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+name: Feature request
+about: Suggest an idea for this project
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+Please use [the forums](http://discuss.px4.io/c/qgroundcontrol) for new feature requests. You can cross-link the thread in a new issue. However, due to the high amount of user feedback expect the QGC maintainer team to close feature requests that can't be implemented relatively quickly.