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Re:Drones that can haul a 20-pound load for 500 miles and la... by bjoli on Sunday May 27, 2018 @06:01AM (#17166270)
How about going low tech and just use gyroscopes to keep steady and fly in a straight line until it is unlikely that any jamming might occur?
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Re:Drones that can haul a 20-pound load for 500 miles and la... by ryanmarsh on Sunday May 27, 2018 @11:25AM (#17167220)
The SR71 had a combination of star and inertial navigation. I imagine someone could build an astro-inertial navigation system today without much trouble.
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Re:Drones that can haul a 20-pound load for 500 miles and la... by salty_biscuits on Sunday May 27, 2018 @08:37AM (#17166661)
Gyros drift pretty quickly (the cheaper the quicker). Yaw is hard to pin down when flying in a straight line even with a dual frequency gps.
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Re:Drones that can haul a 20-pound load for 500 miles and la... by ShorsHammer on Sunday May 27, 2018 @07:06AM (#17166415)
Probably fine and less vulnerable in situations like simply trying to get a few km over a wall on flat ground. Far more complicated over terrain and trying to fly low.

Off-the-shelf open source consumer drone flight controllers already have enough sensors to achieve what you suggest.

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