Like I said mate, no worriesš
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@PitchFader. Sorry mate, donāt know how that quote appeared 
Sorry @Leylo1971 ady mate, actually was not planned, not going off topic I went out to test the van as it might hopefully not tho have a diesel leak & thought Iāll take the drone with me, but the only reason I took the drone was because at the wkd I was getting crap satellite lock ( not as many as usual ) so thought Iād test the drone at the same time, satellite lock was still rubbish so I was about to abort mission, when I remembered reading somewhere try calibrating compass can usually fix gps lock which I did, then satellite lock was quick & high up in the numbers otherwise I would have not done the flight, not there anyway !
Ahh satellite lock. At home ( outside) usually takes mine a few minutes till itās got enough satellites. However, last year in Scotland it was finding enough satellites within 10 seconds , strange
No need for sorry mate, yer snooze yer looseā¦I snoozed.
Hope the vans ok mateā
. Bloody hate cars/vans, just had to replace the Rav4ā¦turbo on its way out. It is what it isā
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Sat lock I would ney worry about. As long as your getting into double figures I wouldnāt worry about how many. I find I can have difficulty sometimes with the 2S. Once I get double figures (around 12/13), I launch, let hover, Sat count goes up quicker and gain home point.
Iāll launch on 5 or 6 sometimes, depending on where I am. I know once launched the sats connect quicker, so once I get home point jobs a goodān .
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With a Wrangler at long last Ady mate?? 
Hahaā:rofl:. I wished mate. I applied for a second mortgage to buy one but the computer said NO Rich .
Just got a lowely Honda Crv. Love it. Itās the ex version so has a lot of creature comfortsā¦ Itās a proper Dads carš¤£
THIS IS MY ENTRY
Taken on the 16th Jan at 3.36pm
Zebon copse south west of Fleet in Hampshire.
DJI Mini 2, 1/100s shutter speed, ISO 100:
A bit more info:
This was taken looking down at a mirror resting on top of a litter bin at the top of the copse, details from airdata:
height_above_takeoff(feet) : 5.25
height_sonar(feet) : 1.6
gimbal_pitch(degrees) : -89.9
It was hovering as low as the sensor would allow it to go without starting to land, original raw file cropped to remove the edges of the mirror.
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Time to vote for the winners from our nine excellent entries. You may vote for just the one, all, none or some of the images. Do so by 22:00 on Monday 22nd in order for your choices to be counted
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Apologies for the very late review of the scores - minor health problems 
Intriguingly no-one seems to have been bothered by the nearly two-day delay. Has RTF run its course of, as the weather warms, are we likely to see a revival?
Anyroadup, here is the official result. We seem to have managed not one, not two but three second places so congratulations to @Stomper - Nigel - who got his Mini 2 to take its self-portrait:
Congratulations to Guy = @speedracer66 for a colourful view under the bridge supporting the A329M:
And congratulations again to to @geoff - Geoff - for his shot underneath an observation wheel in Milton Keynes with a crisp blue winter sky as a background.
Standing out in first place is Jim = @Kings - with a view of colourfully lit arches in Leeds. Well done to him especially and to all who contributed to an excellent and varied set of pictures!
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Iām still very much up for it - although I may not have a day when Iām free - and healthy - and the sunās out and Iām in the UK during the āshadowsā time window.
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I still enjoy it, itās just that the weather has ben so bad recently, I havenāt got out much.
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Yep as above, love the RTF itās great fun, as above the weather has really not helped 
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Ditto!
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As above! Itās good fun.
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Definitely not run its course for meā¦ only New Yearās resolution for 2024 was to do more RTF entries. Just scuppered with the weather and short days this month 
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I really enjoy the RTF , like the others I struggled with the weather last few times
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Iām still up for it, just had loads on
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Itās great. Just pants weather. Keep going!