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Larry Fortna

Retired 72 year old, previous RC club officer and flyer of RC controlled aircraft. Been out of the game for a few years, but bought a Tello drone for some fun and then a Mavic Mini.

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Recent activity by Larry Fortna

  • Drone heading not maintained during flight

    Two days ago, I flew a mission with the latest Beta 2.2.0 (142) and reported an issue I had with it. I deleted the dronelink app and reinstalled the released version 2.1.0 (140) and flew a mission ...

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  • dronelink crashed after flight completed

    This is my first flight with dronelink beta 2.2.0 build 142. The map in the lower left corner zoomed in making it impossible to see the full path. Maybe I touched something? I'm not sure if I cause...

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  • Unexpected Drone Crash

    I flew the same mission two days in a row. The drone plan malfunctioned both days, but recovered somewhat on the first day, Feb 24th and crashed into a bush on the second day, the 25th. I put toget...

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    • 13 comments
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  • Verify command is permitted based on which drone is used

    There are many camera commands that are either not supported or will fail when used with particular drones. Camera commands are among the most prolific which depend on the drone's hardware capabili...

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    • 7 comments
    • 1 vote

  • Compass Different between DJI Fly and Dronelink

    Trying to understand why the compass is off in Dronelink.  I am using an iPad Mini 5 (non cellular, so no GPS) tablet.  I calibrated the compass and IMU before starting this test. When I opened DJI...

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  • Rotation Calculation not correct

    I noticed a 30 second pause in a flight I do every day.  I thought the problem was the dronelink app so I restored the app back to before the 2.0.0 release and ran the same flight again today which...

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  • Gimbal Angle of Orbit

    I created a simple orbit around a water tower at 100'.  The gimbal angle starts at 0 and remains till it reaches 100' but then as it starts into the orbit, the gimbal angle changes to -40.   If I t...

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  • Upload of mission to dronelogbook fails

    I signed up for an account at dronelogbook per the FAQ post here... https://support.dronelink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035749573-How-do-I-connect-to-a-third-party-flight-logging-service- When I ope...

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    • 7 comments
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  • The ArcGIS API failed to load.

    Got this error when tried to create my first mission.  I am using a MAC computer with OS High Sierra and the latest javascript.  Is this a bug or did I not setup something correctly? The ArcGIS AP...

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    • 15 comments
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