Recent content by atxmavic

I'm just asking the question ... My Riyobi/Hitachi tools do not require/recommend a particular storage level, nor do they auto-discharge... Nor does the UPS for my PC, nor my 'pocket charger/booster battery' for my smartphones, nor my iPad/Tablets, DSLRs/flashes... the list goes on...

Not sure why you'd want/need a 'privacy screen' for your iPad - if you have someone/people invading your space to that degree when flying, you have a different problem. That being said, maybe you are thinking of an anti-glare protector... I use them on all of my (regular, 9.7") iPads ...

Both are great birds and there are plenty of YT videos to help you decide. As for 'vendor', most (reputable/DJI-authorized) are not far off from DJI website prices; that said, as MavicHelp suggested, check the list in his link then I'd start checking their websites... FWIW, buying from an...

~400 meters (1,312 feet) in the dark for ~5 minutes? As I write this, in my location (Texas, USA), winds at 100' is 13 (gusting to 26) mph at 1,500 it is 25 mph (gusting to 47)... Bad, bad PIC; I agree - no more drones for you.

PROBLEM SOLVED I've now tested this multiple times with 100% results. Always keep a 'needle' compass in your flight bag... If your display device (e.g. iPad) exhibits the problem above, disconnect it from the RC and (literally) spin it in your hand like a pizza - if you are using the Compass...

Sure enough - compass was off at field. Doing above helped but compass never got better than +90 degrees of correct - as a result, the radar dial was still off. Interestingly, when I physically disconnected the two (iPad and RC) then reconnected, everything centered up just fine. We'll see if...

Latest and greatest "thing that worked in the lab" ... download/install/open "Compass Commander" (a compass app ...)... in the upper-left is an animated 'figure 8' implying "calibrate me". Spin it around, figure 8 it... basically twirl that compass dial until it does not know which way is...

Was unsuccessful last night in the same field as the original post although my flying partner's worked fine. That said, swapping the iPad to her controller/MA had the same result so it is definitely iPad compass calibration. Any more thoughts on how to do that for an iPad running iOS 12.1?

I may have fixed it - or at least figured a way to fix it at the start of each session. In my case and with the MP fully 'assembled' (iPad mounted as described above and all powered components 'hot') - holding the RC and iPad securely in-hand, simply make a wide figure-8 with the RC/iPad while...

Yes... and using a iPad mount (https://www.amazon.com/Skyreat-Foldable-Aluminum-Alloy-Accessories-Controller/dp/B01N7RFDBA/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1543539372&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=mavic+pro+ipad+mount&psc=1) which puts it a few inches above the RC... however, the same problem exists when...

Interesting thought... I'll try it if/when it recurs. Too windy today/tonight to validate my earlier findings but I'll post my results of my earlier theory and yours... we've all seen crazier things work... ;) ATXMavic

Tried the above last night - the iPad "Air" was 'updated' pre-flight and worked flawlessly; the (2018) iPad initially was 180 off as above but then was 'updated' twice in the field - the first time it was still off by 90 degrees with a second attempt self-correcting to 0 degrees when it went to...

It's just the radar dial/directional - actual GPS (e.g. RTH), mapping, find-my-drone, etc. work flawlessly.

Both iPads are running iOS 12.1 and "compass calibration" tips seem to be seriously lacking after v10.x... but I might have found a way by accident: Settings/ Privacy/ Location Services / System Services (all the way at the bottom..)/ Compass Calibration (on/off - but at least it's...

<also in the General Discussion forum...> I have been fighting with this on/off since the spring ... (and yes, I've recalibrated the compass countless times...) Note 180-degrees-off radar dial craft direction arrows - pics are from 2 different MPs, using 2 different iPads (see below) sitting...