aburkefl
Second Officer
Flight distance : 78612 ft
United States
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Are we making mountains out of mole hills? Can the compass really be *that* important? That said, I understand your reluctance to risk your Phantom and I wold also hesitate, but....
One poster makes the argument (a persuasive argument, I might add) about the gyroscope, accelerometer, etc. Seems like those would be far more important than the compass. Can our Phantoms be relying so much on the compass that the GPS can't tell us where North is North?
I have a friend who owns a moderately old Blade 350. He has launched and retrieved many, many times from a small, moving boat - sometimes as fast as 25 mph - with nary a problem. It just seems bizarre that a much less sophisticated craft like the Blade can do something like what's proposed and there's danger that the Phantom cannot?
Please don't get me wrong. I'm not pooh-poohing the defenses proferred - just trying to understand how these things tick. Some of the logic seeming defies logic - "...hey guys, drop me off here and go away 20 km then come back and get me - I need to calibrate my compass." Then later, you'll have no option but to launch and retrieve from the boat? I'll bet Mr. Spock would tell us that sounds illogical. |
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