Drone spins 360 degrees while landing?

[chuckm]

My new Air 2 seems to always do about a 360 degree spin in about the last foot and a half of its landing. Is that motion a sign of a problem or needed calibration? Any ideas? I don't remember my mini making such a move.

 

[SkyeHigh]

If using RTH the drone will approach the landing point opposite to the direction it took flight, pause briefly and then rotate to the take-off direction before landing. Only seen it do a 180 in my case.

 

[QuestionTime]

Same as above post. My drone will fly back to its RTH location, then rotate to its takeoff compass direction before landing.

Do you have a video we could see?

 

[InvisibleName]

If using RTH the drone will approach the landing point opposite to the direction it took flight, pause briefly and then rotate to the take-off direction before landing. Only seen it do a 180 in my case.

But not in the last foot and a half, it usually does the turn before it starts descending.
What happens if you bring it back yourself then initiate auto-land?

 

[chuckm]

I am bringing it back myself (no RTH) and just situating the drone over the landing pad and holding the left stick all the way back until the drone lands. I have a down facing video of a landing, but can't seem to attach it to this post. Now that I look at that video, it looks more like 180 degrees.

 

[Starz]

Odd. I’ll watch this one. Flight logs maybe?

 

[chuckm]

Odd. I’ll watch this one. Flight logs maybe?

I don't know how to access flight logs.

 

[Starz]

I don't know how to access flight logs.

Go here.

Crash & Flyaway Assistance

mavicpilots.com

 

[chuckm]

Go here.

Crash & Flyaway Assistance

mavicpilots.com

I have looked at this and, I'm sorry, but I don't have a clue. I wonder if the drone is just orienting itself in the same direction that it took off from, even though it is a manual landing. I am going to need to fly it some more to watch more closely what is happening.

 

[MassCoyote]

FWIW. My Mini did this when I damaged one of the props. It was only a small nick on one prop but would cause the Mini to do a 180 slowly when manually landing. Fixed the prop. Everything is fine.

 

[chuckm]

I just did some test flights and I think I see what happened. If when I manually land I pull the left stick STRAIGHT back, this spinning doesn't happen. If I auto land (I didn't even know I could do this), no spinning of the aircraft. But when manually landing, if I don't pull the stick absolutely straight back and pull back and slightly to the right (almost imperceptible), the aircraft spins approx. 180 degrees as it lands. So it has been my slight yawing input on the controls that caused this motion. From now on I think I will auto land. Thanks, everybody, for your input.

 

[dawgpilot]

I just did some test flights and I think I see what happened. If when I manually land I pull the left stick STRAIGHT back, this spinning doesn't happen. If I auto land (I didn't even know I could do this), no spinning of the aircraft. But when manually landing, if I don't pull the stick absolutely straight back and pull back and slightly to the right (almost imperceptible), the aircraft spins approx. 180 degrees as it lands. So it has been my slight yawing input on the controls that caused this motion. From now on I think I will auto land. Thanks, everybody, for your input.

I suggest doing a calibration of your remote control and also of the drone's compass.

 

[chuckm]

I suggest doing a calibration of your remote control and also of the drone's compass.

I will follow your suggestion. Thank you.

 

[hiflyer201]

Calibrate the controller, but I have a friend who involuntarily does that almost every time his lands and swears he doesn't.

 

[Ron Caballero CAP]

If using RTH the drone will approach the landing point opposite to the direction it took flight, pause briefly and then rotate to the take-off direction before landing. Only seen it do a 180 in my case.

Tha happens with my Air 1 as well.