T J Gilbert
Second Officer
Flight distance : 74659 ft
United States
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There have been solar storms recently that have adversely affected GPS reception.
To count on having GPS all the time is not wise.
Even if you were able to establish Home Point.
If GPS lock is lost mid-mission, the craft will not know where the waypoints are.
If the craft gets into trouble, and it's BVR, you'll need to take control back.
With GPS failing, HL may not work...
And then, insitb, you'll need to know how to fly in CL.
CL is compass dependent, and does not require a GPS lock to function...
If you know approximately where the craft is w.r.t. Home Point, the front/back/left/right CL grid can get you back into visual range.
Note: insitb and I had a pro/con conversation w.r.t. CL on another post... |
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