Just wondered having read the various forums and newsgroups looking for discussion on flyaways....
I know this has been done to death, and I am convinced that at least some are user error.
However, what I noticed was that from January to July 2014 there were an awful lot of posts reporting flyaways on the internet. A LOT of people were complaining about this problem during that window. Then after July, the problem does not completely go away, but it is less than a trickle, and is barely mentioned an this time (December 2014).
I wondered if anyone had opinions on why this might be?
Could it be that pilots are better clued up now on their pre-flight checks; could it have been a firmware problem that was fixed ?
Speaking for myself, one thing which I did find confusing was that there is a lot if information out there which says it is OK to fly once you get rapid flashing green LEDS. Not so, if you are in IOC mode, because you get a set after 30s for IOC initialisation and then a second set for the GPS lock after that. That was confusing, and I could imagine some people taking off early.
I know this has been done to death, and I am convinced that at least some are user error.
However, what I noticed was that from January to July 2014 there were an awful lot of posts reporting flyaways on the internet. A LOT of people were complaining about this problem during that window. Then after July, the problem does not completely go away, but it is less than a trickle, and is barely mentioned an this time (December 2014).
I wondered if anyone had opinions on why this might be?
Could it be that pilots are better clued up now on their pre-flight checks; could it have been a firmware problem that was fixed ?
Speaking for myself, one thing which I did find confusing was that there is a lot if information out there which says it is OK to fly once you get rapid flashing green LEDS. Not so, if you are in IOC mode, because you get a set after 30s for IOC initialisation and then a second set for the GPS lock after that. That was confusing, and I could imagine some people taking off early.