Says the man who flys indoors
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Iāve only flown indoors twice, Chris, once to see what it was like/how the drone flew with the prop guards on, and once to hover to see how long the battery took to drain. My flat is too small to encourage indoor flying and it freaks The Squeeze out, something to do with the whirry noise and the props, a bit like fluttering birds in a restricted area. Iāve used the patio a few times but that is pretty restricted as well, no bigger than my rooms and surrounded by walls and a high fence.
Iām still pretty much a novice, and need a bit of room to make mistakes in.
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Based on observation of the ISS and the point that when you set up UAV Forecast it gives you a setting for GPS Elevation Mask to allow for this. If you time a satellite, or the ISS, from a fixed position on the ground, you will notice that it spends longer between 0 degrees (the horizon) and 45 degrees above the horizon than it does traversing the 90 degrees between that point and 45 degrees above the opposite horizon. This is because the closer to you the moving satellite is, the faster it appears to be moving.
Thanks for giving me something to scratch my brain with. 
For starters, Iāll assume you mean that it takes longer for the 45Ā° from horizon to midway than the second 45Ā° to directly above. And youād be right; the first half of the climb takes about 11 minutes longer than the second. Whether this actually makes a noticeable difference during the approximately 5 hour journey from horizon to horizon is another matter.
I did start doing the trigonometry to work out the angles, then I realised it would be far quicker to draw it to scale in CAD and measure.
EDIT: You know what, thereās an assumption in my calculations that the satellite is going to pass directly over the observer, which isnāt necessarily true. I canāt see the real answer being possible withouth highly complex data and models.
However, the āGPS Testā app on my phone is currently showing a large number of satellites more or less āoverheadā. Probably as many as there are on the periphery.
OK. Iām out. 
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And there was me thinking it was spectacularly bad flyingš
What a shot of a nice new wing ā¦
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Another classic take-off from myself.
When from a small drone to my 5 inch and forgot the difference. Smooth - so smooth.
Thanks @ORB_FPV for rope to rescue.
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you just wanted to finish your flight on a highā¦ errrā¦ start the flight! At least you did not fry a FC in the snow like me!
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To be fair the ESC cut out - I would had enough thrust otherwise.
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We get it - you like trees - no point rambling about it 
I hope the wing is ok?
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They wing was fine, not that wedged.
EGOā¦ still needs patching-up.
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Canāt believe my incompetence on this one.
Set up gps rescue and positon hold and it worked a treat. Whilst testing fail safe for the 3rd time i did not check my voltage Dohhhhhh
Well you can all laugh at my expense. Lesson learned
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Who put these twigs on the way of my quads after the overtaking???
And guess what - I should have be part of the team #NeverEverDisarm ---- I could have flown away after the bounce!
Flying with the Legend @bmsleight
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you guys need one of those - Building and flying drones (RC, onboard, FPV, etc.) | Facebook 
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Sometimes, someoneās bad luck is someoneās lucky video shot. At least the recording was useful to find back the wing of that RC plane after it suffered a catastrophicā¦ failure?
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I need one of thoseā¦ TAKE MY MONEY!
Waitā¦ can I have the optional chainsaw to get my long forgotten revenge against the Ents who are always trying to catch my FPV quads?
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Good skills I hope you saved the other person a lot of time looking for the wreckage, and even better hope it was easily repairable.
@ORB bouncing from my (slower) point of view.
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Theirs a lot going on in that OSD
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Thats probably my problem LOL
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