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No experience with that model in particular but make sure the quad has good clear line of sight of the sky (nothing above it like trees or tall buildings obstructing sky view) and is powered up for about a minute before take off, on cold start lots of GPS modules take 30s-1m to get enough...

Yah ultimately kind of up to your flying style, totally flat is easiest for take off and landing since can see the ground but when tilted forward flying then you're mostly looking at the ground instead of what's in front of you. Long story short the faster forward you want to be flying the...

Check which "mode" you have the quad in you may have it in "headless" mode where it tries to "ignore" it's own forward direction and relies on take off direction and relative changes from there I think (honestly never used headless mode), what I consider "normal" when flying line of sight...

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So just got the email from the FAA about this, sounds like they are mostly trying to stop people from flying over crowds but the rules basically boil down to we'll need to have a remote ID beacon on our quads one way or another (either attached by user or by mfg) that will report location and...

Yah I'd guess it can't hurt to try but might be kind of a waste since motors aren't "too expensive" a new BLDC motor like the Turnigy SK3 6374 is pretty close to this size wise and at least specs wise you'll get way more oomf out of it with an appropriate speed controller (VESC or O-Drive are...

Top right shoulder of the controller (bumper button area) looks like there should be a wheel you can roll to adjust the gimbal tilt... if that doesn't fix it would try doing the gyro calibration on a flat surface as well. If it's something mechanical would ask the MFG for some...

Really though like I said earlier until I start hearing about this actually being enforced I'm not going to be paying much attention to it can take my choppa if you can catch it :D

It is pretty vague still if want to see the details this is a thing happening still at the moment, RDQ (race day quads.com) is taking it up with the FAA if there isn't some exclusion for hobbyists added to the rules (basically okay with mandating that off the shelf things have some restrictions...

One other option you didn't mention but I've heard has worked well in the "commercial" or "hobby grade off the shelf" products is "optical flow" this is using a camera and essentially processing the frames/image data to determine which direction the quad is drifting if at all and to then...

Also to more broadly address the different options they are all good IMO (so long as can find support or build it yourself). Ultrasound good for shortish distances, but very accurate only tells you height though so Z but no X/Y really Baro good for higher up not as accurate as ultrasound but...

Actually wouldn't worry about the motor speed at any given moment since it's always compensating using either the accelerometer (if in angle or horizon mode) or using the gyro (if in "acro" mode, really just no mode selected in BF modes, acro is default). If it seems it's always compensating...

Suggest reading a few comments down there someone shares links for how to get licensed. Basically same thing applies in the US but we can use up to 500mW transmission without personally passing a test that essentially makes sure you know what you are doing at least at a novice level when it...

It sounds reasonablish to me, couple of comments. The runcam 4k is kinda big for a small quad, it has a 20x20 board instead of 30x30 which is nice for small things but not sure how much extra weight the second lens assembly and sensor adds on there. Suggest checking out CiottiFPV vids on...

Yah it's a waiting game on CPUs and GPUs right now too everything new and worth getting out of stock, ah well should be a better year in 2021.

ooooooohhhh good to know, I did not know that.

Ultimately I just fly places I know I can recover my quad and if I'm flying somewhere it may be irrecoverable I make sure my signal is really good and edge out to check my "radio perimeter".

Yah agree with both the responses here already in general keep the info to a minimum use buzzers or audible alarms for critical low voltage at least or if flying FPV OSD. If your receiver supports it and you want to use it having received signal strength indicator (RSSI) or link quality...

Very cool stuff. I need to pick up a mavic or the like one of these days for some of these high up aerial shots, but also means getting at least a bit further away from city density around me. The Tarot is awesome too, good stuff! I have a similar Tarot hexacopter build, but it still needs...

Make sure you don't have betaflight connected when you try to connect from BL-heli suite but the FC is connected to computer via USB also if possible check in "Device Drivers" find the "Ports" section (or whatever it may be called now) and open the serial device for the FC to verify the COM port...