Minimum number of sats for GPS?
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kirbyvid
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Hi,
What are the minimum specs for flying the Mavic Air?
2018-2-27
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Wachtberger
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11 minimum (same for all drones with GPS), better more. You need at least 6 from either GPS or GLONASS. Thus to know that for sure there have to be at least 11 in total.
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FlyDK
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Wachtberger Posted at 2018-2-27 08:58
11 minimum (same for all drones with GPS), better more. You need at least 6 from either GPS or GLONASS. Thus to know that for sure there have to be at least 11 in total.

Good advice. That's what I recommend to my friends too.
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kirbyvid
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Thanks for the info.
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A CW
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I always wait for 11 or 12 and obviously the home point to be set on the map before take off.
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astrofly
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Good information but today have 13 gps and no signal. Why ?
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DJI Thor
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Actually, I suggest checking what the app status said. You can wait for a short while when the satellites have been collected and then start your flight. A little off topic, but please note that if there is no satellite and GPS signal has not shown up, the drone will be limited in height. no gps.png
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DJI Thor
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astrofly Posted at 2018-2-27 13:02
Good information but today have 13 gps and no signal. Why ?

Hi there, the quantities of the satellites doesn't mean the quality of the GPS signal, you can check the signal bar on the app.
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astrofly
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Ok Thor thanks.
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Wyke
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UAV Forecast has a feature that as well as showing the number of visible satellites, it also shows the number of estimated locked satellites. For instance, today there is a time when 14 are visible but only 11 locked. Might help.
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