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    IMU calibration in a dynamic environment

    I'm not sure you understand, I would never try to calibrate that unless forced by the drone. I could not take off until the IMU was calibrated my controller was telling me. I had tested the drone out the day before just fine so I'm guessing somewhere along the way in transportation it got messed...
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    IMU calibration in a dynamic environment

    So this just happened to me on a boat that hired me to get drone shots. Incredibly stressful situation given that a lot of time and money was riding on this job but what was interesting was that even though IMU calibration kept failing on my Mavic 2 Zoom at the 2/5 or 3/5 point I ended up...
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    Any tips for droning from a boat especially take of and landing?

    With all due respect I feel like it’s quite obvious why you’d kill the motors and I’ve heard this from a couple other pilots. If you’re in choppy waters and the boat is moving it’s faster to catch it from a couple feet above your hands than the auto land feature which lands in a fixed position...
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    Any tips for droning from a boat especially take of and landing?

    Quick question for you all, I've noticed nobody mentioned the emergency CSC command where you can kill motors midair when pressing the sticks inwards and down. Does anyone grab it out of the air and kill motors or use the landing function by just pressing the downward stick until it ignores...