Recent content by jndbrown

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    Flying over 400ft Altitude with my P3S? o.O

    The FAA defines "flying safe" below 400 ft. They offer only guidelines or suggestions on how to fly safe. Flying beyond 400 ft is challenging because you can't see or hear the drone very well. The idea is to fly safe and be able to see your drone at all times. You don't drive your car if...
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    Flying within 5 miles of an airport

    Tucson is not a Class A (international) airport which has a 5 mile restriction. Tucson is a Class B airport with only a 3 mile restriction. DJI has a fly-safe map online that shows all of the airport restriction zones.
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    400 Foot Altitude Quiz

    FAA Safety Guidelines are only recommendations. They are not laws nor hard fast regulations. Enforcement is a hard problem. FAA officials are not issued range detectors. They don't have the manpower nor the resources to enforce their "guidelines". If you have and "lost and found" your...
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    DJI ADD HOMELOCK!

    Home Lock is very useful when your Phantom is out of sight. In other words, your don't know that attitude of your Phantom. Pulling back on the stick brings it home, independent of attitude. It's kind of a Return to Home function.
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    Stupid physical positioning question

    The question is about fundamentals, basic ideas - Course Lock and Home Lock. It is not about Ground Station software. What if you tried do do the inverse of Home Lock? Substitute Home coordinates with some Target coordinates. You now have a Target Lock mode. It is just an idea. The...
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    Stupid physical positioning question

    Your "home base" and your "recorded nose position" is determined in your first 30 seconds. In the Home Lock mode Forward is radial out from your "home base", independent of where you are standing. Back will take you directly to home base. All of this is independent of the multi-rotor...