I've been flying drones for over 10 years, starting way back with the Phantom 2 and now using the Air 2S and Mavic 3. Lately something occurred to me: I haven't had to calibrate the compass in over a year.
Back when, it felt like I was doing the compass dance every other flight—spinning in a circle like a goofball in public spaces just to get airborne. Sometimes multiple times a week, depending on where I was flying.
Now? Nothing. Even when traveling to totally new locations or different states, the drones just fire up and fly with no complaints. Honestly, it's been so long, I forgot where in the menu the compass calibration even was. That used to be something I had to do by second nature.
Has something changed in the hardware? Are the compasses more shielded or self-correcting now? Or is the software just less sensitive or smarter about when calibration is actually needed? Even when getting new drones through the mail, it occurred to me, I haven't even calibrated them at that point.
Curious if others have noticed the same thing
Back when, it felt like I was doing the compass dance every other flight—spinning in a circle like a goofball in public spaces just to get airborne. Sometimes multiple times a week, depending on where I was flying.
Now? Nothing. Even when traveling to totally new locations or different states, the drones just fire up and fly with no complaints. Honestly, it's been so long, I forgot where in the menu the compass calibration even was. That used to be something I had to do by second nature.
Has something changed in the hardware? Are the compasses more shielded or self-correcting now? Or is the software just less sensitive or smarter about when calibration is actually needed? Even when getting new drones through the mail, it occurred to me, I haven't even calibrated them at that point.
Curious if others have noticed the same thing