Recent content by Shacky

Thanks!

After a year, I finally had a minor crash. No cracks or scratches on the bird, but broken props and gimbal problems. I get error messages and when I inspect the gimbal, I see the vibration plate tab is broken. So, do I need to buy a new gimbal or just the vibration plate and cable? Is...

I'm tend to use Apple products. I bought a mini iPad 4 just for using with the Mavic. It fits in the controller quite well and has a great bright screen. The 4 has lots of processor power, too. So, you can't go wrong with one of these.

Plus he is holding his controller and phone in his left hand, just a foot or so away from the drone when he calibrates. Hey, Msinger, how does my IMU numbers look above? Based on what I read, they are pretty good, right?

Ok, tried a couple flights and found that if I take off and hover at 20 feet and count to 10, the return to home was spot-on twice in a row. When I did it at 30 feet the landing was off a couple feet, but 20 was within inches. This is only based on a couple flights but I am glad that I'm...

Have to say that I was amused that this first thing he did was re-calibrate the compass.

Haven't tried that! Thanks for the tip. I will try it tomorrow!

What are other people experiencing? How close to your takeoff point is the Mavic landing when using RTH?

Thanks for that tip. I do let it hover for a bit. Anything else I can do?

OK, I read Msingers compass calibration guide. It seems different from what I recall reading on the Phantom Pilots forum, but OK, I will gladly change my compass re-calibration practice. Still even when the Mavic gets reasonably close to the home point, it lands several feet away. I thought...

That's the first time I've ever heard someone recommend to not recalibrate your compass on a regular basis. I recalibrate once a day or if I move locations significantly. Sent from my iPhone using MavicPilots

Msinger, If you could, I would really appreciate your input on my post; "Return to home is way off."

No, but it's common with IMU calibration. If that's not so with the Mavic, I would like to hear it.

I'm having a tough time with RTH. It's usually 10-20 feet off. I re-calibrated the imu after refrigerating the Mavic for an hour. I re-calibrate the compass every time I fly. Here is a picture of the imu results after new calibration. Any suggestions?

Thanks for all the replies, especially Msinger. Time to do some shopping.