Recent content by cdabel

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    Aircraft lost control in follow me mode

    I also had a similar incident a few weeks back when using follow me while on a boat. First run worked fine. On second run the AC shot off at an oblique angle as soon as Follow Me was engaged. A high speed boat chase ensued before I remembered to switch back to P mode. Some folks posit that the...
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    Scary moment

    By the way. I offloaded the footage from the SD card and reedited in iMovie. It's too large for my free Vimeo account, but it's a vastly better result, though I'm sure that must be obvious for you guys.
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    Scary moment

    I think you are right about the gps of the tablet being the problem. I also understand the point about the fresh battery, but I had 70% left and was just going to refilm the catch, which was very over exposed. This illustrates though that you never know what can happen.
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    Scary moment

    Well, in the flight log it shows a new RH point where the boat was when i launched the second time, and it flew towards an area I had never been. From my dock to where I launched was essentially a straight line, on the way out of the fjord. It took off backwards at about a 45 degree angle from...
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    Scary moment

    I'm more of a reader than a poster, but I thought I'd share a scary episode that turned out OK in the end. I recently upgraded from an FC40 to a P3A. We had great weather, so I took it out to try the Follow Me function with the boat. First attempt went pretty well, but as you can see there were...