GPS question

[quickamg]

If solo loses GPS lock/connection and I have to fly manual will the altitude and distance on the remote still show? Asking because I've been practicing by flying out of sight without a camera and using the distance on my remote to navigate back.


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[Pedals2Paddles]

Altitude control does not use the GPS in any way. The altitude hold and the displayed altitude will always work with or without GPS. It uses a barometer. Fly Manual mode continues to maintain altitude, just as it does in Fly mode.

The distance from home requires a GPS lock. It can't tell you how far away you are if it doesn't know where it is.

 

[quickamg]

Altitude control does not use the GPS in any way. The altitude hold and the displayed altitude will always work with or without GPS. It uses a barometer. Fly Manual mode continues to maintain altitude, just as it does in Fly mode.

The distance from home requires a GPS lock. It can't tell you how far away you are if it doesn't know where it is.

Ok thanks. So do people just use the camera and hope they recognize terrain to navigate back without GPS? Just trying to understand the best way to get home if this does happen.


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[Pedals2Paddles]

Disclaimer: What you're doing is illegal in the United States.

That said... Yes, you need to be familiar with the area you're flying. It's called situational awareness. And you're being irresponsible if you don't. Also keep in mind if you lose the link to you controller because you got too far away or behind obstructions, and you also don't have GPS, you can basically kiss it goodbye. It will be crashing into whatever happens to be under it when it lands somewhere.

 

[DJMc]

I have to echo Pedals2Paddles.

These aren't eally are the right questions to be asking. Navigation and more importantly collision avoidance is why regulators most everywhere demand that the aircraft is always in Line of Sight (LOS) There is the possibility otherwise that the aircraft it could initiate a RTH whilst you don't have visual contact. This could be a low battery for example, say if you fail to recover because you've lost situational awareness by not maintainin LOS or in the case you're discussing you don't have assistance of a video feed (It's worth noting though that FPV is specifically excluded as a suitable method of collision avoidance by UK CAA - and others I'd suggest). If this happens for example combined with a GPS loss, the a/c will autoload in it's current position. You as the pilot will still be reposnsible, but not have control or where or on what/who it might land. We have already had prosecutions in the UK for just such an event;

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/02/uk-first-drone-conviction

Responsibility for collision avoidance always rest with the pilot.

I'm just sharing what I've learned in my time with Solo and from the great community on here - I hope it''s helpful.

 

[quickamg]

All good info but I own a few hundred acres and that's where I'm flying. This is why I said I'm practicing, just to be prepared for the worst case.


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