JCLs
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Are you finished posting this notice yet? Have you ever flown any quad without GPS? People besides me preaching that. The Karma is a whole different beast without GPS! You shove a stick like you would under GPS and reaction and speed much different.
Jake G. The correct procedure if you loose GPS IS NOT TO USE RETURN HOME!!!!!! Without GPS the aircraft no longer know where it is and has no way to control flight to home. You have to manually fly it. I have found that not calibrating compass every flight makes no difference. However, Compass calibration issues indicate not only compass interference but probable GPS interference. The compass points the aircraft, while critical, it integrates with GPS data, but is separate from GPS.
The whole Karma control and video system, like all other unlicensed systems, is based on 2.4 GHz frequency. There are a slew of other devices working the same frequency band including WiFi routers and repeaters, most all radio controlled airplanes, helicopters, cars, trucks etc. The closer you fly something like Karma to these sources the more likely you will have problems. My other aircraft use 900 MHz for control, and either 1.3 GHz or 5.8 GHz for video, all of which require a ham license that I have. The farther away one stays from potential interference the less likely one is to have a problem.
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Jake G. The correct procedure if you loose GPS IS NOT TO USE RETURN HOME!!!!!! Without GPS the aircraft no longer know where it is and has no way to control flight to home. You have to manually fly it. I have found that not calibrating compass every flight makes no difference. However, Compass calibration issues indicate not only compass interference but probable GPS interference. The compass points the aircraft, while critical, it integrates with GPS data, but is separate from GPS.
The whole Karma control and video system, like all other unlicensed systems, is based on 2.4 GHz frequency. There are a slew of other devices working the same frequency band including WiFi routers and repeaters, most all radio controlled airplanes, helicopters, cars, trucks etc. The closer you fly something like Karma to these sources the more likely you will have problems. My other aircraft use 900 MHz for control, and either 1.3 GHz or 5.8 GHz for video, all of which require a ham license that I have. The farther away one stays from potential interference the less likely one is to have a problem.
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