Fly App 17 my M3P satelite acquisition takes a loooong time

[Filmarik]

Am I imagining this?

 

[Meta4]

Am I imagining this?

More info ?
How long is it taking?
Has this just happened once or multiple times on the same day?
How long was it since you flew previously?
Confirm that the drone has a clear, unobstructed view of most of the sky?

 

[akdrone]

If you moved a significant distance that would be normal. If you just flew from the same spot that would be odd. I get fast acquisition if I'm flying at the same spot I recently flew at, otherwise the GPS has to "find" the sat patterns. Heavy cloud cover also causes a delay.

 

[Meta4]

If you moved a significant distance that would be normal. If you just flew from the same spot that would be odd. I get fast acquisition if I'm flying at the same spot I recently flew at, otherwise the GPS has to "find" the sat patterns.

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Heavy cloud cover also causes a delay.

That's a myth

 

[Filmarik]

More info ?
How long is it taking?
Has this just happened once or multiple times on the same day?
How long was it since you flew previously?
Confirm that the drone has a clear, unobstructed view of most of the sky?

I only benchtested this at home after the FlyAp update. But this was at the same spot where I normally test at home (not flying) and it definitely did not take that long before. Moreover the drone only connected to 9-10 satelites after about 3 minutes of searching where before it was always 16 to 18 and much quicker. I will test it again and report back. It's been raining so I can not do much outside atm

 

[BossBob]

The gps should download ephemeris data which give it a forecast of the satellite patterns for hours, days, weeks in advance with reducing accuracy the further away it’s looking. If you’ve not started your drone for a good long while that will be out of date.
A long time is not a defined time so is insufficient to describe your wait.
Facing south east, sited at the edge of a field with a dense wood behind me, my m4pro (which I’d started first)had 27 satellites by the time I’d added my phone to the rc n2, started the app, started the remote, screwed in the joysticks and done the preflight checks. The drone was last flown a couple of days ago a few miles away.

 

[Filmarik]

Just fired up my M3P on the bench at home again and it took 4 minutes for the Home Point to be registeted. Only 11 satelites reached. Something has changed with the FlyApp 17. It never took so long before and usually 16 to 18 satelites were reached within a minute or so.