Doug Hitchcock
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Doug Hitchcock commented,
One important additional comment. Yes, create your missions in a big-screen web browser so you can really plot what you're about to fly. Then use the simulator to test out the flight. THEN....on th...
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Doug Hitchcock commented,
Hi Justin, 1) Why did you create two paths instead of one round-trip with waypoints? It may be that the flight "jumps" from one path to the next 2) I believe you can preset the gimbal angle in your...
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Doug Hitchcock commented,
Hi Jim.... Now I fully understand that makes perfect sense.. I will double check a couple of simple missions and make sure that the RTH flag is turned on in the mission. Now here's another dumb q...
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Dronelink simulator and RTH
I have searched and Googled, but can't find the answer. The mission is programmed to include "RTH" But when I run the mission in the simulator (e.g. a simple orbit) with only the one component, the...
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Doug Hitchcock commented,
Hi Jim, Agreed that GPS navigation for a drone isn't highly accurate. Hence don't plan a flight path close to a building/wires, etc. BUT, it does beg the question.....Can a flight be manually modif...
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Doug Hitchcock commented,
Hi Jim, Thank you very much. Your 2nd answer pretty much covers all my questions. If you have a WiFi tablet without cellular connectivity, you need to follow different steps before you fly Create ...
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Reflying same mission (unable to call from repository)
Hi, May be a newbie question, but I can't find it If I am in the house and load a mission, I go outside to fly it and it works fine. But, once the mission is completed, I can't fly it again. The f...
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Doug Hitchcock commented,
I love DroneLink and it is running great on my Google Pixel 4 smartphone. Small screen, but good enough to call up and initiate a flight plan I bought a display cradle for a larger tablet I have, b...
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Doug Hitchcock commented,
Similar question: Altitude: how accurate is flight height in windless conditions? How close or (not close) should you draw a flight plan to buildings? I want to inspect roofing and gutters on my ho...
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Doug Hitchcock commented,
Bjorn, Your question about DroneLink flight planning is a good one. I too programmed my first simple flight path in DroneLink as follows. First, it asked me for a takeoff point and within that inst...
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