I found the Middle of Nowhere...

svit-tank-drone · Apr 10, 2019

Just a quick clip from my recent off-road adventures outside Las Vegas. I was about 15 miles or so from the nearest anything. Very cool, very beautiful desert and complete peace and quiet (except for the drone, of course...). Don't worry, I have good, hardcore overlanding gear in the truck---including boots...

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mnis · Apr 10, 2019

svit-tank-drone said:
Just a quick clip from my recent off-road adventures outside Las Vegas. I was about 15 miles or so from the nearest anything. Very cool, very beautiful desert and complete peace and quiet (except for the drone, of course...). Don't worry, I have good, hardcore overlanding gear in the truck---including boots...

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A nice place for relaxed flying and collecting flight experience

svit-tank-drone · Apr 10, 2019

mnis said:
A nice place for relaxed flying and collecting flight experience

For sure--nobody to complain out there and very few things to hit! What was funny is when I started the drone and it connected to the controller, it needed calibration since I drove out from SoCal, and once I did that, I got a notice that I was in a NFZ and could not take off. I was looking around me at emptiness, thinking, "You gotta be sh**#ing me...!" Then after a minute or so, the app caught up to where I really was and it all cleared and gave me the Good to Go message. I was about to be really upset, thinking I must have driven out into some government testing area I didn't know about...

mnis · Apr 10, 2019

svit-tank-drone said:
For sure--nobody to complain out there and very few things to hit! What was funny is when I started the drone and it connected to the controller, it needed calibration since I drove out from SoCal, and once I did that, I got a notice that I was in a NFZ and could not take off. I was looking around me at emptiness, thinking, "You gotta be sh**#ing me...!" Then after a minute or so, the app caught up to where I really was and it all cleared and gave me the Good to Go message. I was about to be really upset, thinking I must have driven out into some government testing area I didn't know about...

Oh, in some places, I also got it first as a status message, like "calibration required". I turned everything OFF, and after rebooting the status was OK

ToddCarey · Apr 11, 2019

I personally feel if a recalibrate message come up, you are best to recalibrate. I have read of too many flyaways where the compass is not correct, and it only takes a minute to recalibrate. It is probably faster than shutting everything down to start is all back up again.

mnis · Apr 11, 2019

ToddCarey said:
I personally feel if a recalibrate message come up, you are best to recalibrate. I have read of too many flyaways where the compass is not correct, and it only takes a minute to recalibrate. It is probably faster than shutting everything down to start is all back up again.

I am already unsure about this calibration story. Restarting the Mavic and the remote also takes less than a minute. I do not know if it's always the right way to calibrate immediately.

In my case, I think there were temporary problems during startup. And if the problem had persisted, then there would have been another warning ... in full expectation

There are just as many opposite opinions that I read here regarding this calibration matter, which causes uncertainty in dealing with it.

I calibrate the gimbal now and then, but nothing else. There was no further indication of the need for calibration during all flights... [emoji848]

Roy A · Apr 11, 2019

svit-tank-drone said:
Just a quick clip from my recent off-road adventures outside Las Vegas. I was about 15 miles or so from the nearest anything. Very cool, very beautiful desert and complete peace and quiet (except for the drone, of course...). Don't worry, I have good, hardcore overlanding gear in the truck---including boots...

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That was a great reveal! Nice job.

svit-tank-drone · Apr 11, 2019

I do recalibrate when I travel long distances between flight. Besides, if someone is watching you set up to fly, it adds a whole lot of fun to the process and the resulting confusion on their faces...the spinning around twice holding your drone two different ways makes it really look like witchcraft!