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I assume most can fly without GPS. I can launch either of my Mavics without GPS and fly free, or it can try to use visuals to maintain location.

I've flown within a cave without GPS. The drone drifts and can't really hold position reliably, but it works:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoayncJgAOO/




Sure, I’ve flown many times without GPS too, but if one is jamming 1575.42 MHz, it’s a simple matter to do the same for 2.4ghz and 5ghz that’s used for the drone to remote link.


But we were talking about not controlling it so they can't jam your controller signal. Sure you can fly manually...


Which is great, but the parent post was describing autonomous navigation and disposable drones as a way for a drone operator to evade capture.




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