One way to judge the age and condition of a horse is to examine its teeth. If someone gives you a gift, accept it and don't get too caught up in its value. The value is in the gifting, not the gift itself.
Said the Greeks to the Trojans in Troy!
Thats good advice. And I realized that I neglected to include and should have said: "GIFT" horse, of course.
Interestingly, according to self-reporting, it occurred for different users at different FW levels. 51 Drones has a large viewership, and got DJI's attention. He did not experience issues acquiring satellite locks until V01.00.0500 in January. Also, He didn't observe the altitude increase issue until he flew with snow and reduced light/low sun either. I had it bad with low winter sun, but it has improved a lot. I try to keep all the sensors clean, especially the bottom fisheye ones, fwiw. I wonder if the choice of glass lenses I contributes to the issue. Glass is obviously better for accuracy and getting the 200 meter sensitivity vs 20 on previous designs, but may have an Achilles heel in these conditions. I just know it's improved, and that's a plus.
Is it really that big of a deal? It's annoying, and you need a spare battery so you can just swap the spare used to set the home point, and use a fresh 100% battery for flight, but it doesn't affect any performance or video or still capture thereafter. All subsequent flights and battery swaps will acquire the home point immediately. It just takes longer to warm up, but there are workarounds. I reboot after 8 satellites, and it sets the home point almost immediately upon reconnecting to the RC-Pro, all in under 2 minutes total. Alternatively, arm the motors and ascend to 96 feet to let it set the home point from the higher elevation.
I am not sure I follow this, You start the drone , you wait till you get the home point, Than without turning off the drone you switch out the battery, and than you restart the drone again. ? Do i have it right ?
No, first turn on the RC-Pro (preferably with a network or Hot Spot connection), then turn on the drone battery in the M3, and wait until the Fly app displays 8 satellites, generally within 40 seconds. Turn off the drone battery. Turn it back on. Home Point will then be set shortly after the reboot. Total time, from first turning on the drone battery, through the power cycling, to the Home Point setting, is usually well under two minutes for me, on a cold boot. Uses up less than 1% of the battery, too. Less then 20 seconds on a subsequent flight from a warm boot, which means you can take off with a 100% battery, if you use a separate battery to set the Home Point, and then swap batteries for a 100% battery, even on your first flight.
