming, not checking the map for actual position, and not unlocking map rotation. And I'll throw in one more thing, the lack of a spotter who could have told me that I was in fact flying behind myself. The amazing thing that also played into my disorientation is that never once, with windsurfers on supposedly throwing signal forward, did I lose signal or have a problem. I can only assume that the half inch or so of antennas extending over the top of the windsurfers is enough to radiate a 360 pattern of signal. Also keep in mind I have an iPad air2 on the remote which is another signal obstacle, I would think. I come away with two thoughts from this; light bridge is beyond amazing, and I think I'm going to fly without windsurfers for some flights to be in an even better position to throw 360 signal, just in case.