Cessna172
lvl.4
United States
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As long as the aircraft is communicating with the controller you should say. (no?)
Once the aircraft is no longer communicating with the RC, there is no flight data being recorded anywhere EXCEPT inside the aircraft. If you never find the aircraft, you never get the fulldata, only the data that was recorded during the time the aircraft was in comunication with the RC.
So, in this case, while there might be "some" flight data to upload (all of which is available in the DAT files, unless I'm mistaken), it will end once the aircraft stops communicating with the RC, such as behind buildings., over hills etc.
Only if the aircraft had an aftermarket device, such as a Trackimo or other device that transmits data via cellular networks would data recoded while in flight, but not in communication with the aircraft be available. Now, IF and when the aircraft reestablishes communications with RC, it may (or may not) transmit the data gathered while NOT in communication with the RC.
That could account for occasional lag after re-establishing communications as it attempts to upload all the data it could not transmit while out of cominication with the RC
If I am mistaken I would appreciate to be corrected. |
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