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I'm trying to figure what positioning system to use. I can't use the loco positioning system due to 802.15.4 interference with some of the equipment I'm going to use.

I want to be able to write a script that tells multiple (up to 10) crazyflie drones to fly to some position at a controlled speed. The light house positioning system seems like it would work for me. But the flow deck also seems like it would work - and it appears to be cheaper. What's the practical difference between these two positioning system?

There was a nice blog post published today that explains the difference nicely.
https://www.bitcraze.io/category/loco-positioning/

For a less serious comparison, you can also look at this video on our Instagram where I use Flowdeck and Lighthouse to land a CF in squares

https://www.instagram.com/p/CO-8k06rFIb/

Thanks for sharing! That does clarify the precision I can expect.

If you want to fly up to 10 CFs you need absolute positioning (that is the lighthouse system). I doubt it would be possible to do in a controlled manner with flow decks as you will get more and more errors in the positions over time. You would have to keep a long distance between drones to be sure they do not collide.