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- Jun 4, 2017
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Been wanting to see how the H flew with the GPS off. Tried it yesterday in an open field. Had maybe 10 knots of wind. I wanted to try this so I would have an idea of how she flew, GPS off, if the GPS failed. Noticed that the H became very sensitive to the wind. Would allow the wind to steer it. Also it seemed very darty. Everything it did was quick. Suddenly it would be coming toward me and I had to quickly back it up. Started to slide left or right. Quickly had to apply stick to bring it back the other way to stop that. Alll in all it was ok. I learned that you have to be quick, especially with some wind, to keep it in control, and not over control. It is true manual control as the warning box says. I also feel that if it decided to take off on me I could turn the GPS OFF to try to save it provided it was high enough to not hit anything and I had the time. I left the Gps off/on window open so all I had to do was reach up and select ON. No worries. Did not try to land with GPS off. Want to get some more time in the air first with it off. All in all very doable.