Calibration

[Rchawks]

Has anyone tried using a lazy Susan to calibrate? View attachment 96559View attachment 96559

 

[Rchawks]

 

[old man mavic]

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@Rchawks i better not show this post to the wife her name is Susan she might get the wrong idea , the main criteria for doing the IMU calibration is a perfectly flat none metallic surface
so as long as what the lazy susan is standing on then you should be ok, if you are referring to a compass calibration it would need to be well away from anything made of metal and preferably outside

 

[bumper]

No, I'm too lazy to mess with Susan.

 

[Rchawks]

The reason I considered this was of the consistent flat spin it would give for one or two cycles for the calibration. I was curious.

 

[Deleted member 114292]

The one I have has a metal bearing plate under it.
So mine wouldn’t work for that.

 

[Rchawks]

Yeah, mine probably does as well. Just a thought.

 

[sar104]

Has anyone tried using a lazy Susan to calibrate? View attachment 96559View attachment 96559View attachment 96563

As long as it is non-ferrous it will work fine for rotation during compass calibration. That said, it's completely unnecessary since the process doesn't require any precision in the rotation axes.

 

[BushWacker]

Most lazy Susans' use ball bearings which might affect the calibration.