DJI Drone Flies over the Top of Mount Everest

Re:DJI Drone Flies over the Top of Mount Everest by 05 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:30AM (#32658387)

Consumer grade IMUs drift into unacceptable garbage in about two minutes of flight without GPS corrections[0]. You would need visual odometry to work in GNSS-denied environments

[0] https://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/indoor-mission-plan-no-gps/7...

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Re:DJI Drone Flies over the Top of Mount Everest by lazide on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @01:30AM (#32658725)

And visual assistance has been well supported in most commercial drones for years.

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Re:DJI Drone Flies over the Top of Mount Everest by adgjlsfhk1 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @01:25AM (#32658698)

2 minutes is a pretty long time for a lot of use cases.

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