Back in the day... lol... I bought a Phantom 3 Pro when they first came out, and have since been flying an Air 2 since last June. With any DJI drone, I was always under the impression that calibrating too much was bad, at least for the Phantom series. Is this true for the Air 2?
Reason I ask is that I first calibrated the Air 2 when I got it, but haven't since. And yesterday I flew in a new spot, but only 3 miles from my house, where I usually fly, and had weird issues: As soon as I turned on the controller, after the beeps it usually makes, it started beeping single beeps for maybe 6-7 seconds, then stopped (it's charged at least 75%). When I turned on the Air 2, it was taking way too long to update the home point, so I took off. I was about 1500 feet away, and all of a sudden I get alerted that my home point was updated... at 1500 feet away! I immediately reversed and flew back, but all of a sudden the RC signal dropped significantly, even though I had nothing between me and the Air 2. I nervously landed then powered off.
I waited 5 minutes and powered up again, still took a long time to update the home point, but I waited, and it updated. I took off, went out about 1600 feet, took some pictures, then came back. I lost visual on the Air 2, so I was looking at the Distance info on the display. when it got to about 200 feet, I looked up and couldn't find it... then the Distance info started getting larger, like it was flying past me... which it was... brought it back, landed and left.
I use my Air 2 maybe 3-4 times a week, flying sometimes 2,000+ feet away, and NEVER had an issue until last night. So I'm thinking maybe there was some super interference in the area (it was a small park in a city). I've never flown my Air 2 here before. Friends say it's due to calibration, but I tend to disagree, since I was only 3-4 miles from where I usually fly with no issues. I'll recalibrate anyway, that's no big deal, but I don't want to fly in this spot again if it is in fact due to interference in the area. it was pretty scary...
Thoughts?
Reason I ask is that I first calibrated the Air 2 when I got it, but haven't since. And yesterday I flew in a new spot, but only 3 miles from my house, where I usually fly, and had weird issues: As soon as I turned on the controller, after the beeps it usually makes, it started beeping single beeps for maybe 6-7 seconds, then stopped (it's charged at least 75%). When I turned on the Air 2, it was taking way too long to update the home point, so I took off. I was about 1500 feet away, and all of a sudden I get alerted that my home point was updated... at 1500 feet away! I immediately reversed and flew back, but all of a sudden the RC signal dropped significantly, even though I had nothing between me and the Air 2. I nervously landed then powered off.
I waited 5 minutes and powered up again, still took a long time to update the home point, but I waited, and it updated. I took off, went out about 1600 feet, took some pictures, then came back. I lost visual on the Air 2, so I was looking at the Distance info on the display. when it got to about 200 feet, I looked up and couldn't find it... then the Distance info started getting larger, like it was flying past me... which it was... brought it back, landed and left.
I use my Air 2 maybe 3-4 times a week, flying sometimes 2,000+ feet away, and NEVER had an issue until last night. So I'm thinking maybe there was some super interference in the area (it was a small park in a city). I've never flown my Air 2 here before. Friends say it's due to calibration, but I tend to disagree, since I was only 3-4 miles from where I usually fly with no issues. I'll recalibrate anyway, that's no big deal, but I don't want to fly in this spot again if it is in fact due to interference in the area. it was pretty scary...
Thoughts?